HP Ilo 4 User Guide

							1.NavigatetotheiLOFederation→GroupConfigurationpage.
2.SelectagroupfromtheSelectedGroupmenu.
Allofthesystemsintheselectedgroupwillbeaffectedbythechangesyoumakeonthispage.
3.Enterthefollowinginformation:
•GroupName—Thegroupname,whichcanbe1to31characterslong.
•GroupKey—Thegrouppassword,whichcanbe3to39characterslong.
•GroupKeyConfirm—Confirmthegrouppassword.
4.Selectfromthefollowingpermissions:
•AdministerUserAccounts
•RemoteConsoleAccess
•VirtualPowerandReset
•VirtualMedia
•ConfigureiLOSettings
•LoginPrivilege
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							Thepermissionsgrantedtothegroupbyeachgroupmembercontrolthetasksthatusersof
otheriLOsystemsinthegroupcanperformonthem.
Foradescriptionofthesepermissions,see“ViewingiLOFederationgroupmemberships”
(page54).
5.Optional:EntertheLoginNameandPasswordforauseraccountontheremotesystem(s)you
wanttomanage.
ThisisrequiredifthelocaliLOsystemdoesnothavepermissiontoconfiguregroupsfora
remotesystem.
TIP:Ifyouneedtoentercredentialsformultipleremotesystems,createauseraccountwith
thesameloginnameandpasswordoneachsystem.
6.ClickCreateGrouptosavetheconfiguration.
Viewingserversaffectedbyagroupmembershipchange
TheAffectedSystemssectionprovidesthefollowingdetailsabouttheserversthatwillbeaffected
byagroupmembershipchange:
•ServerName—Theservernamedefinedbythehostoperatingsystem.
•ServerPower—Theserverpowerstate(ONorOFF).
•UIDIndicator—ThestateoftheUIDLED.TheUIDLEDhelpsyouidentifyandlocateaserver,
especiallyinhigh-densityrackenvironments.ThepossiblestatesareUIDON,UIDOFF,and
UIDBLINK.
•iLOHostname—ThefullyqualifiednetworknameassignedtotheiLOsubsystem.Clickthelink
intheiLOHostnamecolumntoopentheiLOwebinterfacefortheserver.
•IPAddress—ThenetworkIPaddressoftheiLOsubsystem.ClickthelinkintheIPAddress
columntoopentheiLOwebinterfacefortheserver.
UsingtheIntegratedRemoteConsole
TheiLOIntegratedRemoteConsoleisagraphicalremoteconsolethatturnsasupportedbrowser
intoavirtualdesktop,allowingfullcontroloverthedisplay,keyboard,andmouseofthehost
server.UsingtheRemoteConsolealsoprovidesaccesstotheremotefilesystemandnetworkdrives.
WithIntegratedRemoteConsoleaccess,youcanobservePOSTbootmessagesastheremotehost
serverrestarts,andinitiateROM-basedsetuproutinestoconfiguretheremotehostserverhardware.
Whenyouareinstallingoperatingsystemsremotely,theIntegratedRemoteConsole(iflicensed)
enablesyoutoviewandcontrolthehostservermonitorthroughouttheinstallationprocess.
iLOprovidesthefollowingIntegratedRemoteConsoleaccessoptions:
•.NETIRC—ProvidesaccesstothesystemKVM,allowingcontrolofVirtualPowerandVirtual
MediafromasingleconsolethroughasupportedbrowseronaWindowsclient.Inaddition
tothestandardfeatures,the.NETIRCsupportsConsoleCapture,SharedConsole,Virtual
Folder,andScriptedMedia.
•JavaIRC—ProvidesaccesstothesystemKVM,allowingcontrolofVirtualPowerandVirtual
MediafromaJava-basedconsole.Inadditiontothestandardfeatures,theJavaIRCincludes
theiLOdiskimagetoolandScriptedMedia.
•StandaloneIRC(HPLOCONS)—ProvidesfulliLOIntegratedRemoteConsolefunctionalitydirectly
fromyourWindowsdesktop,withoutgoingthroughtheiLOwebinterface.HPLOCONShas
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							thesamefunctionalityandrequirementsasthe.NETIRCapplicationthatislaunchedfromthe
iLOwebinterface.DownloadHPLOCONSfromtheHPwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo.
•iLOMobileApplicationforiOSandAndroiddevices—ProvidesIntegratedRemoteConsole
accessfromyoursupportedmobilephoneortablet.Formoreinformation,seehttp://
www.hp.com/go/ilo/mobileapp.
Foralistofsupportedbrowsers,seethe“Browsersupport”(page146).
.NETIRCrequirements
Thissectionliststherequirementsforusingthe.NETIRC.
Microsoft.NETFramework
The.NETIRCrequiresoneofthefollowingversionsoftheMicrosoft.NETFramework.Youcan
useWindowsUpdatetoinstallthe.NETFramework.
•.NETFramework3.5Full(SP1recommended)
•.NETFramework4.0Full
•.NETFramework4.5
The.NETFrameworkversions3.5and4.0havetwodeploymentoptions:FullandClientProfile.
TheClientProfileisasubsetoftheFullframework.The.NETIRCissupportedwiththeFullframework
only;theClientProfileisnotsupported.Version4.5ofthe.NETFrameworkdoesnothavethe
ClientProfileoption.
ForInternetExplorerusersonly:The.NETFrameworkDetectiontableontheiLOIntegratedRemote
Consolepageliststhecompatible.NETversionsandindicateswhethertheinstalledversionis
compatiblewiththe.NETIRC.Iftheinstalledversioniscompatible,thestatusOKislistedinthe
Statuscolumn.
MicrosoftClickOnce
The.NETIRCislaunchedusingMicrosoftClickOnce,whichispartofthe.NETFramework.
ClickOncerequiresthatanyapplicationinstalledfromanSSLconnectionbefromatrustedsource.
IfabrowserisnotconfiguredtotrustaniLOsystem,andtheIRCrequiresatrustedcertificatein
iLOsettingissettoEnabled,ClickOncedisplaysthefollowingerrormessage:
Cannot Start Application - Application download did not succeed...
Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringtheIntegratedRemoteConsoleTrustsetting(.NETIRC)”
(page89).
•MozillaFirefoxrequiresanadd-ontolaunch.NETapplications.Youcanlaunchthe.NETIRC
fromasupportedversionofFirefoxbyusingaClickOnceadd-onsuchastheMicrosoft.NET
FrameworkAssistant.Youcandownloadthe.NETFrameworkAssistantfromhttp://
addons.mozilla.org/.
•GoogleChromerequiresanextensiontolaunch.NETapplications.
Asaworkaround,useoneofthefollowing:
◦The.NETIRCwithadifferentbrowser.
◦Thestandalone.NETIRC.
◦TheJavaIRC.
◦TheiLOmobileapp.
JavaIRCrequirements
TheJavaIRCrequiresasupportedversionoftheJavasoftware.
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							ToviewtheJavarequirementsortodownloadtheJavasoftware,navigatetotheRemote
Console→Javapage,andthenclicktheJavatab.
ClicktheDownloadbuttontonavigatetothefollowingwebsiteanddownloadtheJavasoftware:
http://www.java.com/en/.
Recommendedclientsettings
Ideally,theremoteserverdisplayresolutionisthesameorlowerthanthatoftheclientcomputer.
Higherresolutionstransmitmoreinformation,reducingtheoverallperformance.
Usethefollowingclientandbrowsersettingstooptimizeperformance:
•Displayproperties
Selectanoptiongreaterthan256colors.◦
◦Selectascreenresolutionhigherthanthatoftheremoteserver.
◦LinuxXDisplayproperties—Setthefontsizeto12ontheXPreferencesscreen.
•Mouseproperties
Setthemousepointerspeedtothemiddlesetting.◦
◦Setthemousepointeraccelerationtolowordisableit.
Recommendedserversettings
Forallservers,notethefollowing:
•Tooptimizeperformance,settheserverdisplaypropertiestouseaplainbackground(no
wallpaperpattern),andsettheservermousepropertiestodisablepointertrails.
•TodisplaytheentirehostserverscreenintheclientJavaIRCwindow,selectaserverdisplay
resolutionthatislessthanorequaltothatoftheclient.
ForRedHatLinuxandSUSELinuxserversonly,notethefollowing:Tooptimizeperformance,set
thevalueforservermousepropertiespointeraccelerationto1x.ForKDE,accesstheControlCenter,
selectPeripherals/Mouse,andthenclicktheAdvancedtab.
StartingtheRemoteConsole
UserswiththeRemoteConsoleprivilegecanusethe.NETIRCandtheJavaIRC.
AniLOlicensemustbeinstalledtousethisfeatureaftertheOSisstarted.Select
Administration→Licensingtodeterminewhetheralicenseisinstalled.Formoreinformationabout
iLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing.
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							WhenyouusetheRemoteConsole,notethefollowing:
•TheJavaIRCisasignedJavaapplet.IfyoudonotaccepttheJavaIRCappletcertificate,the
JavaIRCwillnotwork.IfyoudidnotacceptthecertificateandyouwanttousetheJavaIRC:
1.ClicktheClearbuttonintheJavaConsolewindow.
2.ClicktheClosebuttontoclosetheJavaConsolewindow.
3.ResetiLO.
Forinstructions,see“UsingiLOdiagnostics”(page180).
4.Clearthebrowsercache.
5.Closethebrowserandopenanewbrowserwindow.
6.LogintoiLO,starttheJavaIRC,andthenacceptthecertificate.
•TheJavaIRCexperiencesaslightdelaywhentheJavaappletfirstloadsinabrowser.
•TheJavaIRCisaJavaapplet-basedconsolethatislaunchedfromtheiLOwebinterface.
WhenyourefreshorclosetheiLOwebinterfacewindow,theRemoteConsoleconnectionis
closed,andyouwillloseaccesstoVirtualMediadevicesthatwereconnectedthroughthe
JavaIRC,exceptfordevicesthatwereconnectedbyURL(usingscriptedmedia).
•The.NETIRCandJavaIRCaresuitableforhigh-latency(modem)connections.
•Donotrunthe.NETIRCorJavaIRCfromthehostoperatingsystemontheserverthatcontains
theiLOmanagementprocessor.
•HPrecommendsthatuserswhologintoaserverthroughthe.NETIRCorJavaIRClogout
beforeclosingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
•Pop-upblockerspreventthe.NETIRCorJavaIRCfromrunning,soyoumustdisablethem
beforestartinga.NETIRCorJavaIRCsession.Insomecases,youcanCtrl+clickthe.NET
IRCorJavaIRCLaunchbuttontobypassthepop-upblockerandlaunchthe.NETIRCorJava
IRC.
•TheUIDblinkswhena.NETIRCorJavaIRCsessionisactive.
•WhenyoufinishusingtheRemoteConsole,closethewindoworclicktheClosebuttontoexit
the.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
TostarttheRemoteConsole:
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							1.NavigatetotheRemoteConsole→RemoteConsolepage.
2.Verifythatyoursystemmeetstherequirementsforusingthe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
3.ClicktheLaunchbuttonfortheRemoteConsolethatyouwanttouse.
IfyouattempttoopentheRemoteConsolewhileitisinuse,awarningmessageindicates
thatanotheruserisusingit.ToviewtheRemoteConsolesessionthatisinprogress,follow
theinstructionsin“UsingSharedRemoteConsole(.NETIRConly)”(page207).Totakecontrol
ofthesession,followtheinstructionsin“AcquiringtheRemoteConsole”(page206).
AcquiringtheRemoteConsole
IfanotheruserisworkingintheRemoteConsole,youcanacquireitfromthatuser.
1.NavigatetotheRemoteConsole→RemoteConsolepage.
2.ClicktheLaunchbuttonfortheRemoteConsolethatyouwanttouse.
ThesystemnotifiesyouthatanotheruserisworkingintheRemoteConsole.
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							3.ClicktheAcquirebutton.
TheotheruserispromptedtoapproveordenypermissiontoacquiretheRemoteConsole.
Ifthereisnoresponsein10seconds,permissionisgranted.
UsingtheRemoteConsolepowerswitch
Tousethepowerswitch,selectoneofthefollowingoptionsfromtheRemoteConsolePowerSwitch
menu:
•MomentaryPress—Thesameaspressingthephysicalpowerbutton.Ifaserverispowered
off,amomentarypresswillturntheserverpoweron.
Someoperatingsystemsmightbeconfiguredtoinitiateagracefulshutdownafteramomentary
press,ortoignorethisevent.HPrecommendsusingsystemcommandstocompleteagraceful
operatingsystemshutdownbeforeyouattempttoshutdownbyusingtheVirtualPowerbutton.
•PressandHold—Thesameaspressingthephysicalpowerbuttonfor5secondsandthen
releasingit.
Theserverispoweredoffasaresultofthisoperation.Usingthisoptionmightcircumventthe
gracefulshutdownfeaturesoftheoperatingsystem.
ThisoptionprovidestheACPIfunctionalitythatsomeoperatingsystemsimplement.These
operatingsystemsbehavedifferentlydependingonashortpressorlongpress.
•ColdBoot—Immediatelyremovespowerfromtheserver.Processors,memory,andI/Oresources
losemainpower.Theserverwillrestartafterapproximately6seconds.Usingthisoption
circumventsthegracefulshutdownfeaturesoftheoperatingsystem.
•Reset—Forcestheservertowarm-boot:CPUsandI/Oresourcesarereset.Usingthisoption
circumventsthegracefulshutdownfeaturesoftheoperatingsystem.
NOTE:ThePressandHold,Reset,andColdBootoptionsarenotavailablewhentheserveris
poweredoff.
UsingiLOVirtualMediafromtheRemoteConsole
ForinstructionsonusingtheVirtualMediafeaturefromtheRemoteConsole,see“UsingiLOVirtual
MediafromtheRemoteConsole”(page229).
UsingSharedRemoteConsole(.NETIRConly)
SharedRemoteConsoleallowstheconnectionofmultiplesessionsonthesameserver.Thisfeature
canbeusedforactivitiessuchastrainingandtroubleshooting.
ThisfeatureandmanyothersarepartofaniLOlicensingpackage.Formoreinformationabout
iLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing.
ThefirstusertoinitiateaRemoteConsolesessionconnectstotheservernormallyandisdesignated
asthesessionleader.AnysubsequentuserwhorequestsRemoteConsoleaccessinitiatesanaccess
requestforasatelliteclientconnection.Adialogboxforeachaccessrequestopensonthesession
leader'sdesktop,identifyingtherequester'susernameandDNSname(ifavailable)orIPaddress.
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							Thesessionleadercangrantordenyaccess.Ifthereisnoresponse,permissionisdenied
automatically.
SharedRemoteConsoledoesnotsupportpassingthesessionleaderdesignationtoanotheruser,
orreconnectingauserafterafailure.YoumustrestarttheRemoteConsolesessiontoallowuser
accessafterafailure.
DuringaSharedRemoteConsolesession,thesessionleaderhasaccesstoallRemoteConsole
features,whereasallotheruserscanaccessonlythekeyboardandmouse.Satelliteclientscannot
controlVirtualPowerorVirtualMedia.
iLOencryptsSharedRemoteConsolesessionsbyauthenticatingtheclientfirst,andthenthesession
leaderdetermineswhethertoallownewconnections.
TojoinaSharedRemoteConsolesession:
1.NavigatetotheRemoteConsole→RemoteConsolepage.
2.ClickLaunchtostartthe.NETIRC.
Amessagenotifiesyouthatthe.NETIRCisalreadyinuse.
3.ClickShare.
Thesessionleaderreceivesyourrequesttojointhe.NETIRCsession.
IfthesessionleaderclicksYes,youaregrantedaccesstothe.NETIRCsessionwithaccess
tothekeyboardandmouse.
UsingConsoleCapture(.NETIRConly)
ConsoleCaptureallowsyoutorecordandplaybackvideostreamsofeventssuchasstartup,ASR
events,andsensedoperatingsystemfaults.TheServerStartupandServerPrefailuresequences
arecapturedautomaticallybyiLO.Youcanmanuallystartandstoptherecordingofconsolevideo.
ThisfeatureandmanyothersarepartofaniLOlicensingpackage.Formoreinformationabout
iLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing.
WhenyouareusingConsoleCapture,notethefollowing:
•ConsoleCaptureissupportedwiththe.NETIRC;itisnotsupportedwiththeJavaIRC.
•ConsoleCaptureisavailableonlythroughthe.NETIRC.ItcannotbeaccessedthroughXML
scriptingortheCLP.
•TheServerStartupandServerPrefailuresequencesarenotcapturedautomaticallyduring
firmwareupgradesorwhiletheRemoteConsoleisinuse.
•ServerStartupandServerPrefailuresequencesaresavedautomaticallyiniLOmemory.They
willbelostduringfirmwareupgrades,iLOreset,andpowerloss.Youcansavethecaptured
videotoyourlocaldrivebyusingthe.NETIRC.
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							•TheServerStartupfilestartscapturingwhenserverstartupisdetected,andstopswhenitruns
outofspace.Thisfileisoverwritteneachtimetheserverstarts.
•TheServerPrefailurefilestartscapturingwhentheServerStartupfileisfull,andstopswhen
iLOdetectsanASRevent.TheServerPrefailurefileislockedwheniLOdetectsanASRevent.
Thefileisunlockedandcanbeoverwrittenafteritisdownloadedthroughthe.NETIRC.
•TheConsoleCapturecontrolbuttonsarelocatedonthebottomofthe.NETIRCsessionwindow.
Thefollowingplaybackcontrolsareavailable:
◦SkiptoStart—Restartsplaybackfromthebeginningofthefile.
◦Pause—Pausestheplayback.
◦Play—Startsplaybackifthecurrentlyselectedfileisnotplayingorispaused.
◦Record—Recordsyour.NETIRCsession.
◦ProgressBar—Showstheprogressofthevideosession.
ViewingServerStartupandServerPrefailuresequences
1.Startthe.NETIRC.
2.PressthePlaybutton.
ThePlaybackSourcedialogboxopens.
3.SelectServerStartuporServerPrefailure.
4.ClickStart.
SavingServerStartupandServerPrefailurevideofiles
1.Startthe.NETIRC
2.PressthePlaybutton.
3.SelectServerStartuporServerPrefailure.
4.ClickStart.
5.PressthePlaybuttonagaintostopplayback.
TheSaveCapturedialogboxopens.
6.ClickYes,andthenfollowtheonscreeninstructionstosavethefile.
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							Capturingvideofiles
YoucanuseConsoleCapturetomanuallycapturevideofilesofsequencesotherthanServerStartup
andServerPrefailure.
1.Startthe.NETIRC.
2.ClicktheRecordbutton.
3.TheSaveVideodialogboxopens.
4.Enterafilenameandsavelocation,andthenclickSave.
5.Whenyouarefinishedrecording,presstheRecordbuttonagaintostoprecording.
Viewingsavedvideofiles
1.Startthe.NETIRC.
2.PressthePlaybutton.
ThePlaybackSourcedialogboxopens.
3.ClickthemagnifyingglassiconnexttotheFromFilebox.
4.Navigatetoavideofile,andthenclickOpen.
VideofilescapturedintheRemoteConsolehavethefiletype.ilo.
5.ClickStart.
UsingRemoteConsolehotkeys
TheProgramRemoteConsoleHotKeyspageallowsyoutodefineuptosixhotkeystouseduring
RemoteConsolesessions.Eachhotkeyrepresentsacombinationofuptofivekeysthataresent
tothehostserverwhenthehotkeyispressed.HotkeysareactiveduringRemoteConsolesessions
thatusethe.NETIRC,JavaIRC,andthetext-basedRemoteConsole.
Ifahotkeyisnotset—forexample,Ctrl+VissettoNONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE—this
hotkeyisdisabled.TheserveroperatingsystemwillinterpretCtrl+Vasitusuallydoes(paste,in
thisexample).IfyousettheCtrl+Vhotkeytouseanothercombinationofkeys,theserveroperating
systemwillusethekeycombinationsetiniLO(losingthepastefunctionality).
Example1:IfyouwanttosendAlt+F4totheremoteserver,butpressingthatkeycombination
closesyourbrowser,youcanconfigurethehotkeyCtrl+XtosendtheAlt+F4keycombinationto
theremoteserver.Afteryouconfigurethehotkey,pressCtrl+XintheRemoteConsolewindow
wheneveryouwanttosendAlt+F4totheremoteserver.
Example2:IfyouwanttocreateahotkeytosendtheinternationalAltGRkeytotheremoteserver,
useR_ALTinthekeylist.
Creatingahotkey
YoumusthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetocreatehotkeys.
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