HP Ilo 2 User Guide

SettingupiLO2withthebrowser-basedoption
IfyoucanconnecttoiLO2onthenetworkwithabrowser,thenusethebrowser-basedsetup
method.YoucanalsousethismethodtoreconfigureapreviouslyconfigurediLO2.
AccessiLO2fromaremotenetworkclientusingasupportedbrowser,andprovidethedefault
DNSname,username,andpassword.DefaultDNSnameandaccountinformationislocatedon
theiLO2NetworkSettingstagattachedtotheservercontainingtheiLO2managementprocessor.
WhenyousuccessfullylogontoiLO2,youcanchangethedefaultvaluesofthelocaluseraccounts...

1.ClicktheiLO2graphic.
2.SelectSoftwareandDrivers.
Microsoftdevicedriversupport
ThedevicedriversthatsupporttheiLO2arepartofthePSPthatislocatedontheHPwebsiteat
http://www.hp.com/supportorontheSmartStartCD.BeforeyouinstalltheWindowsdrivers,
obtaintheWindowsdocumentationandthelatestWindowsServicePack.
iLO2prerequisitefiles:
•CPQCIDRV.SYS–ProvidestheiLO2ManagementInterfaceDriversupport.
•CPQASM2.SYS,SYSMGMT.SYS,andSYSDOWN.SYS–ProvidetheiLO2AdvancedServer
ManagementControllerDriversupport....

WhenupdatingiLO2drivers,besureiLO2isrunningthelatestversionofiLO2firmware.You
canobtainthelatestversionasaSmartComponentfromtheHPwebsiteathttp://www.hp.com/
servers/lights-out.
InstallthedriversdownloadthePSPfromtheHPwebsiteathttp://www.hp.com/supporttoa
NetWareserver.AfterdownloadingthePSP,followtheNovellNetWarecomponentinstallation
instructionstocompletetheinstallation.ForadditionalinformationaboutthePSPinstallation,read
thetextfileincludedinthePSPdownload....

3ConfiguringiLO2
iLO2configurationoverview
Typically,anadvancedoradministrativeuserwhomustmanageusersandconfigureglobaland
networksettingsconfiguresiLO2.YoucanconfigureiLO2usingtheiLO2browser-basedGUI
orscriptingtoolssuchasCPQLOCFGandHPONCFG(describedintheHPIntegratedLights-Out
ManagementProcessorScriptingandCommandLineResourceGuideathttp://
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&...

•ScriptingwithHPONCFG–DownloadtheHPONCFGcomponenttogetthehost-basedscripting
utilityHPONCFG.ThisutilityenablesyoutouseRIBCLscriptsthatperformfirmwareupdates,
Lights-Outprocessorconfigurationandoperationsinbulk,fromAdministratororrootaccount
accessonsupportedhostoperatingsystems.
•HPDirectoriesSupportforManagementProcessors–DownloadtheHPDirectoriesSupport
forManagementProcessorsexecutablefiletogetthedirectorysupportcomponents.Oneof...

RecoveringfromafailediLO2firmwareupdate
TorecoverfromafailedfirmwareupdateusingtheHPDriveKeyBootUtility:
1.CopytheiLO2offlineflashcomponenttoyourUSBdrivekey.
2.VerifythattheiLO2securityoverrideswitchissettodisabled.
3.BoottheUSBdrivekeycontainingtheiLO2flashcomponent.
TodownloadtheHPDriveKeyBootUtilityandforinformationonhowtocreateabootUSB
key,seetheHPwebsiteathttp://www.hp.com/go/support.
4.Afterthefirstscreendisplays,switchtotextconsolebypressingtheCtrl+Alt+F1keys....

NOTE:Thefeaturesannotatedwithanasterisk(*)arenotsupportedonallsystems.
iLO2StandardBlade
Edition
iLO2StandardiLO2Advancedfor
BladeSystem
iLO2AdvancedFeature
XXXXVirtualpowerand
resetcontrol
XXXXServerconsoleaccess
throughPOST
––––XXTextconsoleafter
POST
XXXXEventlogs
XXXXSystemhealth*and
configuration
XXXXUID
XXXXDMTFSMASH
standardCLP
XXXXRIBCL/XMLscripting
XXXXWSManagement
Scripting
XXXXBrowseraccess
XXXXSSHaccess
––X––XSharednetworkport
XXXXSerialaccess
XXXXRemoteserialconsole
X––XXIntegratedremote...

iLO2StandardBlade
Edition
iLO2StandardiLO2Advancedfor
BladeSystem
iLO2AdvancedFeature
––––XXKerneldebuggerfor
Windows
––––XXConsolereplay
––––XXSharedremote
console
––––XXBoot/faultconsole
capture
XXXXiLOvideoplayer
(licenserequiredfor
capture)
InadditiontothestandardiLO2single-serverlicenses,twootherlicensingoptionsareavailable:
•TheFlexibleQuantityLicenseKitenablesyoutopurchaseasinglesoftwarepackage,one
copyofthedocumentation,andasinglelicensekeytoactivatetheexactnumberoflicenses
requested....

iLO2DirectoryAccountsenablesyoutoviewiLO2groupsandmodifythesettingsforthose
groups.YoumusthavetheAdministerDirectoryGroupsprivilege.ToaccessDirectoryAccounts,
clickAdministration>UserAdministration>GroupAccounts.
Addinganewuser
NOTE:OnlyuserswiththeAdministerUserAccountsprivilegecanmanageotherusersoniLO
2.
Youcanassignadifferentaccessprivilegetoeachuser.Eachusercanhaveauniquesetof
privilegesdesignedforthetasksthattheusermustperform.Youcangrantordenyaccesstocritical...

5.Completethefields.Thefollowingoptionsareavailable:
•UserNameappearsintheuserlistandonthehomepage.Itisnotnecessarilythesame
astheLoginname.ThemaximumlengthforaUserNameis39characters.TheUser
Namemustuseprintablecharacters.
•LoginNameisthenamethatyoumustusewhenloggingintoiLO2.Themaximumlength
foraloginnameis39characters.Theloginnamecanonlyuseprintablecharacters.
•PasswordandConfirmPasswordfieldssetandconfirmthepasswordthatisusedwhen
loggingintoiLO2.TheminimumlengthforapasswordissetintheAccessOptionspage....