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1Overview
TheiLO2firmwareprovidesmultiplewaystoconfigure,update,andoperateserversremotely.
TheHPIntegratedLights-Out2UserGuidedescribesthesefeaturesandhowtousethemwiththe
browser-basedinterfaceandRBSU.Somefeaturesarelicensedfeaturesandmayonlybeaccessed
afterpurchasinganoptionallicense.Formoreinformation,see“Licensing”(page26).
TheHPIntegratedLights-OutManagementProcessorScriptingandCommandLineResourceGuide
describesthesyntaxandtoolsavailabletouseiLO2throughacommand-lineorscriptedinterface....

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DifferencesbetweeniLO2andiLO
TheiLO2firmwareisbasedontheiLOandsharesmanycommonfeatures.However,touseiLO
2toaccessapre-operatingsystem,text-basedremoteconsole,youmustusetheremoteserial
console.Formoreinformation,see“Text-basedremoteconsoleoverview”(page95).
ThefollowingtablehighlightsthedifferencesbetweeniLO2andiLO.
iLOiLO2Feature
Standardfeatures
Pre-OSandOSPre-OSTextconsole
Pre-OSandOSPre-OSandOSRemoteSerialConsole(virtualserial
port)
NoYesServerhealthmonitoringand
maintenance
Advancedfeatures...

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ServermanagementthroughIPMIversion2.0compliantapplications
ServermanagementthroughtheIPMIisastandardizedmethodforcontrollingandmonitoringthe
server.iLO2providesservermanagementbasedontheIPMIversion2.0specification.
TheIPMIspecificationdefinesastandardizedinterfaceforplatformmanagement.TheIPMI
specificationdefinesthefollowingtypesofplatformmanagement:
•Monitoringofsysteminformation,suchasfans,temperatures,andpowersupplies
•Recoverycapabilities,suchassystemresetsandpoweron/offoperations...

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Authentication:
•TheiLO2firmwareusesbasicauthenticationoverSSL,compliantwithprofile:
wsman:secprofile/https/basic.
•AuthenticatedusersareauthorizedtoexecuteWS-Managementcommandsinaccordance
withdesignatedprivilegesintheirlocalordirectoryaccounts.
•ToenablebasicauthenticationonWindowsVista,entergpedit.mscatthecommandprompt
tolaunchtheGroupPolicyObjectEditor.SelectComputerConfiguration>Administrative
Templates>WindowsComponents>WindowsRemoteManagement(WinRM)>WinRMClient....

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•“TroubleshootingiLO2”(page182)
•“Directoryservicesschema”(page171)
Supportedbrowsersandclientoperatingsystems
•MicrosoftInternetExplorer7,InternetExplorer8,InternetExplorer9
ThesebrowsersaresupportedonMicrosoftWindowsproducts.◦
◦HPsupportsMicrosoftJVMandSUNJava1.4.2_13.Todownloadtherecommended
JVMforyoursystemconfiguration,seetheHPwebsiteathttp://www.hp.com/servers/
manage/jvm.
•MozillaFirefox2.0
ThisbrowserissupportedonRedHatEnterpriseLinuxDesktop4andNovellLinuxDesktop
9.
◦...

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◦RedHatEnterpriseLinux5(x86)
◦RedHatEnterpriseLinux5(AMD64/EM64T)
•SUSELINUX
◦SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer9(x86)
◦SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer(AMD64/EM64T)
◦SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer10
16Overview 

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2SettingupiLO2
Quicksetup
ToquicklysetupiLO2byusingthedefaultsettingsforiLO2StandardandiLOAdvancedfeatures,
followthesesteps:
1.Todecidehowyouwanttostructurenetworkingandsecurity,see“PreparingtosetupiLO2”
(page17)
2.ToconnectiLO2tothenetwork,see“Connectingtothenetwork”(page18).
3.IfyouarenotusingdynamicIPaddressingtoconfigureastaticIPaddress,usetheiLO2
RBSU.See“ConfiguringtheIPaddress”(page19).
4.TologintoiLO2fromasupportedbrowserorcommandlineusingthedefaultusername,...

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3.Whataccesssecurityisrequiredandwhatuseraccountsandprivilegesareneeded?
TheiLO2firmwareprovidesseveraloptionstocontroluseraccess.Youmustselectoneof
thefollowingmethodstopreventunauthorizedaccesstocorporateITassets:
•Localaccountswithupto12usernamesandpasswordscanbestoredoniLO2.Thisis
idealforsmallenvironmentssuchaslabsandsmall-andmedium-sizedbusinesses.
•Directoryservicesusethecorporatedirectory(MicrosoftActiveDirectoryorNovell
eDirectory)tomanageiLO2useraccess.Thisisidealforenvironmentswithalarge...

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•Dedicatedmanagementnetwork,wheretheiLO2portisonaseparatenetwork.
ConfiguringtheIPaddress
ThisstepisnecessaryonlyifyouareusingastaticIPaddress.WhenusingdynamicIPaddressing,
yourDHCPserverautomaticallyassignsanIPaddressforiLO2.Tosimplifyinstallation,HP
recommendsusingDNSorDHCPwithiLO2.
ToconfigureastaticIPaddress,usetheiLO2RBSUwiththefollowingproceduretodisableDNS
andDHCPandconfiguretheIPaddressandthesubnetmask:
1.Restartorpowertheserveron.
2.PresstheF8keywhenpromptedduringPOST.TheiLO2RBSUruns....

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LoggingintoiLO2forthefirsttime
TheiLO2firmwareisconfiguredwithadefaultusername,password,andDNSname.Default
userinformationislocatedontheiLO2NetworkSettingstagattachedtotheservercontaining
theiLO2managementprocessor.UsethesevaluestoaccessiLO2remotelyfromanetworkclient
usingastandardWebbrowser.
Forsecurityreasons,HPrecommendschangingthedefaultsettingsafterloggingintoiLO2for
thefirsttime.
Thedefaultvaluesare:
•Username–Administrator
•Password–Arandom,eight-character,alphanumericstring...
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