HP Ilo 4 User Guide

							Changingthepowerstateforagroupofservers
TheVirtualPowerButtonsectionontheGroupPowerpagedisplaysasummaryofthecurrent
powerstateofthegroupedservers,includingthetotalnumberofserversthatareintheON,OFF,
orResetstate.TheSystemPowersummaryindicatesthestateoftheserverpowerwhenthepage
isfirstopened.UsethebrowserrefreshfeaturetoupdatetheSystemPowerinformation.
Tochangethepowerstateforagroupofservers:
1.NavigatetotheiLOFederation→GroupPowerpage.
2.SelectagroupfromtheSelectedGroupmenu.
Thegroupedserversarelistedbypowerstatewithacounterthatshowsthetotalnumberof
serversineachstate.
Alloftheserversintheselectedgroupwillbeaffectedbythechangesyoumakeonthispage.
3.Dooneofthefollowing:
•TochangethepowerstateforserversthatareintheONorResetstate,clickoneofthe
followingbuttonsontheleftsideofthepage:
◦MomentaryPress—Thesameaspressingthephysicalpowerbutton.
Someoperatingsystemsmightbeconfiguredtoinitiateagracefulshutdownaftera
momentarypress,ortoignorethisevent.HPrecommendsusingsystemcommands
tocompleteagracefuloperatingsystemshutdownbeforeyouattempttoshutdown
byusingtheVirtualPowerButton.
◦PressandHold—Thesameaspressingthephysicalpowerbuttonfor5secondsand
thenreleasingit.
Theserversintheselectedgrouparepoweredoffasaresultofthisoperation.Using
thisoptionmightcircumventagracefuloperatingsystemshutdown.
ThisoptionprovidestheACPIfunctionalitythatsomeoperatingsystemsimplement.
Theseoperatingsystemsbehavedifferently,dependingonashortpressorlong
press.
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							◦Reset—Forcestheserversintheselectedgrouptowarm-boot:CPUsandI/Oresources
arereset.Usingthisoptioncircumventsagracefuloperatingsystemshutdown.
◦ColdBoot—Immediatelyremovespowerfromtheserversintheselectedgroup.
Processors,memory,andI/Oresourceslosemainpower.Theserverswillrestart
afterapproximately6seconds.Usingthisoptioncircumventsagracefuloperating
systemshutdown.
•TochangethepowerstateforserversthatareintheOFFstate,clicktheMomentaryPress
buttonontherightsideofthepage.
NOTE:ThePressandHold,Reset,andColdBootoptionsarenotavailableforservers
thatareintheOFFstate.
Aconfirmationdialogboxopens.
4.ClickOKtocontinue.
iLOdisplaysaprogressbarwhilethegroupedserversrespondtotheVirtualPowerButton
push.Theprogressbarindicatesthenumberofserversthatsuccessfullyprocessedthe
command.
TheCommandResultssectiondisplaysthecommandstatusandresults,includingerrormessages
relatedtothepowerstatechange.
ViewingserversaffectedbytheVirtualPowerButton
TheAffectedSystemstableprovidesthefollowingdetailsabouttheserversthatwillbeaffectedby
theVirtualPowerButtonaction:
•ServerName—Theservernamedefinedbythehostoperatingsystem.
•ServerPower—Theserverpowerstate(ONorOFF).
•UIDIndicator—ThestateoftheUIDLED.TheUIDLEDhelpsyouidentifyandlocateaserver,
especiallyinhigh-densityrackenvironments.ThepossiblestatesareUIDON,UIDOFF,and
UIDBLINK.
•iLOHostname—ThefullyqualifiednetworknameassignedtotheiLOsubsystem.Clickthelink
intheiLOHostnamecolumntoopentheiLOwebinterfacefortheserver.
•IPAddress—ThenetworkIPaddressoftheiLOsubsystem.ClickthelinkintheIPAddress
columntoopentheiLOwebinterfacefortheserver.
ClickNextorPrevioustoviewmoreserversinthelist.
ConfiguringiLOFederationgrouppowersettings
TheGroupPowerSettingsfeatureenablesyoutosetdynamicpowercapsforthegroupedservers.
WhenusingtheAutomaticGroupPowerCappingfeature,notethefollowing:
•Whenagrouppowercapisset,thegroupedserverssharepowerinordertostaybelowthe
powercap.Morepowerisallocatedtobusyserversandlesspowerisallocatedtoservers
thatareidle.
•Thepowercapsthatyousetforagroupoperateconcurrentlywiththepowercapsthatyou
cansetonthePowerSettingspageforanindividualserver.
•Whenapowercapisset,theaveragepowerreadingofthegroupedserversmustbeator
belowthepowercapvalue.
•IfyouwanttoconfigurepowercappingsettingsforaniLOFederationgroup,ensurethateach
memberofthegrouphasgrantedtheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetothegroup.Formore
informationaboutprivileges,see“ConfiguringiLOFederation”(page52).
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							•Whenagrouppowercapisset,youmightseeanunexpectedsession(withtheIPaddress
127.0.0.1)intheActiveSessionslistontheiLOOverviewpageandintheiLOEventLog.
ThistemporarysessioniscreatedbytheAutomaticGroupPowerCappingfeaturewhenit
obtainsthedatathatisrequiredtomaintainthepowercap.Youcanignorethissession.It
willberemovedfromtheActiveSessionslistwithinaminute.
•AlicenseisrequiredifyouwanttomakechangesontheGroupPowerSettingspage.For
moreinformationaboutiLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/
ilo/licensing.
•YoucannotusetheiLOwebinterfacetoconfiguregrouppowercappingsettingsforSLservers.
UseoneofthefollowingtoolstoconfigurethepowercappingsettingsforSLservers:
◦HPProLiantPowerInterfaceControlUtility—Thisutilityisavailableatthefollowingwebsite:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc.
◦HPProLiantSLAdvancedPowerManager—Formoreinformation,seetheHPProLiantSL
AdvancedPowerManagerUserGuide.
TheHPAutomaticGroupPowerCappingSettingssectionenablesyoutoviewmeasuredpower
values,setapowercap,anddisablepowercapping.
•TheMeasuredPowerValuessectionliststhefollowing:
MaximumAvailablePower—Thetotalpowersupplycapacityforallserversinagroup.◦
◦PeakObservedPower—Themaximumobservedpowerforallserversinagroup.
◦MinimumObservedPower—Theminimumobservedpowerforallserversinagroup.
DuringPOST,theROMrunstwopowerteststhatdeterminethepeakandminimumobserved
powervalues.
•UsethePowerCapThresholdsasguidelinesforconfiguringthepowercapvalue.
MaximumPowerCap—Themaximumpoweravailablefortheserversinagroup.The
serversinagroupmustnotexceedthisvalue.
◦
◦MinimumHigh-PerformanceCap—Themaximumpowerthattheserversinagroupuse
intheircurrentconfiguration.Apowercapsettothisvaluedoesnotaffectserver
performance.
◦MinimumPowerCap—Theminimumpowerthattheserversinagroupuse.Apowercap
settothisvaluereducestheserverpowerusagetotheminimum,whichresultsinserver
performancedegradation.
•ThePowerCapValuesectionallowsyoutoconfigurethepowercappingsettings.For
instructions,see“ConfiguringAutomaticGroupPowerCappingsettings”(page194).
TheCurrentStatesectionshowsthecurrentpowerconsumptionforallserversintheselectediLO
Federationgroup.
•PresentPowerReading—Thecurrentpowerreadingforallserversinagroup.
•PresentPowerCap—Thecurrentpowercapvalueforallserversinagroup.Thisvalueis0if
apowercapisnotconfigured.
TheGroupPowerAllocationsforthissystemsectionliststhegroupmembershipsofthelocaliLO
system,andthepowercapvaluesconfiguredbyeachlistedgroup.
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							ConfiguringAutomaticGroupPowerCappingsettings
1.NavigatetotheiLOFederation→GroupPowerSettingspage.
2.SelectagroupfromtheSelectedGroupmenu.
Allofthesystemsintheselectedgroupwillbeaffectedbythechangesyoumakeonthispage.
3.SelecttheEnablepowercappingcheckbox.
4.EnterthePowerCapValueinwatts,BTU/hr,orasapercentage.
Thepercentageisthedifferencebetweenthemaximumandminimumpowervalues.The
powercapvaluecannotbesetbelowtheserverminimumpowervalue.
Whenvaluesaredisplayedinwatts,clickShowvaluesinBTU/hrtochangethedisplayto
BTU/hr.WhenvaluesaredisplayedinBTU/hr,clickShowvaluesinWattstochangethe
displaytowatts.
5.ClickApply.
UsingtheiLOFederationGroupFirmwareUpdatefeature
TheGroupFirmwareUpdatefeatureenablesyoutoupdatethefirmwareofmultipleserversfrom
asystemrunningtheiLOwebinterface.
AlicenseisrequiredifyouwanttomakechangesontheGroupFirmwareUpdatepage.Formore
informationaboutiLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing.
Thisfeatureallowsyoutodothefollowing:
•Viewthenumberofserverswitheachsupportedfirmwareversion.Thepercentageofthetotal
numberofserverswiththelistedfirmwareversionisalsodisplayed.
•Viewtheflashstatusforthegroupedservers.Thepercentageofthetotalnumberofservers
withthelistedflashstatusisalsodisplayed.
•ViewtheTPMstatusforthegroupedserversintheOptionROMMeasuringsection.The
percentageofthetotalnumberofserverswiththelistedTPMstatusisalsodisplayed.
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							•Updatethefirmware.Thefollowingfirmwaretypesaresupported:
iLOfirmware◦
◦HPProLiantSystemROM(BIOS)
◦SLChassisFirmware(PowerManagement)
◦PowerManagementController
◦SystemProgrammableLogicDevice(CPLD)
•Viewthelistofserversthatwillbeaffectedbyafirmwareupdate.Formoreinformation,see
“ViewingserversaffectedbyaGroupFirmwareUpdate”(page198).
ObtainingtheiLOfirmwareimagefile
The.binfilefromtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentisrequiredforupdatingtheiLOfirmware
ontheGroupFirmwareUpdatepage.
TodownloadtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentfile,andthenextractthe.binfile:
1.NavigatetotheHPSupportCenterwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc.
2.IntheEnteraproductnameornumberbox,entertheservermodelnumber,andthenclick
Go.
3.TheHPSupportCenterpagefortheserveropens.
4.ClicktheDrivers,Software&Firmwarelink.
Alistofoperatingsystemsisdisplayed.
5.Clickthelinkfortheserveroperatingsystem.
6.FollowtheonscreeninstructionstodownloadtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentfile.
7.Double-clickthedownloadedfile,andthenclicktheExtractbutton.
8.Selectalocationfortheextractedfiles,andthenclickOK.
ThenameoftheiLOfirmwareimagefileissimilartoilo4_.bin,where
representsthefirmwareversion.
TheURLtoenterfortheiLOfirmwareimagefileissimilarto
http:////ilo4_150.bin.
Obtainingsupportedserverfirmwareimagefiles
ToobtainthesystemROM,PowerManagementController,andSLChassisManagerfirmware
imagefiles:
1.NavigatetotheHPSupportCenterwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc.
2.IntheEnteraproductnameornumberbox,entertheservermodelnumber,andthenclick
Go.
3.TheHPSupportCenterpagefortheserveropens.
4.Clickthedrivers,software&firmwarelink.
Alistofoperatingsystemsisdisplayed.
5.Clickthelinkfortheserveroperatingsystem.
6.FollowtheonscreeninstructionstodownloadanOnlineROMFlashComponentfile.
7.Double-clickthedownloadedfile,andthenclicktheExtractbutton.
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							8.Selectalocationfortheextractedfiles,andthenclickOK.
•WhenyouupdatethesystemROM,youmustuseasignedimageorthesignedROMPAQ
image:
◦Signedimageexample:
http:////P79_1.00_10_25_2013.signed.flash
◦SignedROMPAQimageexample:
http:////CPQPJ0612.A48
•ThePowerManagementControllerandSLChassisManagerfirmwarefilesusethefile
extension.hex.Forexample,thefilenamemightbesimilartoABCD5S95.hex.
•TheSystemProgrammableLogicDevice(CPLD)firmwarefileusesthefileextension.vme.
Updatingthefirmwareformultipleservers
ToupdatethefirmwareofserversinaniLOFederationgroup:
1.DownloadthesupportedfirmwarefromtheHPSupportCenterwebsite:http://www.hp.com/
go/hpsc.
Formoreinformationaboutobtainingsupportedfirmwarefiles,see“ObtainingtheiLOfirmware
imagefile”(page195)and“Obtainingsupportedserverfirmwareimagefiles”(page195).
2.Savethefirmwarefiletoawebserver.
3.NavigatetotheiLOFederation→GroupFirmwareUpdatepage.
4.SelectagroupfromtheSelectedGroupmenu.
Allofthesystemsintheselectedgroupwillbeaffectedbythechangesyoumakeonthispage.
5.Optional:Clickafirmwareversion,flashstatus,orOptionROMMeasuringstatuslinktofilter
thelistofaffectedsystems.
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							6.IntheFirmwareUpdatesection,entertheURLtothefirmwarefileonyourwebserver,and
thenclicktheUpdateFirmwarebutton.
Eachselectedsystemdownloadsthefirmwareimageandattemptstoflashit.
TheFlashStatussectionisupdatedandamessagesimilartothefollowingappears:
Flashing Firmware Image, please wait...
Thismessageandthe%Completevalueapplytoalloftheaffectedsystems.
Whentheupdateiscomplete,theFirmwareInformationsectionisupdated.
Ifafirmwareimageisnotvalidforasystemorhasabad/missingsignature,iLOrejectsthe
imageandtheFlashStatussectionshowsanerrorfortheaffectedsystem.
SomefirmwareupdatetypesmightrequireaniLOreset,asystemreset,oraserverrebootfor
thenewfirmwaretotakeeffect.
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							ViewingserversaffectedbyaGroupFirmwareUpdate
TheAffectedSystemstableprovidesthefollowingdetailsabouttheserversthatwillbeaffectedby
afirmwareupdate:
•ServerName—Theservernamedefinedbythehostoperatingsystem.
•SystemROM—TheinstalledHPProLiantSystemROM.
•iLOFirmwareVersion—TheinstallediLOfirmwareversion.
•iLOHostname—ThefullyqualifiednetworknameassignedtotheiLOsubsystem.Clickthelink
intheiLOHostnamecolumntoopentheiLOwebinterfacefortheserver.
•IPAddress—ThenetworkIPaddressoftheiLOsubsystem.ClickthelinkintheIPAddress
columntoopentheiLOwebinterfacefortheserver.
UsingiLOFederationgrouplicensing
TheGroupLicensingpagedisplaysthelicensestatusformembersofaselectediLOFederation
group.UsethispagetoenteranoptionalkeytoactivateiLOlicensedfeatures.
ForanoverviewofiLOlicensing,see“iLOlicensing”(page44).
Viewinglicenseinformation
Toviewlicenseinformationforagroupofservers:
1.NavigatetotheiLOFederation→GroupLicensingpage.
2.SelectagroupfromtheSelectedGroupmenu.
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							3.Optional:Tofilterthelistofservers,clickalicensetypeorstatuslinkintheLicenseInformation
section.
Thefollowinginformationisdisplayedfortheserversintheselectedgroupthatmeetthefilter
criteria(iffiltersareused):
•Type—Thenumberofserverswitheachlistedlicensetype.Thepercentageofthetotal
numberofserverswitheachlistedlicensetypeisalsodisplayed.
FormoreinformationaboutiLOlicensetypes,seethefollowingwebsite:http://
www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing.
•Status—Thenumberofserverswitheachlistedlicensestatus.Thepercentageofthetotal
numberofserverswitheachlicensestatusisalsodisplayed.Thepossiblestatusvalues
follow:
◦Evaluation—Avalidevaluationlicenseisinstalled.
◦Expired—Anexpiredevaluationlicenseisinstalled.
◦Perpetual—AvalidiLOAdvanced,iLOAdvancedforBladeSystem,iLOEssentials,
oriLOScale-Outlicenseisinstalled.Thislicensedoesnothaveanexpirationdate.
◦Unlicensed—Thefactorydefaultlicenseisinstalled(iLOStandardoriLOStandard
forBladeSystem).
Installinglicensekeys
ToinstallalicensekeyontheserversinaniLOFederationgroup:
1.NavigatetotheiLOFederation→GroupLicensingpageintheiLOwebinterface.
2.ReviewthelicenseagreementprovidedwithyourHPLicensePackoptionkit.
3.Optional:Clickalicensetypeorstatuslinktofilterthelistofaffectedsystems.
4.EnterthelicensekeyintheActivationKeybox.
PresstheTabkeyorclickinsideasegmentoftheActivationKeyboxtomovebetween
segments.Thecursoradvancesautomaticallywhenyouenterdataintothesegmentsofthe
ActivationKeybox.
5.ClickInstall.
TheEULAconfirmationdialogboxopens.TheEULAdetailsareavailableintheHPLicense
Packoptionkit.
6.ClickOK.
TheLicenseInformationsectionisupdatedtoshowthenewlicensedetailsfortheselected
group.
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							Viewingserversaffectedbyalicenseinstallation
TheAffectedSystemssectionprovidesthefollowingdetailsabouttheserversthatwillbeaffected
whenyouinstallalicensekey.
Thefollowinginformationisdisplayed:
•ServerName—Theservernamedefinedbythehostoperatingsystem.
•License—Theinstalledlicensetype.
•iLOFirmwareVersion—TheinstallediLOfirmwareversion.
•iLOHostname—ThefullyqualifiednetworknameassignedtotheiLOsubsystem.Clickthelink
intheiLOHostnamecolumntoopentheiLOwebinterfacefortheserver.
•IPAddress—ThenetworkIPaddressoftheiLOsubsystem.ClickthelinkintheIPAddress
columntoopentheiLOwebinterfacefortheserver.
ConfiguringgroupmembershipsforaniLOFederationgroup
YoucanconfiguregroupmembershipsforthelocaliLOsystem,oryoucanconfigurethemforthe
membersofaselectediLOFederationgroup.Thistopicdescribestheprocedureforworkingwith
iLOFederationgroups.ForinformationaboutmanaginggroupsforanindividualiLOsystem,see
“ManagingiLOFederationgroupmembershipsforthelocaliLOsystem”(page55).
FormoreinformationaboutiLOFederationgroups,see“UnderstandingiLOFederationgroups”
(page54).
ToconfiguregroupmembershipsforaniLOFederationgroup:
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