HP Ilo 2 User Guide
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AftertheservercompletesPOST,theserversystemROMtransferscontroltotheoperatingsystem bootloader.IfyouareusingLinux,youcanconfiguretheoperatingsystembootloadertointeract withtheserverserialportinsteadofthekeyboard,mouse,andVGAconsole.Thisconfiguration enablesyoutoviewandinteractwiththeoperatingsystembootsequencethroughtheRemote Serialconsole.ForanexampleofaLinuxoperatingsystembootloader,see“Linuxconfiguration example”(page101)....
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WindowsEMSConsole TheWindowsEMSConsole,ifenabled,providestheabilitytoperformEmergencyManagement Servicesincaseswherevideo,devicedrivers,orotheroperatingsystemfeatureshaveprevented normaloperationandnormalcorrectiveactionsfrombeingperformed. iLO2,however,enablesyoutouseEMSoverthenetworkthroughaWebbrowser.MicrosoftEMS enablesyoutodisplayrunningprocesses,changethepriorityofprocesses,andhaltprocesses. TheEMSconsoleandtheiLO2RemoteConsolecanbeusedatthesametime....
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SerialPortConfigurationdisplaysserverconfigurationinformation,availableserialports,and virtualserialportstatus.Statusappearsas: •Available–Thevirtualserialportisnotinuse •Inuse–Normalmodewhenthevirtualserialportisconnectednormally •Inuse–RawmodewhentheWiLODbg.exeutilityisusedtoconnect Whenthevirtualserialportisinuse,theDisconnectbuttonisenabledandcanbeusedtoterminate anytypeofvirtualserialportconnection.UsingtheDisconnectfeaturestoterminateavirtualserial...
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ThisexamplestartsWinDBG.exewithanadditionalcommandlineof-bandusesadirect socketconnectionfromWinDBG.exetoiLO2onport3002. •ToconnecttoiLO2at16.100.226.57andvalidatetheiLO2userwiththeusernameof adminandpasswordmypass,andstartkdwithanadditionalcommandlineforkdof-b: wilodbg 16.100.226.57 -k -c "-b" -u admin -p mypass -s 7734 Thisexamplestartskdwithanadditionalcommandlineforkdof-b,andusesadirectsocket connectionfromkd toiLO2onport7734.Tousethisexample,youmustconfigureiLO2 touseport7734....
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ToaccessiLO2VirtualMediadevicesusingthegraphicalinterface,selectVirtualMediaonthe VirtualDevicestab.AnappletloadsinsupportoftheVirtualFloppyorVirtualCD/DVD-ROM device. VirtualMediaandWindows7 Bydefault,Windows7powersofftheILOvirtualhubwhennovirtualmediadevicesareenabled orconnectedduringboot.Topreventthisissue,manuallyoverridethepowermanagementfeature intheWindows7throughtheControlPanelsothevirtualhubdoesnotpowerdown. 1.OpenDeviceManager. 2.ClickView. 3.Fromthemenu,selectDevicesbyconnection....
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Touseanimagefile: 1.FromtheVirtualFloppy/USBKeysectionoftheVirtualMediaapplet,selectLocalImageFile . 2.TolocatetheimagefileusingtheChooseDiskImageFiledialogbox,enterthepathorfile nameoftheimageinthetext-box,orclickBrowse.Toensurethesourcedisketteorimagefile isnotmodifiedduringuse,selecttheForceread-onlyaccessoption. 3.ClickConnect. TheconnecteddriveiconandLEDwillchangestatetoreflectthecurrentstatusoftheVirtualFloppy, USBkeydrive,orsecuredigitaldevice.Whenconnected,thedevicesareavailabletothehost...
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obscuredandunavailableduringthistime.Youcannotuseaphysicallocalfloppydriveand theVirtualFloppysimultaneously. •WindowsServer2008orlaterandWindowsServer2003 VirtualFloppyandUSBkeydrivesappearautomaticallyafterMicrosoftWindowshas recognizedthemountingoftheUSBdevice.Useitasyouwouldalocallyattacheddevice. TouseVirtualFloppyduringaWindowsinstallationasadriverdiskette,disabletheintegrated diskettedriveinthehostRBSUwhichforcestheVirtualFloppytoappearasdriveA....
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Whenthedrivelettershowsasmounted,thedrivewillnowbeaccessiblethroughtheserverGUI aswellasthesystemconsole. WhentheVirtualFloppyDriveismounted,ifthemediaischangedinthelocalfloppydrive,you mustreissuethelfvmount commandontheserverconsoletoseethenewmediaintheNetWare 6.5operatingsystem. MountingUSBVirtualMedia/USBKeyinLinux 1.AccessiLO2throughabrowser. 2.SelectVirtualMediaintheVirtualDevicestab. 3.Selectadiskettedriveordisketteimage. a.Forafloppydriveorimage,selectaLocalMediaDriveorLocalImageFileandclick...
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Changingdiskettes WhenusingtheiLO2VirtualFloppyorUSBkeydrive,andthephysicaldiskettedriveontheclient machineisaUSBdiskettedrive,diskchangeoperationswillnotberecognized.Forexample,in thisconfiguration,ifadirectorylistingisobtainedfromafloppydisketteandthedisketteischanged, asubsequentdirectorylistingwillshowthelistingforthefirstdiskette.Ifdiskchangesarenecessary whenusingiLO2VirtualFloppy/USBKey,besuretheclientmachinecontainsanon-USBdiskette drive. iLO2VirtualCD/DVD-ROM...
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1.SelectLocalImageFilewithintheVirtualCD/DVD-ROMsectionoftheVirtualMediaapplet. 2.EnterthepathorfilenameoftheimageinthetextboxorclickBrowsetolocatetheimage fileusingtheChooseDiskImageFiledialog. 3.ClickConnect. TheconnecteddriveiconandLEDwillchangestatetoreflectthecurrentstatusoftheVirtual CD/DVD-ROM.Whenconnected,virtualdevicesareavailabletothehostserveruntilyouclose theVirtualMediaapplet.WhenyouarefinishedusingtheVirtualCD/DVD-ROM,youcanchoose...