HP Ilo 4 User Guide
Have a look at the manual HP Ilo 4 User Guide online for free. It’s possible to download the document as PDF or print. UserManuals.tech offer 1114 HP manuals and user’s guides for free. Share the user manual or guide on Facebook, Twitter or Google+.
Thepower-metergraphsdisplayrecentserverpowerusage.ThegraphdataisresetwheniLOor theserverisreset.TheiLOfirmwareperiodicallysamplespeakpower,averagepower,andpower cap.Thefollowinggraphsaredisplayed: •24-HourHistoryGraph—Displaysthepowerusageoftheserverovertheprevious24hours. TheiLOfirmwarecollectspowerusageinformationfromtheserverevery5minutes.Thebar graphdisplaystheaveragevaluesinblueandthepeakvaluesinred.ThegraphshowsNo capsetduringahostpowerreset. •20-MinuteHistoryGraph—Displaysthepowerusageoftheserverovertheprevious20 minutes.TheiLOfirmwarecollectspowerusageinformationfromtheserverevery10seconds. Thebargraphdisplaystheaveragevaluesinblueandthepeakvaluesinred. TIP:Movethemousecursoroverthegraphtoviewthepowerusageforaspecificpointintime. Whenyouviewthepower-metergraphs,usetheDisplayOptionstocontrolthedisplayed information.Youcanviewminimum,average,peak,andcappowerinformation. UsingiLOPowerManagement241
Selectoneormoreofthefollowingcheckboxes,andthenclickRefreshPagetoupdatethegraphs. •Min(staticlow)—Theminimumvalueobservedduringameasurementperiod.Typically,the 20-minutegraphmeasuresaminimumvalueevery10seconds,whichmatchestheaverage value.The24-hourgraphcancaptureminimumvalueslowerthanthe5-minuteaveragevalue. •Avg—Themeanpowerreadingduringthesample. •Peak—Thehighestinstantaneouspowerreadingduringthesample.iLOrecordsthisvalueon asubsecondbasis. •Cap—Theconfiguredpowercapduringthesample.Ifthepowercapisnotconfiguredoris notsupported,theCapoptionisnotavailable. ◦Apowercaplimitsaveragepowerdrawforextendedperiodsoftime. ◦Powercapsarenotmaintainedduringserverreboots,resultingintemporaryspikesduring boot. ◦Powercapssetforlessthan50%ofthedifferencebetweenmaximumpowerandidle powermightbecomeunreachablebecauseofchangesintheserver.HPdoesnot recommendconfiguringpowercapsforlessthan20%.Configuringapowercapthatis toolowforthesystemconfigurationmightaffectsystemperformance. ◦FormoreinformationaboutHPInsightControlpowermanagementsoftware,seehttp:// www.hp.com/go/dpc. Thefollowingoptionsarealsoavailable: •PowerUnit—SelectavaluefromthePowerUnitlisttochangethepowerreadingdisplayto wattsorBTU/hr. •RefreshPage—ClicktheRefreshPagebuttontoupdatethehistorygraphs. Viewingthecurrentpowerstate Toviewthecurrentpowerstate,navigatetothePowerManagement→PowerMeterpage.Scroll totheCurrentStatesection. ThevaluesdisplayedintheCurrentStatetablevarydependingontheservertype: •PresentPowerReading—Thecurrentpowerreadingfromtheserver.Thisvalueisdisplayed forallHPProLiantservers. •PresentPowerCap—Theconfiguredpowercapfortheserver.Thisvalueis0ifthepower capisnotconfigured.ThisvalueisdisplayedforHPProLiantMLandDLservers,andserver blades. •PowerInputVoltage—Thesuppliedinputvoltagefortheserver.ThisvalueisdisplayedforHP ProLiantMLandDLservers. •PowerRegulatorMode—TheconfiguredHPPowerRegulatorforProLiantmode.Thisvalueis displayedforallHPProLiantservers.Forinformationaboutthepossiblesettings,see “Configuringpowersettings”(page243). 242UsingiLO
•PowerSupplyCapacity—Theserverpowercapacity.ThisvalueisdisplayedforHPProLiant SLservers. •PeakMeasuredPower—Thehighestmeasuredpowerreading.ThisvalueisdisplayedforHP ProLiantSLservers. Viewingtheserverpowerhistory Toviewtheserverpowerhistory,navigatetothePowerManagement→PowerMeterpage.Scroll tothePowerHistorysection. ThePowerHistorytableshowspowerreadingsfromthreetimeperiods:5minutes,20minutes, and24hours. •AveragePower—Theaverageofthepowerreadingsforthespecifiedtimeperiod.Iftheserver hasnotbeenrunningforthespecifiedtimeperiod,thevalueistheaverageofallreadings sincetheserverbooted. •MaximumPower—Themaximumpowerreadingfromtheserverforthespecifiedtimeperiod. Iftheserverhasnotbeenrunningforthespecifiedtimeperiod,thevalueisthemaximumof allreadingssincetheserverbooted. •MinimumPower—Theminimumpowerreadingfromtheserverforthespecifiedtimeperiod. Iftheserverhasnotbeenrunningforthespecifiedtimeperiod,thevalueistheminimumof allreadingssincetheserverbooted. Configuringpowersettings ThePowerSettingspageenablesyoutoviewandcontrolthepowermanagementfeaturesofthe server.Thepowermanagementfeaturesonthispagevarybasedontheserverconfiguration.You musthavetheConfigureiLOSettingsprivilegetochangethevaluesonthispage. ConfiguringPowerRegulatorsettings TheHPPowerRegulatorforProLiantfeatureenablesiLOtodynamicallymodifyprocessorfrequency andvoltagelevels,basedonoperatingconditions,toprovidepowersavingswithminimaleffect onperformance.ThePowerSettingspageallowsyoutoviewandcontrolthePowerRegulator Modeoftheserver. ToconfigurethePowerRegulatorsettings: UsingiLOPowerManagement243
1.NavigatetothePowerManagement→PowerSettingspage. 2.Selectoneofthefollowingoptions: •HPDynamicPowerSavingsMode—Automaticallyvariesprocessorspeedandpower usagebasedonprocessorutilization.Thisoptionallowsthereductionofoverallpower consumptionwithlittleornoimpacttoperformance.ItdoesnotrequireOSsupport. •HPStaticLowPowerMode—Reducesprocessorspeedandpowerusage.Thisoption guaranteesalowermaximumpowerusageforthesystem. •HPStaticHighPerformanceMode—Processorswillrunatmaximumpower/performance atalltimes,regardlessoftheOSpowermanagementpolicy. •OSControlMode—Processorswillrunatmaximumpower/performanceatalltimes, unlesstheOSenablesapowermanagementpolicy. 3.ClickApply. Oneofthefollowingmessagesappears: •FortheHPDynamicPowerSavingsMode,HPStaticLowPowerMode,andHPStaticHigh PerformanceModesettings:Power Regulator Settings changed. •FortheOSControlModesetting:You must reboot the server to invoke this change of the Power Regulator Settings. ThePowerRegulatorsettingscannotbechangedwhiletheserverisinPOST.Ifthesettings donotchangeafteryouclickApply,theservermightbeinthebootprocessorrequire rebooting.ExitanyROM-basedprogramthatisrunning,allowPOSTtocomplete,andthen trytheoperationagain. 4.IfiLOnotifiedyouthatarebootisrequired,reboottheserver. 244UsingiLO
Configuringpowercappingsettings ThePowerCappingSettingssectionenablesyoutoviewmeasuredpowervalues,setapower cap,anddisablepowercapping. •TheMeasuredPowerValuessectionliststhefollowing: MaximumAvailablePower—Thepowersupplycapacityforanonbladeserver,orthe initialpower-onrequestvalueforaserverblade. ◦ ◦PeakObservedPower—Themaximumobservedpowerfortheserver ◦MinimumObservedPower—Theminimumobservedpowerfortheserver DuringPOST,theROMrunstwopowerteststhatdeterminethepeakandminimumobserved powervalues. •PowercappingsettingsaredisabledwhentheserverispartofanEnclosureDynamicPower Cap.ThesevaluesaresetandmodifiedbyusingOnboardAdministratororInsightControl PowerManagement. •UsethePowerCapThresholdsasguidelinesforconfiguringapowercap. MaximumPowerCap—Themaximumpoweravailablefortheserver.Theservermustnot exceedthisvalue. ◦ ◦MinimumHigh-PerformanceCap—Themaximumpowerthattheserverusesinthecurrent configuration.Apowercapsettothisvaluedoesnotaffectserverperformance. ◦MinimumPowerCap—Theminimumpowerthattheserverusers.Apowercapsettothis valuereducestheserverpowerusagetotheminimum,whichresultsinserverperformance degradation. •Whenapowercapisset,theaveragepowerreadingoftheservermustbeatorbelowthe powercapvalue. •YoucannotusetheiLOwebinterfacetoconfigurethepowercappingsettingsforSLservers. UseoneofthefollowingtoolstoconfigurethepowercappingsettingsforSLservers: ◦PowerInterfaceControlUtility—Thisutilityisavailableatthefollowingwebsite:http:// h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp? prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=4324034& swItem=MTX-cb0c48d305d24a4dbe80e5eecc&prodNameId=5037746. ◦HPProLiantSLAdvancedPowerManager—Formoreinformation,seetheHPProLiantSL AdvancedPowerManagerUserGuide. Toconfigureapowercap: 1.NavigatetothePowerManagement→PowerSettingspage. 2.SelecttheEnablepowercappingcheckbox. 3.EnterthePowerCapValueinwatts,BTU/hr,orasapercentage. Thepercentageisthedifferencebetweenthemaximumandminimumpowervalues.The powercapvaluecannotbesetbelowtheserverminimumpowervalue. Whenvaluesaredisplayedinwatts,clickShowvaluesinBTU/hrtochangethedisplayto BTU/hr.WhenvaluesaredisplayedinBTU/hr,clickShowvaluesinWattstochangethe displaytowatts. 4.ClickApply. ConfiguringSNMPalertsettings TheSNMPAlertonBreachofPowerThresholdsectionenablesthesendingofanSNMPalertwhen powerconsumptionexceedsadefinedthreshold. UsingiLOPowerManagement245
ToconfiguretheSNMPalertsettings: 1.NavigatetothePowerManagement→PowerSettingspage. 2.SelectavalueintheWarningTriggerlist. Thewarningtriggerdetermineswhetherwarningsarebasedonpeakpowerconsumption, averagepowerconsumption,oriftheyaredisabled. 3.IfyouselectedPeakPowerConsumptionorAveragePowerConsumptionintheWarning Triggerlist,enterthefollowing: •WarningThreshold—Setsthepowerconsumptionthreshold,inwatts.Ifpowerconsumption exceedsthisvalueforthespecifiedtimeduration,anSNMPalertistriggered. •Duration—Setsthelengthoftime,inminutes,thatpowerconsumptionmustremainabove thewarningthresholdbeforeanSNMPalertistriggered.Themaximumdurationis240 minutes,andthedurationmustbeamultipleof5. 4.ClickApplytosavetheconfiguration. Configuringthepersistentmouseandkeyboard TheOtherSettingssectiononthePowerSettingspageallowsyoutoenableordisablethepersistent keyboardandmousefeature. Whenthisfeatureisenabled,theiLOvirtualkeyboardandmousearealwaysconnectedtothe iLOUHCIUSBcontroller.Whenthisfeatureisdisabled,theiLOvirtualkeyboardandmouseare connecteddynamicallytotheiLOUHCIcontrolleronlywhenaRemoteConsoleapplicationis openandconnectedtoiLO.DisablingthefeatureallowssomeHPserverstoincreasepowersavings by15wattswhentheserveroperatingsystemisidleandnovirtualUSBkeyboardandmouseare connected. Forexample,thepowersavingsfora24–hourperiodmightbe15wattsx24hours,or360watt hours(.36kilowatt-hours). Thepersistentmouseandkeyboardfeatureisdisabledbydefault. Tochangethepersistentmouseandkeyboardsetting: 1.NavigatetothePowerManagement→PowerSettingspage. 2.SelectorcleartheEnablepersistentmouseandkeyboardcheckbox. 3.ClickApplytosavetheconfiguration. UsingiLOwithOnboardAdministrator OAistheenclosuremanagementprocessor,subsystem,andfirmwarebasethatsupportstheHP BladeSystemandallmanageddevicesintheenclosure. UsingtheActiveOnboardAdministrator TheBLc-Class→ActiveOnboardAdministratorpageprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheprimary OAintheenclosureinwhichtheiLOprocessorislocated.Thispageisdisplayedonlywhenthere isanenclosure. 246UsingiLO
Thedisplayedinformationandoptionsfollow: •MACAddress—TheMACaddressoftheactiveOA. •SystemHealth—ThehealthoftheactiveOA,asreportedbytheOA. AvalueofunknownmeansthattheOAhealthhasnotbeenreportedtoiLO. •BladeLocation—Thelocation(enclosurebay)ofthebladethatishostingthecurrentiLOsession. •EnclosureName—TheenclosurethattheactiveOAismanaging.Youcanchangethisvalue throughtheOA. •RackName—TherackthatcontainstheenclosuremanagedbytheactiveOA.Youcanchange thisvaluethroughtheOA. StartingtheOnboardAdministratorGUI 1.NavigatetotheBLc-Class→ActiveOnboardAdministratorpage. 2.IftheOAsupportsmultipleaddresses,selecttheaddresstousefromtheoptionsintheOnboard AdministratorAddressSelectiontable. Dependingontheconfiguration,thefollowingoptionsmightbeavailable: •IPv4 •IPv6SLAAC •IPv6Static •IPv6DHCP 3.ClickLaunch. TheOAGUIopensinanewbrowserwindow. TogglingtheenclosureUIDlight TochangethestateoftheenclosureUIDwhereiLOislocated,clicktheToggleUIDbutton. TheUIDstatusonthispagerepresentstheenclosureUIDstatuswhentheiLOpageloaded.To updatethestatus,refreshthepage. UsingiLOwithOnboardAdministrator247
EnclosurebayIPaddressing TheFirstTimeSetupWizardpromptsyoutosetupyourenclosurebayIPaddressing.Formore informationaboutthewizard,seetheHPBladeSystemOnboardAdministratorUserGuide. DynamicPowerCappingforserverblades DynamicPowerCappingisaniLOfeatureavailableforc-Classserverblades,andisaccessed throughOA.DynamicPowerCappingisavailableonlyifyoursystemhardwareplatform,BIOS (ROM),andpowermicrocontrollerfirmwareversionsupportthisfeature.Ifyoursystemsupports DynamicPowerCapping,iLOautomaticallyrunsinDynamicPowerCappingmode. Forinformationaboutthepowersettingoptionsforc-Classserverblades,seetheHPBladeSystem OnboardAdministratorUserGuide. iLOvirtualfan Inc-Classbladeservers,OAcontrolstheenclosurefans(alsocalledvirtualfans).TheiLOfirmware cannotdetecttheseenclosurefans.Instead,theiLOfirmwaremonitorsanambienttemperature sensorlocatedonthebladeserver.ThisinformationisdisplayedontheiLOwebinterface,andis retrievedbyOAperiodically.OAusesthesensorinformationcollectedfromalliLOprocessorsin theenclosuretodetermineenclosurefanspeeds. iLOoption TheiLO-DeviceBaypageinOAprovidesthefollowinglinks: •WebAdministration—StartstheiLOwebinterface •IntegratedRemoteConsole—Startsthe.NETIRC •RemoteConsole—StartstheJavaIRC ClickingalinkonthispageopenstherequestediLOsessioninanewwindowthatusesSSO, whichdoesnotrequireaniLOusernameorpassword.Ifyourbrowsersettingspreventnew windowsfromopening,theselinksdonotworkcorrectly. 248UsingiLO
IPMIservermanagement ServermanagementthroughIPMIisastandardmethodforcontrollingandmonitoringtheserver. TheiLOfirmwareprovidesservermanagementbasedontheIPMIversion2.0specification,which definesthefollowing: •Monitoringofsysteminformationsuchasfans,temperatures,andpowersupplies •Recoverycapabilitiessuchassystemresetsandpoweron/offoperations •Loggingcapabilitiesforabnormaleventssuchasover-temperaturereadingsorfanfailures •Inventorycapabilitiessuchasidentificationoffailedhardwarecomponents IPMIcommunicationsdependontheBMCandtheSMS.TheBMCmanagestheinterfacebetween theSMSandtheplatformmanagementhardware.TheiLOfirmwareemulatestheBMCfunctionality, andtheSMSfunctionalitycanbeprovidedbyvariousindustry-standardtools.Formoreinformation, seetheIPMIspecificationontheIntelwebsiteathttp://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/ tools.htm. TheiLOfirmwareprovidestheKCSinterface,oropeninterface,forSMScommunications.The KCSinterfaceprovidesasetofI/Omappedcommunicationsregisters.Thedefaultsystembase addressfortheI/O-mappedSMSinterfaceis0xCA2,anditisbytealignedatthissystemaddress. TheKCSinterfaceisaccessibletotheSMSsoftwarerunningonthelocalsystem.Examplesof compatibleSMSsoftwareapplicationsfollow: •IPMIversion2.0CommandTestTool—Alow-levelMS-DOScommand-linetoolthatenables hex-formattedIPMIcommandstobesenttoanIPMIBMCthatimplementstheKCSinterface. IPMIservermanagement249
YoucandownloadthistoolfromtheIntelwebsiteathttp://www.intel.com/design/servers/ ipmi/tools.htm. •IPMItool—AutilityformanagingandconfiguringdevicesthatsupporttheIPMIversion1.5 andversion2.0specifications.IPMItoolcanbeusedinaLinuxenvironment.Youcandownload thistoolfromtheIPMItoolwebsiteathttp://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/index.html. WhenemulatingaBMCfortheIPMIinterface,iLOsupportsallmandatorycommandslistedinthe IPMIversion2.0specification.TheSMSshouldusethemethodsdescribedinthespecificationfor determiningwhichIPMIfeaturesareenabledordisabledintheBMC(forexample,usingtheGet Device IDcommand). Iftheserveroperatingsystemisrunning,andtheiLOhealthdriverisenabled,anyIPMItraffic throughtheKCSinterfacecanaffecthealthdriverperformanceandoverallsystemhealth.Donot issueanyIPMIcommandsthroughtheKCSinterfacethatmighthaveanegativeeffectonhealth drivermonitoring.ThisrestrictionincludesanycommandthatsetsorchangesIPMIparameters, suchasSet Watchdog TimerandSet BMC Global Enabled.AnyIPMIcommandthat simplyreturnsdataissafetouse,suchasGet Device IDandGet Sensor Reading. UsingiLOwithHPInsightControlserverprovisioning HPInsightControlserverprovisioningisintegratedwithiLOtoenablethemanagementofremote serversandtheperformanceofRemoteConsoleoperations,regardlessofthestateoftheoperating systemorhardware. ThedeploymentserverenablesyoutousethepowermanagementfeaturesofiLOtopoweron, poweroff,orcyclepoweronthetargetserver.Eachtimeaserverconnectstothedeployment server,thedeploymentserverpollsthetargetservertoverifythataniLOdeviceisinstalled.If installed,theservergathersinformation,includingtheDNSname,IPaddress,anduserloginname. Securityismaintainedbyrequiringtheusertoenterthecorrectpasswordforthatusername. FormoreinformationaboutHPInsightControlserverprovisioning,seethedocumentationonthe HPInsightControlwebsiteathttp://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol. UsingHPEnterpriseSecureKeyManagerwithiLO TheKeyManagerpageenablesyoutoconnecttoanoperationalkeymanager,changeredundancy settings,viewthekeymanagerconnectionsettings,testtheconnection,andviewkeymanagement events. iLO41.40andlatersupportstheHPEnterpriseSecureKeyManager3.1andlater,whichcan beusedinconjunctionwithHPSecureEncryption. •HPSecureEncryptionsupportsHPSmartArrayControllersandprovidesdata-at-restencryption fordirect-attachedHDDorSSDstorageconnectedtoHPProLiantservers.Itprovidesan integratedsolutiontoencryptingHDDorSSDvolumesbyusing256-bitXTS-AESalgorithms. •HPEnterpriseSecureKeyManagergenerates,stores,serves,controlsandauditsaccessto dataencryptionkeys.Itenablesyoutoprotectandpreserveaccesstobusiness-critical,sensitive, data-at-restencryptionkeys. •HPiLOmanagesthekeyexchangebetweentheESKMandtheSmartArrayController.iLO usesauniqueuseraccountbasedonitsownMACaddressforcommunicatingwiththeESKM. Fortheinitialcreationofthisaccount,iLOusesadeploymentuseraccountthatpre-existson theESKMwithadministratorprivileges.Formoreinformationaboutthedeploymentuser account,seetheHPSecureEncryptionInstallationandUserGuide ThisfeatureandmanyothersarepartofaniLOlicensingpackage.Formoreinformationabout iLOlicensing,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/licensing. ForinformationaboutHPSecureEncryptionandESKM,seetheHPSecureEncryptionInstallation andUserGuide 250UsingiLO