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ClickCanceltoclosetheautomatedsetupwizard.ClickNexttosetupyourbladeserver.Thesetup wizardwillguideyouthrough: 1.iLO2configuration 2.ServerRAIDverification 3.Virtualmediaconnection 4.Softwareinstallation TheiLO2firmwareconfigurationscreen Thisscreenenablesyoutochangethefollowingsettings: •Administratorpassword.HPrecommendschangingthedefaultpassword. •Networkconfigurationsettings.Thefollowingarethedefaultsettings: EnableDHCP–Yes◦ ◦EnableStaticIPBayConfiguration–No •Ifconnectedtothebladeinenclosureslot1,youcanenableStaticIPBayconfigurationto preconfigurethestaticaddressforotheriLO2processorsintheenclosure. Inthedefaultconfiguration,theiLO2beingupdatedgetsitsIPaddressthroughDHCP.OtheriLO 2processorsintheenclosuremustbeconfiguredseparately.Ifthesesettingsarenotchanged, clickingNextdisplaysthenextpageinthesetupwizard.Ifeitherofthesesettingsarechanged, iLO2rebootstoinvoketheupdatedsettings. Thefollowingconfigurationcombinationsarealsoavailable(thedefaultsettingisinparentheses): •EnableDHCP(Yes)andEnableStaticIPBayConfiguration(Yes) ThisconfigurationcausestheiLO2beingconfiguredtogetitsIPaddressthroughDHCP. ClickingNextdisplaystheStaticIPBayConfigurationpage,enablingyoutospecifytheIP ProLiantBLp-Classconfiguration71
addressesforotheriLO2sintheenclosure.AfteryouclickNext,youarepromptedtoverify thatyouwanttouseDHCPforthisiLO2IPaddress. •EnableDHCP(No)andEnableStaticIPBayConfiguration(Yes) ThisconfigurationcausestheiLO2beingconfiguredtosetitsIPaddressaccordingtothe settingsspecifiedthroughtheStaticIPBayConfiguration.ClickingNextdisplaystheStaticIP BayConfigurationpage. •EnableDHCP(No)andEnableStaticIPBayConfiguration(No) ThisconfigurationcausestheiLO2beingconfiguredtosetitsIPaddressaccordingtothe settingsspecifiedthroughtheNetworkSettingspage.ClickingNextdisplaystheNetwork Settingspage. Tosaveanynetworkchanges,youmusthavetheConfigureiLO2privilege. ClickNexttosavechangesandcontinue. VerifyServerRAIDConfigurationscreen ThisstepoftheinstallationwizardenablesyoutoverifyandacceptserverRAIDconfiguration settings.VerifythedetectedRAIDlevelfortheharddrivesonthebladeserverdisplayedonthe webpageanddooneofthefollowing: •ClickNexttokeepcurrentRAIDsettings. •ClickDefaultSettingstoautomaticallyconfiguretheRAIDlevelbasedonthenumberofinstalled drives.YouarepromptedtoverifythatyouwanttoresettheRAIDlevelbecausethiscould resultinlossofdata.ResettingtheRAIDlevelrequiresaserverpower-onorreboot.iLO2 displaysapageindicatingthatthisactionisoccurring.Thepageisrefreshedautomatically every10seconds.Aftertheserverreboots,thenextpageintheinstallationwizarddisplays again.IfanerroroccursduringtheRAIDresetprocess,theRAIDConfigurationpagewill redisplaywithanindicationoftheerror.Anerrorismostlikelytooccuriftheserverisin POST.Ifthisisthecase,exitanyRBSUprogramyouarerunning,allowPOSTtocomplete, andtrytheoperationagain. YoucanchangetheRAIDlevelmanuallythroughRBSU.Iftheoperatingsystemisalreadyinstalled, changingtheRAIDlevelresultsinalossofdata. ConnectVirtualMediascreen Thisstepoftheinstallationwizardenablesyoutoverifyandacceptthedriveyouwilluseduring theinstallationoftheoperatingsystem.UnderSettings,selectthelocaldriveandmediatypeyou intendtouseduringoperatingsysteminstallation.ClickLaunchVirtualMediatolaunchtheVirtual Mediaapplet. •Ensuretheoperatingsystemmediaisconnected.IntheVirtualMediaapplet,agreenicon appearsnexttothemediacurrentlyselected. •Verifythattheoperatingsystemmediaisintheappropriatelocaldrive. •Acceptsecuritycertificatesastheyappear. Aftermakingyourselection,clickNexttosaveyoursettingsandcontinue.Thevirtualmediaapplet appears.Aftertheappletisavailable,youcanchangetheselecteddrive,orselectotheroptions notavailableontheinstallationwizardpage. 72ConfiguringiLO2
InstallSoftwarescreen ThisstepoftheinstallationwizardenablesyoutolaunchtheRemoteConsoleandinstallthe operatingsystem.Tostarttheoperatingsysteminstallationprocess: •ClickLaunchSoftwareInstallationtolaunchtheRemoteConsole.iLO2automaticallyinitiates aserverpower-onorreboottostarttheoperatingsysteminstallationthroughthepreviously selectedvirtualmedia. •Acceptsecuritycertificatesastheyappear. ClickFinishtocompletethesetupprocess. iLO2diagnosticportconfigurationparameters TheiLO2DiagnosticPortonthefrontofProLiantBLp-Classserversenablesyoutoaccessand troubleshootserverissuesbyusingadiagnosticcable.TheiLO2DiagnosticPortusesastaticIP address.ItdoesnotuseDHCPtoobtainanIPaddress,registerwithWINSordynamicDNS,or useagateway.Thediagnosticportcablemustnotbeleftpluggedinwithoutanactivenetwork connectionbecauseitwillcausedegradednetworkperformanceonthestandardiLO2network port. InNetworkSettings,youcanconfigurespecificdiagnosticportinformation.Formoreinformation onusingthediagnosticportandthediagnosticcable,seetothesetupandinstallationguidefor thebladeserver. ThefollowingarethefieldsthatcanbeconfiguredfortheDiagnosticPort: •EnableNIC IfEnableNICissettoYes,thediagnosticportisenabled. •TransceiverSpeedAutoselect •Speed •Duplex •IPAddress UsethisparametertoassignastaticIPaddresstoiLO2onyournetwork.Bydefault,theIP addressisassignedbyDHCP.Bydefault,theIPaddressis192.168.1.1foralliLO2 DiagnosticPorts. •SubnetMask —UsethesubnetmaskparametertoassignthesubnetmaskfortheiLO2DiagnosticPort. Bydefault,thesubnetmaskis255.255.255.0foralliLO2DiagnosticPorts. —TheuseoftheDiagnosticPortisautomaticallysensedwhenanactivenetworkcableis pluggedintoit.Whenswitchingbetweenthediagnosticandbackports,youmustallow 90secondsforthenetworkswitchovertocompletebeforeattemptingconnectionthrough thewebbrowser. NOTE:ThediagnosticportdoesnotswitchoverifanactiveRemoteConsolesession orafirmwareupdateisinprogress. ProLiantBLp-Classconfiguration73
4UsingiLO2 Systemstatusandstatussummaryinformation WhenyoufirstaccessiLO2,theinterfacedisplaystheStatusSummarypagewithsystemstatus andstatussummaryinformation,andprovidesaccesstohealthinformation,systemlogs,and InsightAgentinformation.TheoptionsavailableintheSystemStatussectionare:Summary,System Information,iLO2Log,IML,Diagnostics,iLO2UserTips,andInsightAgents. TheStatusSummarypagedisplayshigh-leveldetailsaboutthesystemandiLO2subsystem,as wellaslinkstocommonlyusedfeatures.ToaccesstheStatusSummarypagefromotherareasof theiLO2interface,clickSystemStatus>Summary. Statusinformationincludes: •ServerName–DisplaysthenameoftheserverandisalinktoAdministration>Options>Access. •UUID–DisplaystheIDoftheserver. •ServerSerialNumber/ProductID–Displaystheserialnumberoftheserver,whichisassigned whenthesystemismanufactured.YoucanchangethissettingusingthesystemRBSUduring POST.ProductIDdistinguishesbetweendifferentsystemswithsimilarserialnumbers.Although theProductIDisassignedwhenthesystemismanufactured,youcanchangethissettingusing thesystemRBSUduringPOST. •SystemROM–DisplaysthefamilyandversionoftheactivesystemROM.Ifthesystemsupports abackupsystemROM,thebackupdateisalsoshown. •SystemHealth–Summarizestheconditionofthemonitoredsubsystemsincludingoverallstatus andredundancy(abilitytohandleafailure)andisalinktoSystem>Status>SystemInformation Summary. •InternalHealthLED–Representstheserverinternalhealthindicator(ifsupported).Itsummarizes issueswithfans,temperaturesensors,VRMs,andothermonitoredsubsystemsintheserver. Formoreinformation,see“SystemInformationSummary”(page75). •TPMStatus–DisplaysTPMstatusconfiguration.IfthehostsystemorSystemROMdoesnot supportTPM.TPMStatusdoesnotappearinStatusSummarypage.Formoreinformation, see“TrustedPlatformModulesupport”(page43). •ServerPower–Displaysthecurrentpowerstateoftheserver(ON/STANDBY)whenthepage wasloadedandisalinktoServer>PowerManagement.Userswithvirtualpowerandreset privilegecanalsousetheMomentaryPressbutton. 74UsingiLO2
•UIDLight–DisplaysthestateoftheUIDlightwhenthepagewasloaded.Youcancontrolthe UIDstateusingtheTurnUIDOnbuttoninadditiontothephysicalUIDbuttonsontheserver chassis. TheUIDhelpsyouidentifyandlocateasystem,especiallyinhigh-densityrackenvironments. Additionally,theUIDindicatesthatacriticaloperationisunderwayonthehost,suchas RemoteConsoleaccessorfirmwareupdate. CAUTION:NeverremovepowerfromaserverwithaflashingUID. ThecurrentstateoftheUID(onoroff)isthelaststatechosenusingoneofthesemethods.If anewstateischosenwhiletheUIDisblinking,thenewstatebecomesthecurrentstateand takeseffectwhentheUIDstopsblinking.WhiletheUIDisblinking,thecurrentstateofthe UIDisshownalongwiththetagflashing.WhentheUIDstopsblinking,thetagisremoved. TheUIDisnotsupportedontheHPProLiantML310G3. •LastUsedRemoteConsole–Displaysthepreviouslylaunchedremoteconsoleandits availability,whichenablesyoutoquicklylaunchyourpreferredRemoteConsole.Youcan usetheRemoteConsoleifitisavailableandyouhavetheappropriateuserprivilege.You canpickadifferentconsolebyfollowingtheLastUsedRemoteConsolelink. •LatestIMLEntry–DisplaysthemostrecententryintheIML. •iLO2Name–DisplaysthenameassignedtotheiLO2subsystem.Bydefault,thisistheword iLOaddedtothesystemserialnumber.Thisvalueisusedforthenetworknameandmustbe unique. •LicenseType–Displayswhetherthesystemhasafeaturelicenseinstalledandisalinkto Administration>Licensing.SomefeaturesofiLO2cannotbeaccessedunlesslicensed. •iLO2FirmwareVersion–DisplaysinformationabouttheversionofiLO2firmwarecurrently installedandisalinktotheiLO2ReleaseNotespagewhichhighlightsnewcapabilitiesin thecurrentfirmwarereleaseandinselectedpreviousreleases •IPAddress–DisplaysthenetworkIPaddressoftheiLO2subsystemandisalinkto Administration>NetworkSettings. •ActiveSessions–DisplaysalluserscurrentlyloggedintoiLO2. •LatestiLO2EventLogEntry–DisplaysthemostrecententryintheiLO2EventLog. •iLO2Date–Displaysthedate(MM/DD/YYYY)asindicatedbytheiLO2subsysteminternal calendar.TheiLO2internalcalendarissynchronizedwiththehostsystematPOSTandwhen theInsightAgentsrun. •iLO2Date/Time–DisplaystheiLO2subsysteminternalclock.TheiLO2internalclockis synchronizedwiththehostsystematPOSTandwhentheInsightAgentsrun. SystemInformationSummary SystemInformationdisplaysthehealthofthemonitoredsystem.Manyofthefeaturesnecessaryto operateandmanagethecomponentsoftheHPProLiantserverhavemigratedfromthehealth drivertotheiLO2microprocessor.Thesefeaturesareavailablewithoutinstallingandloadingthe healthdriverfortheinstalledoperatingsystem.TheiLO2microprocessormonitorsthesedevices whentheserverispoweredonduringserverboot,operatingsysteminitialization,andoperation. Monitoringcontinuesthroughanunexpectedoperatingsystemfailure.ToaccessSystemInformation, clickSystemStatus>SystemInformation.TheSystemHealthSummarytabappears.System Informationalsodisplaysthefollowingembeddedhealthtabs:“Fans”(page76),“Temperatures” (page76),“Power”(page77),“Processors”(page77),“Memory”(page77),and“NIC”(page 77). TheSummarytabdisplaysthestateofmonitoredhost-platformsubsystemsstatusataglance, summarizingtheconditionofthemonitoredsubsystems,includingoverallstatusandredundancy Systemstatusandstatussummaryinformation75
(abilitytohandleafailure).Thesubsystemscanincludefans,temperaturesensors,powersupplies, andvoltageregulatormodules. •Fans–Displaysthestateofthereplaceablefansintheserverchassis.Thisdataincludesthe areathatiscooledbyeachfanandcurrentfanspeeds. •Temperatures–Displaysthetemperatureconditionsmonitoredatsensorsinvariouslocations intheserverchassis,andtheprocessortemperature.Thetemperatureismonitoredtomaintain thelocationtemperaturebelowthecautionthreshold.Ifthetemperatureexceedsthecaution threshold,thefanspeedisincreasedtomaximum. •VRMs–DisplaysVRMstatus.AVRMisrequiredforeachprocessorinthesystem.TheVRM adjuststhepowertomeetthepowerrequirementsoftheprocessorsupported.AfailedVRM preventstheprocessorfrombeingsupportedandmustbereplaced. •PowerSupplies–Displaysthepresenceandconditionofinstalledpowersupplies. OK–Indicatesthatthepowersupplyisinstalledandoperational.— —Unpowered–Indicatesthatthepowersupplyisinstalled,butnotoperational.Verifythat thepowercordisconnected. —Notpresent–Indicatesthatthepowersupplyisnotinstalled.Powerisnotredundantin thiscondition. —Failed–Indicatesthatthepowersupplymustbereplaced. ToaccesstheSummarytabfromotherareasoftheiLO2interface,clickSystemStatus>System Information>Summary. Fans iLO2,inconjunctionwithadditionalhardware,controlstheoperationandspeedofthefans.Fans provideessentialcoolingofcomponentstoensurereliabilityandcorrectoperation.Fanlocation, placement,designandspeedcontroltakeintoaccountvarioustemperaturesmonitoredthroughout thesystemtoprovideappropriatecoolingwithminimalnoiselevels. Fanoperationpoliciesmightdifferfromservertoserverbasedonfanconfigurationandcooling demands.Fancontroltakesintoaccounttheinternaltemperatureofthesystem,increasingthefan speedtoprovidemorecooling,anddecreasingthefanspeedifcoolingissufficient.Intheunlikely eventofafanfailure,somefanoperationpoliciesmightincreasethespeedoftheotherfans, recordtheeventintheIML,andturnLEDindicatorson. Monitoringthefansub-systemincludesthesufficient,redundant,andnon-redundantconfigurations ofthefans.Fanfailureisarareoccurrence,buttoensurereliabilityanduptime,ProLiantservers haveredundantfanconfigurations.InProLiantserversthatsupportredundantconfigurations,fan orfansmightfailandstillprovidesufficientcoolingtocontinueoperation.iLO2increasesfan controltocontinuesafeoperationoftheserverintheeventoffanfailure,maintenanceoperations, oranyeventthatalterscoolingoftheserver. Innon-redundantconfigurations,orredundantconfigurationswheremultiplefanfailuresoccur, thesystemmightbecomeincapableofprovidingthenecessarycoolingtoprotectthesystemfrom damageandtoensuredataintegrity.Inthiscondition,inadditiontothecoolingpolicies,the systemmightstartagracefulshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandserver. TheFantabdisplaysthestateofthereplaceablefanswithintheserverchassis.Thisdataincludes theareacooledbyeachfanandthecurrentfanspeed. Temperatures TheTemperaturestabdisplaysthelocation,status,temperature,andthresholdsettingsoftemperature sensorsintheserverchassis.Thetemperatureismonitoredtomaintainthelocationtemperature 76UsingiLO2
belowthecautionthreshold.Ifoneormoresensorsexceedthisthreshold,iLO2implementsthe recoverypolicytopreventdamagetoservercomponents. •Ifthetemperatureexceedsthecautionthreshold,thefanspeedisincreasedtomaximum. •Ifthetemperatureexceedsthecriticaltemperature,agracefulservershutdownisattempted. •Ifthetemperatureexceedsthefatalthreshold,theserverisimmediatelyturnedofftoprevent permanentdamage. Monitoringpoliciesdifferdependingonserverrequirements.Policiesusuallyincludeincreasing fanspeedtomaximumcooling,loggingthetemperatureeventintheIMLlog,providingvisual indicationoftheeventusingLEDindicators,andstartingagracefulshutdownoftheoperating systemtoavoiddatacorruption. Aftercorrectingtheexcessivetemperatureconditionsadditionalpolicesareimplementedincluding returningthefanspeedtonormal,recordingtheeventintheIML,turningofftheLEDindicators, andifappropriate,cancelingshutdownsinprogress. Power TheVRMs/PowerSuppliestabdisplaysthestateofeachVRMorpowersupply.VRMsarerequired foreachprocessorinthesystem.VRMsadjustthepowertomeettheneedsoftheprocessor supported.AVRMcanbereplacedifitfails.AfailedVRMpreventstheprocessorfrombeing supported. iLO2alsomonitorspowersuppliesinthesystemtoensurethelongestavailableuptimeofthe serverandoperatingsystem.Powersuppliescanbeaffectedbythebrownoutsandotherelectrical conditions,orACcordscanbeaccidentallyunplugged.Theseconditionsresultinalossof redundancyifredundantpowersuppliesareconfigured,orresultinlossofoperationifredundant powersuppliesarenotinuse.Additionally,ifapowersupplyfailureisdetected(hardwarefailure) ortheACpowercordisdisconnected,thentheseeventsarerecordedintheIMLandtheLED indicatorslight. iLO2monitorspowersuppliestoensurethattheyarecorrectlyinstalled.Thisinformationappears ontheSystemInformationpage.ReviewingtheSystemInformationpageandIMLwillassistyou indecidingwhentorepairorreplaceapowersupply,preventingadisruptioninservice. Processors TheProcessorstabdisplaystheavailableprocessorslots,thetypeofprocessorinstalledintheslot, andabriefstatussummaryoftheprocessorsubsystem.Ifavailable,installedprocessorspeedin MHzandcachecapabilitiesaredisplayed. Memory TheMemorytabdisplaystheavailablememoryslotsandthetypeofmemory,ifany,installedin theslot. NIC TheNICtabdisplaystheMACaddressesoftheintegratedNICs.Thispagedoesnotdisplayadd-in networkadapters. iLO2Log TheiLO2LogpagedisplaystheiLO2EventLog,whichisarecordofsignificanteventsdetected byiLO2.Loggedeventsincludemajorservereventssuchasaserverpoweroutageoraserver resetandiLO2eventssuchasunauthorizedloginattempts.Otherloggedeventsincludesuccessful orunsuccessfulbrowserandRemoteConsolelogins,virtualpowerandpowercycleevents,clear eventlogactions,andsomeconfigurationchanges,suchascreatingordeletingauser. iLO2providessecurepasswordencryption,trackingallloginattemptsandmaintainingarecord ofallloginfailures.AuthenticationFailureLoggingallowsyoutoconfigureloggingcriteriafor Systemstatusandstatussummaryinformation77
failedauthentications.Youcanconfiguretrackingfailedloginattemptsforeveryattemptorevery second,third,orfifthattempt,andcapturestheclientnameforeachloggedentrytoimprove auditingcapabilitiesinDHCPenvironments,aswellasrecordingaccountname,computername, andIPaddress.Whenloginattemptsfail,iLO2alsogeneratesalertsandsendsthemtoaremote managementconsole. EventsloggedbyhigherversionsofiLO2firmwaremightnotbesupportedbyearlierversions.If aneventisloggedbyanunsupportedfirmware,theeventislistedasUNKNOWN EVENT TYPE. Youcancleartheeventlogtoeliminatetheseentries,orupdatethefirmwaretothelatestsupported version. ToaccesstheiLO2Log,clickSystemStatus>iLO2Log. Tocleartheeventlog: 1.ClickClearEventLogtocleartheeventlogofallpreviouslyloggedinformation. 2.ClickOKtoconfirmthatyouwanttocleartheeventlog.Alineindicatingthattheloghas beenclearedislogged. IML TheIMLpagedisplaystheIntegratedManagementLog,whichisarecordofhistoricaleventsthat haveoccurredontheserverasreportedbyvarioussoftwarecomponents.Eventsaregenerated bythesystemROMandbyservicesliketheSystemManagement(health)driver.TheIMLenables youtoviewloggedremoteserverevents.Loggedeventsincludeallserver-specificeventsrecorded bythesystemhealthdriver,includingoperatingsysteminformationandROM-basedPOSTcodes. Formoreinformation,seetotheserverguide. EntriesintheIMLcanassistduringissuediagnosisorhelpidentifypossibleissuesbeforethey occur.Preventativeactionmightberecommendedtoavoidpossibledisruptionofservice.iLO2 managestheIML,whichcanbeaccessedusingasupportedbrowser,evenwhentheserverisoff. Theabilitytoviewtheeventlogevenwhentheserverisoffcanbehelpfulwhentroubleshooting remotehostserverissues. Youcansortthelogbyclickingtheheaderofanycolumnofdata.Afterthesortcompletes,clicking thesamecolumnheaderagainsortstheloginreverseofitscurrentorder.Verylargelogswilltake severalminutestosortanddisplay.Youcancleartheeventsinthislogontheserver'sInsight ManagerWebAgentshomepage. TheiLO2processorrecordsthefollowinginformationtotheIMLbasedupontheoccurrencesin thesystem. •Faninserted •Fanremoved •Fanfailure •Fandegraded •Fanrepaired •Fanredundancylost •Fansredundant •Powersupplyinserted •Powersupplyremoved •Powersupplyfailure •Powersuppliesredundancylost •Powersuppliesredundant •Temperatureoverthreshold 78UsingiLO2
•Temperaturenormal •Automaticshutdownstarted •Automaticshutdowncancelled Diagnostics TheDiagnosticsoptionontheSystemStatustabdisplaystheServerandiLO2Diagnosticsscreen. TheServerandiLO2DiagnosticscreendisplaysiLO2self-testresults,andprovidesoptionsto generateanNMItothesystemandtoresetiLO2. NOTE:WhenconnectedthroughtheDiagnosticsPort,thedirectoryserverisnotavailable.You canloginusingalocalaccountonly. TheDiagnosticspagecontainsthefollowingsections: •Non-MaskableInterrupt(NMI)button TheNon-MaskableInterrupt(NMI)buttonsectioncontainstheGenerateNMItoSystembutton whichenablesyoutohalttheoperatingsystemfordebugging.Thisfunctionalityisanadvanced functionandmustonlybeusedforkernel-leveldebugging.ThepossibleusesoftheGenerate NMItoSystemfeatureincludethefollowing: —UsetheDemonstrateASRfeatureonlyiftheSystemManagement(health)driverisloaded andASRisenabled.ThehostautomaticallyrebootsafteranNMIhasoccurred. —UsetheDebugfeatureifasoftwareapplicationhangsthesystem.TheGenerateNMIto Systembuttoncanbeusedtoengagetheoperatingsystemdebugger. —Initiatethedumpofanunresponsivehostifyouwanttocapturetheservercontext. TheVirtualPowerandResetprivilegeisrequiredtogenerateanNMI.AnunexpectedNMI typicallysignalsafatalconditiononthehostplatform.Ablue-screen,panic,ABEND,orother fatalexceptionoccurswhenanunexpectedNMIisreceivedbythehostoperatingsystem, evenwhentheoperatingsystemisunresponsiveorlocked-up.Generatinganunexpected NMIcanbeusedtodiagnoseacatatonicordeadlockedoperatingsystem.Generatingan NMIcrashestheoperatingsystem,resultinginlostserviceanddata. GeneratinganNMImustonlybeusedinextremediagnosticcasesinwhichtheoperating systemisnotfunctioningproperlyandanexperiencedsupportorganizationhasrecommended thatyouproceedwithanNMI.GeneratinganNMIasadiagnosticanddebuggingtoolis primarilyusedwhentheoperatingsystemisnolongeravailable.GeneratinganNMImust notbeusedduringnormaloperationoftheserver.TheGenerateNMItoSystembuttondoes notgracefullyshutdowntheoperatingsystem. •iLO2Self-TestResults TheiLO2Self-TestResultssectionsdisplaystheresultsofiLO2internaldiagnostics.iLO2 performsaseriesofinitializationanddiagnosticproceduresonthesubsystemsoftheiLO2 system.TheresultsdisplayontheServerandiLO2Diagnosticsscreen.Alltestedsubsystems displayPassedundernormalcircumstances.Eachtestdisplaysoneofthreeresults:Passed, Fault,orN/A. Thestatusoftheseself-testsisindicatedbythetestresultsandisintendedtoidentifyissue areas.IfaFaulttestconditionisindicated,followinformationnotedonthescreen.Thespecific teststhatarerunissystem-dependant.Notalltestsarerunonallsystems.SeetheiLO2 Diagnosticspagetoverifywhichtestsareautomaticallyperformedonyoursystem. •ResetIntegratedLights-Out2 TheResetIntegratedLights-Out2sectioncontainstheResetbuttonwhichenablesyoutoreboot theiLO2processor.UsingResetdoesnotmakeanyconfigurationchanges.Resetdisconnects anyactiveconnectionstoiLO2andcompletesanyfirmwareupdatesinprogress.Youmust Systemstatusandstatussummaryinformation79
havetheConfigureiLO2privilege(configurelocaldevicesettings)toresetiLO2usingthis option. InsightAgents TheHPInsightManagementAgentssupportabrowserinterfaceforaccesstoruntimemanagement datathroughtheHPSystemManagementHomepage.TheHPSystemManagementHomepageis asecureweb-basedinterfacethatconsolidatesandsimplifiesthemanagementofindividualservers andoperatingsystems.ByaggregatingdatafromHPInsightManagementAgentsandother managementtools,theSystemManagementHomepageprovidesanintuitiveinterfacetoreview in-depthhardwareconfigurationandstatusdata,performancemetrics,systemthresholdsand softwareversioncontrolinformation. TheagentscanautomaticallyprovidethelinktoiLO2,oryoucanmanuallyenterthelinkusing Administration/Management. Formoreinformation,see“HPSystemsInsightManagerintegration”(page178),andtheHPweb siteathttp://www.hp.com/servers/manage. iLO2RemoteConsole iLO2RemoteConsoleredirectsthehostserverconsoletothenetworkclientbrowser,providing fulltext(standard),graphicalmodevideo,keyboard,andmouseaccesstotheremotehostserver (iflicensed).iLO2usesvirtualKVMtechnologytoimproveremoteconsoleperformancecomparable withotherKVMsolutions. Withremoteconsoleaccess,youcanobservePOSTbootmessagesastheremotehostserver restartsandinitiateROM-basedsetuproutinestoconfigurethehardwareoftheremotehostserver. Wheninstallingoperatingsystemsremotely,thegraphicalremoteconsoles(iflicensed)enable youtoviewandcontrolthehostserverscreenthroughouttheinstallationprocess. Remoteconsoleaccessprovidesyoucompletecontroloveraremotehostserverasifyouwerein frontofthesystem,includingaccesstotheremotefilesystemandnetworkdrives.RemoteConsole enablesyoutochangehardwareandsoftwaresettingsoftheremotehostserver,installapplications anddrivers,changeremoteserverscreenresolution,andgracefullyshutdowntheremotesystem. Upto10usersareallowedtosimultaneouslylogintoiLO2.However,onlyfouruserscanaccess asharedIntegratedRemoteConsole.IfyouattempttoopentheRemoteConsolewhileitisalready inuse,awarningmessageappears,indicatingthatitisinusebyanotheruser.Toviewtheremote consolesessionalreadyinprogress,see“Multi-useraccesstotheIntegratedRemoteConsole” (page89).Totakecontrolofthesession,usetheRemoteConsoleAcquirefeature,see“Acquiring theRemoteConsole”(page92). TheRemoteConsoleInformationpageprovidesaccesslinkstothedifferentremoteconsoleaccess options.Afterdecidingwhichconsoleoptionyouwanttouse,clicktheappropriatelink.iLO2 providesthefollowingremoteconsoleaccessoptions: •“IntegratedRemoteConsoleoption”(page85)–ProvidesaccesstothesystemKVM,allowing controlofVirtualPowerandVirtualMediafromasingleconsoleusingMicrosoftInternet Explorer. •“IRCFullscreen”(page85)–ResizestheIntegratedRemoteConsoletothesamedisplay resolutionastheremotehost. TheIntegratedRemoteConsoleandIntegratedRemoteConsoleFullscreenusesActiveXand requiresMicrosoftInternetExplorer. •“RemoteConsole”(page93)–ProvidesaccesstothesystemKVMthroughaJavaapplet-based console.RemoteConsoleisthefamiliarRemoteConsolesupportcarriedforwardfromthe originaliLOproduct.RemoteConsolesupportrequiresthatJavabeinstalledontheclient 80UsingiLO2