HP Ilo 4 User Guide
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5.Vieworupdatethefollowingvalues,asneeded: •MACAddress(read-only)—TheMACaddressoftheselectediLOnetworkinterface. •NetworkInterfaceAdapter—SpecifiestheiLOnetworkinterfaceadaptertouse.Select ONtoenabletheiLODedicatedNetworkPort.SelectSharedNetworkPorttousethe SharedNetworkPort.SelectingOFFdisablesallnetworkinterfacestoiLO. TheSharedNetworkPortoptionisavailableonlyonsupportedservers. FormoreinformationabouttheiLOnetworkinterfaceadaptersettings,see“Understanding theiLOnetworkportconfigurationoptions”(page94). •TransceiverSpeedAutoselect(iLODedicatedNetworkPortonly)—EnablesiLOtonegotiate thehighestsupportedlinkspeedandduplexsettingswhenconnectedtothenetwork.This optionisavailableonlywhenNetworkInterfaceAdapterissettoON. •TransceiverSpeedManualSetting(iLODedicatedNetworkPortonly)—Setsthelinkspeed fortheiLOnetworkinterface.ThisoptionisavailableonlywhenNetworkInterfaceAdapter issettoONandTransceiverSpeedAutoselectissettoOFF. •TransceiverDuplexSetting(iLODedicatedNetworkPortonly)—Setsthelinkduplexsetting fortheiLOnetworkinterface.ThisoptionisavailableonlywhenNetworkInterfaceAdapter issettoONandTransceiverSpeedAutoselectissettoOFF. •VLANEnable(SharedNetworkPortonly)—EnablestheVLANfeature. WhentheSharedNetworkPortisactiveandVLANisenabled,theiLOSharedNetwork PortbecomespartofaVLAN.AllnetworkdeviceswithdifferentVLANtagswillappear tobeonseparateLANs,eveniftheyarephysicallyconnectedtothesameLAN.This optionisavailableonlywhenNetworkInterfaceAdapterissettoSharedNetworkPort. •VLANID(SharedNetworkPortonly)—IfyouenabledVLAN,enteraVLANtag.Allnetwork devicesthatyouwanttocommunicatewitheachothermusthavethesameVLANtag. TheVLANtagcanbeanynumberbetween1and4094.Thisoptionisavailableonly whenNetworkInterfaceAdapterissettoSharedNetworkPort. •DHCPEnable—ConfiguresiLOtoobtainitsIPaddress(andmanyothersettings)froma DHCPserver. •DNSName—TheDNSnameoftheiLOsubsystem(forexample,iloinsteadof ilo.example.com). ThisnamecanbeusedonlyifDHCPandDNSareconfiguredtoconnecttotheiLO subsystemnameinsteadoftheIPaddress. •IPAddress—TheiLOIPaddress.IfDHCPisused,theiLOIPaddressissupplied automatically.IfDHCPisnotused,enterastaticIPaddress. •SubnetMask—ThesubnetmaskoftheiLOIPnetwork.IfDHCPisused,thesubnetmask issuppliedautomatically.IfDHCPisnotused,enterasubnetmaskforthenetwork. •GatewayIPAddress—TheiLOgatewayIPaddress.IfDHCPisused,theiLOgatewayIP addressissuppliedautomatically.IfDHCPisnotused,entertheiLOgatewayIPaddress. 6.PressF10tosaveyourchanges. 7.PressEscuntilthemainmenuisdisplayed. 8.SelectExitandResumeBootinthemainmenu,andthenpressEnter. 9.Whenpromptedtoconfirmtherequest,pressEntertoexittheutilityandresumetheboot process. ConfiguringAdvancedNetworkOptions YoucanusetheiLO4ConfigurationUtilityAdvancedNetworkOptionsmenutoconfigureadvanced iLOnetworkoptions. ConfiguringiLObyusingtheROM-basedutilities141
ToconfigureadvancediLOnetworkoptions: 1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession. Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC. 2.Restartorpowerontheserver. 3.PressF9intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen. TheSystemUtilitiesscreenappears. 4.FromtheSystemUtilitiesscreen,selectSystemConfiguration→iLO4Configuration Utility→AdvancedNetworkOptions. TheAdvancedNetworkOptionsscreenappears. 5.Vieworupdatethefollowingvalues,asneeded: •GatewayfromDHCP—SpecifieswhetheriLOusesaDHCPserver-suppliedgateway. •Gateway#1,Gateway#2,andGateway#3—IfGatewayfromDHCPisdisabled,enter uptothreeiLOgatewayIPaddresses. •DHCPRoutes—SpecifieswhetheriLOusestheDHCPserver-suppliedstaticroutes. •Route1,Route2,andRoute3—IfDHCPRoutesisdisabled,entertheiLOstaticroute destination,mask,andgatewayaddresses. •DNSfromDHCP—SpecifieswhetheriLOusestheDHCPserver-suppliedDNSserverlist. •DNSServer1,DNSServer2,DNSServer3—IfDNSfromDHCPisdisabled,enterthe primary,secondary,andtertiaryDNSservers. •WINSfromDHCP—SpecifieswhetheriLOusestheDHCPserver-suppliedWINSserver list. •RegisterwithWINSServer—SpecifieswhetheriLOregistersitsnamewithaWINSserver. 142ConfiguringiLO
•WINSServer#1andWINSServer#2—IfWINSfromDHCPisdisabled,entertheprimary andsecondaryWINSservers. •DomainName—TheiLOdomainname.IfDHCPisnotused,enteradomainname. 6.PressF10tosavethechanges. 7.PressEscuntilthemainmenuisdisplayed. 8.SelectExitandResumeBootinthemainmenu,andthenpressEnter. 9.Whenpromptedtoconfirmtherequest,pressEntertoexittheutilityandresumethenormal bootprocess. ConfiguringaccesssettingsbyusingtheiLO4ConfigurationUtility YoucanusetheiLO4ConfigurationUtilitySettingOptionsmenutoconfigureiLOaccesssettings. ToconfigureiLOaccesssettings: 1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession. Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC. 2.Restartorpowerontheserver. 3.PressF9intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen. TheSystemUtilitiesscreenappears. 4.FromtheSystemUtilitiesscreen,selectSystemConfiguration→iLO4Configuration Utility→SettingOptions. TheSettingOptionsscreenappears. ConfiguringiLObyusingtheROM-basedutilities143
5.Vieworupdatethefollowingvalues,asneeded: •iLO4Functionality—TheiLOnetworkandcommunicationswithoperatingsystemdrivers areterminatedwheniLOfunctionalityisdisabled. Tore-enableiLOfunctionality,disableiLOsecuritywiththesystemmaintenanceswitch, andthenusetheiLO4ConfigurationUtilitytosetiLOFunctionalitytoEnabled. •Formoreinformationaboutusingthesystemmaintenanceswitch,seetheMaintenance andServiceGuideforyourservermodel. NOTE:TheiLOfunctionalitycannotbedisabledonbladeservers. •iLO4ConfigurationUtility—EnablesordisablestheiLO4ConfigurationUtility.Ifthis optionissettoDisabled,theiLO4ConfigurationUtilitymenuitemisnotavailablewhen youaccesstheUEFISystemUtilities. •RequireLoginforiLO4Configuration—Determineswhetherauser-credentialpromptis displayedwhenauseraccessestheiLO4ConfigurationUtility.IfthissettingisEnabled, alogindialogboxopenswhenyouaccesstheiLO4ConfigurationUtility. •ShowiLO4IPAddressduringPOST—EnablesthedisplayoftheiLOnetworkIPaddress duringhostserverPOST. •LocalUsers—Enablesordisableslocaluseraccountaccess. •SerialCLIStatus—ThissettingenablesyoutochangetheloginmodeloftheCLIfeature throughtheserialport.Thefollowingsettingsarevalid: ◦Enabled-AuthenticationRequired—EnablesaccesstotheiLOCLPfromaterminal connectedtothehostserialport.ValidiLOusercredentialsarerequired. ◦Enabled-NoAuthenticationRequired—EnablesaccesstotheiLOCLPfromaterminal connectedtothehostserialport.iLOusercredentialsarenotrequired. ◦Disabled—DisablesaccesstotheiLOCLPfromthehostserialport.Usethisoption ifyouareplanningtousephysicalserialdevices. •SerialCLISpeed(bits/second)—Thissettingletsyouchangethespeedoftheserialport fortheCLIfeature.Thefollowingspeeds(inbitspersecond)arevalid:9600,19200, 57600,and115200.Youneedtosettheserialportconfigurationtonoparity,8data bits,and1stopbit(N/8/1)forcorrectoperation. NOTE:The38400speedissupportedintheiLOwebinterface,butisnotcurrently supportedbytheiLO4ConfigurationUtility. 6.PressF10tosavethechanges. 7.PressEscuntilthemainmenuisdisplayed. 8.SelectExitandResumeBootinthemainmenu,andthenpressEnter. 9.Whenpromptedtoconfirmtherequest,pressEntertoexittheutilityandresumetheboot process. ViewinginformationaboutiLObyusingtheiLO4ConfigurationUtility YoucanusetheiLO4ConfigurationUtilityAboutmenutoviewiLOinformation. ToviewiLOinformation: 1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession. Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC. 2.Restartorpowerontheserver. 144ConfiguringiLO
3.PressF9intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen. TheSystemUtilitiesscreenappears. 4.FromtheSystemUtilitiesscreen,selectSystemConfiguration→iLO4Configuration Utility→About. TheAboutscreenappears. Thisscreenincludesthefollowinginformation: •FirmwareDate—TheiLOfirmwarerevisiondate. •FirmwareVersion—TheiLOfirmwareversion. •iLOCPLDVersion—TheiLOcomplexprogrammablelogicdeviceversion. •HostCPLDVersion—TheProLiantservercomplexprogrammablelogicdeviceversion. •SerialNumber—TheiLOserialnumber. •RBSUDate—TheiLO4ConfigurationUtilityrevisiondate. •PCIBUS—ThePCIbustowhichtheiLOprocesserisattached. •Device—ThedevicenumberassignedtoiLOinthePCIbus. 5.PressEscuntilthemainmenuisdisplayed. 6.SelectExitandResumeBootinthemainmenu,andthenpressEnter. 7.Whenpromptedtoconfirmtherequest,pressEntertoexittheutilityandresumetheboot process. ConfiguringiLObyusingtheROM-basedutilities145
4UsingiLO ThemainiLOfeaturesforanonadministrativeuserarelocatedintheInformation,RemoteConsole, VirtualMedia,PowerManagement,andBLc-Classsectionsofthenavigationpane.Thisguide providesinformationaboutusingiLOwiththeiLOwebinterface. TIP:YoucanalsoperformmanyiLOtasksbyusingXMLconfigurationandcontrolscriptsor SMASHCLP.Forinformationaboutusingthesemethods,seetheHPiLO4ScriptingandCommand LineGuide,HPScriptingToolkitforLinuxUserGuide,andHPScriptingToolkitforWindowsUser Guide. UsingtheiLOwebinterface YoucanusetheiLOwebinterfacetomanageiLO.YoucanalsouseaRemoteConsole,scripting, ortheCLP. Browsersupport TheiLOwebinterfacerequiresabrowserthatsupportsJavaScript.Foralistofsupportedbrowsers, seeTable5(page146). Table5Supportedbrowsers ChromeFirefoxInternetExploreriLOversion 3.6,ESR107,8,9iLO41.01 Chrome(latestversion)ESR107,8,9iLO41.05 Chrome(latestversion)ESR107,8,9iLO41.10 Chrome(latestversion)ESR107,8,9iLO41.13 Chrome(latestversion)ESR107,8,9iLO41.20 Chrome(latestversion)ESR178,9,10iLO41.30 Chrome(latestversion)ESR248,10iLO41.40 Chrome(latestversion)ESR248,11iLO41.50 Chrome(latestversion)ESR248,11iLO42.00 Ifyoureceiveanoticethatyourbrowserdoesnothavetherequiredfunctionality,verifythatyour browsersettingsmeetthefollowingrequirements,orcontactyouradministrator. Thefollowingsettingsmustbeenabled: •JavaScript—TheiLOwebinterfaceusesclient-sideJavaScriptextensively. •Cookies—Cookiesmustbeenabledforcertainfeaturestofunctioncorrectly. •Pop-upwindows—Pop-upwindowsmustbeenabledforcertainfeaturestofunctioncorrectly. Verifythatpop-upblockersaredisabled. LoggingintotheiLOwebinterface YoumustaccesstheiLOwebinterfacethroughHTTPS(HTTPexchangedoveranSSLencrypted session). TologintoiLO: 146UsingiLO
1.Enterhttps://. TheiLOloginpageopens. IfiLOisconfiguredtousetheLoginSecurityBannerfeature,asecuritymessageisdisplayed ontheloginpage. ForinformationaboutconfiguringtheLoginSecurityBanner,see“ConfiguringtheLogin SecurityBanner”(page89). 2.EnteranHPiLOusernameandpassword,andthenclickLogIn. Loginproblemsmightoccurforthefollowingreasons: •YouhaverecentlyupgradedtheiLOfirmware.Youmightneedtoclearyourbrowsercache beforeattemptingtologinagain. •Youenteredincorrectlogininformation. Passwordsarecasesensitive.◦ ◦Usernamesarenotcasesensitive.Uppercaseandlowercasecharactersaretreatedthe same(forexample,Administratoristreatedasthesameuserasadministrator). •YouruseraccountisnotavalidiLOaccount. •Youruseraccounthasbeendeleted,disabled,orlockedout. •Thepasswordfortheuseraccountmustbechanged. •YouareattemptingtosigninfromanIPaddressthatisnotvalidforthespecifiedaccount. Contacttheadministratorifyoucontinuetohaveproblems. IfiLOisconfiguredforKerberosnetworkauthentication,theHPZeroSignInbuttonisdisplayed belowtheLogInbutton.ClickingtheHPZeroSignInbuttonlogstheuserintoiLOwithoutrequiring theusertoenterausernameandpassword.IftheKerberosloginfails,theusercanloginby enteringausernameandpassword. AfailedKerberosloginmightbeduetooneofthefollowingreasons: •Theclientdoesnothaveaticketorhasaninvalidticket.PressCtrl+Alt+Deltolocktheclient PCandgetanewticket. •Thebrowserisnotconfiguredcorrectly.Thebrowsermightdisplayadialogboxrequesting credentials. •TheKerberosrealmthattheclientPCisloggedintodoesnotmatchtheKerberosrealmfor whichiLOisconfigured. •ThecomputeraccountinActiveDirectoryforiLOdoesnotexistorisdisabled. •TheuserloggedintotheclientPCisnotamemberofauniversalorglobaldirectorygroup authorizedtoaccessiLO. •ThekeyintheKerberoskeytabstorediniLOdoesnotmatchthekeyinActiveDirectory. •TheKDCserveraddressforwhichiLOisconfiguredisincorrect. •ThedateandtimedonotmatchbetweentheclientPC,theKDCserver,andiLO.Tologinto Kerberossuccessfully,ensurethatthedateandtimeofthefollowingaresettowithin5minutes ofoneanother: ◦TheiLOserver ◦Theclientrunningthewebbrowser ◦Theserversperformingtheauthentication •TheDNSserverisnotworkingcorrectly.iLOrequiresafunctioningDNSserverforKerberos support. UsingtheiLOwebinterface147
Handlinganunknownauthority IfthemessageWebsite Certified by an Unknown Authorityisdisplayed,takethe followingaction: 1.Viewthecertificatetoensurethatyouarebrowsingtothecorrectmanagementserver(notan imposter). •VerifythattheIssuedTonameisyourmanagementserver.Performanyotherstepsyou feelnecessarytoverifytheidentityofthemanagementserver. •Ifyouarenotsurethatthisisthecorrectmanagementserver,donotproceed.Youmight bebrowsingtoanimposterandgivingyoursign-incredentialstothatimposterwhenyou signin.Contacttheadministrator.Exitthecertificatewindow,andthenclickNoorCancel tocanceltheconnection. 2.AfterverifyingtheitemsinStep1,youhavethefollowingoptions: •Acceptthecertificatetemporarilyforthissession. •Acceptthecertificatepermanently. •Stopnowandimportthecertificateintoyourbrowserfromafileprovidedbyyour administrator. UsingtheiLOcontrols WhenyoulogintotheiLOwebinterface,thecontrolsatthebottomofthebrowserwindoware availablefromanyiLOpage. •POWER—UsethismenutoaccesstheiLOVirtualPowerfeatures. •UID—UsethisbuttontoturntheUIDonandoff. •Language—UsethismenutoselectalanguageortonavigatetotheAccessSettings→Language page,whereyoucaninstallalanguagepackandconfigureotherlanguage-relatedsettings. Thisoptionisavailableonlyifalanguagepackisinstalled. •Healthicon—Usethisicontoviewtheoverallhealthstatusfortheserverfans,temperature sensors,andothermonitoredsubsystems.Clicktheicontoviewthestatusofthemonitored components.Selectacomponenttoviewmoreinformationaboutthecomponentstatus. Startingaremotemanagementtool WheniLOisunderthecontrolofaremotemanagementtool,theiLOwebinterfacedisplaysa messagesimilartothefollowingontheiLOloginpage: Warning! Some iLO settings are managed by . Changes made directly in iLO will be out of sync with the centralized settings. Thenameoftheremotemanagementtoolisalink.Clickthelinktostarttheremotemanagement tool. Languagepacksupport IfalanguagepackiscurrentlyinstallediniLO,alanguagemenuisavailableontheloginscreen foryoutoselectthelanguagefortheiLOsession.Thisselectionissavedinabrowsercookiefor futureuse. ViewingiLOoverviewinformation TheiLOOverviewpagedisplayshigh-leveldetailsabouttheserverandiLOsubsystem,aswellas linkstocommonlyusedfeatures. 148UsingiLO
Viewingsysteminformation ToviewiLOoverviewinformation,navigatetotheInformation→Overviewpage. TheInformationsectiondisplaysthefollowinginformation: •ServerName—Theservernamedefinedbythehostoperatingsystem.ClicktheServerName linktonavigatetotheAdministration→AccessSettingspage. •ProductName—TheproductwithwhichthisiLOprocessorisintegrated. •UUID—Theuniversallyuniqueidentifierthatsoftware(forexample,HPSIM)usestouniquely identifythishost.Thisvalueisassignedwhenthesystemismanufactured. •UUID(Logical)—ThesystemUUIDthatispresentedtohostapplications.Thisvalueisdisplayed onlywhenithasbeensetbyotherHPsoftware,suchasHPVirtualConnectManager.This valuemightaffectoperatingsystemandapplicationlicensing.TheUUID(Logical)valueisset aspartofthelogicalserverprofilethatisassignedtothesystem.Ifthelogicalserverprofile isremoved,thesystemUUIDvaluerevertsfromtheUUID(Logical)valuetotheUUIDvalue.If noUUID(Logical)valueisset,thisitemisnotdisplayedontheiLOOverviewpage. •ServerSerialNumber—Theserverserialnumber,whichisassignedwhenthesystemis manufactured.YoucanchangethisvaluebyusingthesystemRBSUortheUEFISystemUtilities duringPOST. •SerialNumber(Logical)—Thesystemserialnumberthatispresentedtohostapplications.This valueisdisplayedonlywhenithasbeensetbyotherHPsoftware,suchasHPVirtualConnect Manager.Thisvaluemightaffectoperatingsystemandapplicationlicensing.TheSerial Number(Logical)valueissetaspartofthelogicalserverprofilethatisassignedtothesystem. Ifthelogicalserverprofileisremoved,theserialnumbervaluerevertsfromtheSerialNumber (Logical)valuetotheServerSerialNumbervalue.IfnoSerialNumber(Logical)valueisset, thisitemisnotdisplayedontheiLOOverviewpage. •ChassisSerialNumber—TheserialnumberoftheSLchassisthatcontainstheservernode. ThisinformationisdisplayedforSLserverswithSLChassisfirmwareversion6.0orlater. •ProductID—Thisvaluedistinguishesbetweendifferentsystemswithsimilarserialnumbers. TheproductIDisassignedwhenthesystemismanufactured.Youcanchangethisvalueby usingthesystemRBSUortheUEFISystemUtilitiesduringPOST. •SystemROM—ThefamilyoftheactivesystemROM. •SystemROMDate—ThedateoftheactivesystemROM. ViewingiLOoverviewinformation149
•BackupSystemROMDate—ThedateofthebackupsystemROM.ThebackupsystemROM isusedifasystemROMupdatefailsorisrolledback.Thisvalueisdisplayedonlyifthesystem supportsabackupsystemROM.ForinformationaboutusingthebackupsystemROM,see “UsingiLOdiagnostics”(page180). •IntegratedRemoteConsole—Provideslinkstostartthe.NETIRCorJavaIRCapplicationfor remote,out-of-bandcommunicationwiththeserverconsole.ForinformationaboutRemote Consolerequirementsandfeatures,see“UsingtheIntegratedRemoteConsole”(page202). •LicenseType—TheleveloflicensediLOfunctionality. •iLOFirmwareVersion—TheversionanddateoftheinstallediLOfirmware.ClicktheiLO FirmwareVersionlinktonavigatetotheAdministration→Firmwarepage.Formoreinformation aboutfirmware,see“Updatingfirmware”(page37). •IPAddress—ThenetworkIPaddressoftheiLOsubsystem. •Link-LocalIPv6Address—TheSLAAClink-localaddressoftheiLOsubsystem.ClicktheLink-Local IPv6AddresslinktonavigatetotheNetworkSummarypage. •iLOHostname—Thefully-qualifiednetworknameassignedtotheiLOsubsystem.Bydefault, theiLOhostnameisILO,followedbythesystemserialnumberandthecurrentdomainname. Thisvalueisusedforthenetworknameandmustbeunique.Youcanchangethisnameon theNetworkGeneralSettingspagefortheiLODedicatedNetworkPortorSharedNetwork Port. Viewingstatusinformation Toviewgeneralstatusinformation,navigatetotheInformation→Overviewpage. TheStatussectiondisplaysthefollowinginformation: •SystemHealth—Theserverhealthindicator.Thisvaluesummarizestheconditionofthe monitoredsubsystems,includingoverallstatusandredundancy(abilitytohandleafailure). ClicktheSystemHealthlinktonavigatetotheSystemInformation→HealthSummarypage. Formoreinformationaboutviewingsystemhealthinformation,see“Viewinghealthsummary information”(page151). •ServerPower—Theserverpowerstate(ONorOFF). •UIDIndicator—ThestateoftheUID.TheUIDhelpsyouidentifyandlocateaserver,especially inhigh-densityrackenvironments.ThepossiblestatesareUIDON,UIDOFF,andUIDBLINK. YoucanchangetheUIDstatetoUIDONorUIDOFFbyusingtheUIDbuttonsontheserver chassisortheUIDcontrolatthebottomofthebrowserwindow. CAUTION:TheUIDblinksautomaticallytoindicatethatacriticaloperationisunderwayon thehost,suchasRemoteConsoleaccessorafirmwareupdate.Donotremovepowerfrom aserverwhentheUIDisblinking. WhentheUIDisblinking,theUIDIndicatordisplaysthestatusUIDBLINK.WhentheUIDstops blinking,thestatusrevertstothepreviousvalue(UIDONorUIDOFF).Ifanewstateisselected whiletheUIDisblinking,thatstatetakeseffectwhentheUIDstopsblinking. •TPMStatus—ThecurrentstatusoftheTPM.IfthehostsystemorsystemROMdoesnotsupport TPM,thevalueNotSupportedisdisplayed. •SD-CardStatus—ThecurrentstatusoftheinternalSDcard.Ifpresent,thenumberofblocksin theSDcardisdisplayed. Onnonbladeservers,SDcardsarenothot-pluggable.Usethefollowingproceduretoinsert anSDcard: 150UsingiLO