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							system.RemoteConsoleoperateswithalloperatingsystemsandbrowserssupportedbyiLO
2.
•“RemoteSerialConsole”(page100)–ProvidesaccesstoaVT320serialconsolethrougha
Javaapplet-basedconsoleconnectedtotheiLO2VirtualSerialPort.TheRemoteSerialConsole
isavailablewithoutanadditionallicenseandissuitableforhostoperatingsystemsthatdo
notrequireaccesstothegraphicalconsole.
StandardiLO2providesserverconsoleaccessfromserverpower-onthroughPOST.Integrated
RemoteConsole,IntegratedRemoteConsoleFullscreen,andRemoteConsolearegraphicalremote
consolesthatturnasupportedbrowserintoavirtualdesktop,allowingyoufullcontroloverthe
display,keyboard,andmouseofthehostserver.Theoperating-system-independentconsolesupports
graphicmodesthatdisplayremotehostserveractivities,includingshutdownandstartupoperations
(iflicensed).
RemoteconsoleaccesstothehostserverafterserverPOSTisalicensedfeatureavailablewiththe
purchaseofoptionallicenses.Formoreinformation,see“Licensing”(page26).ToaccessiLO2
RemoteConsole,clickRemoteConsole.TheRemoteConsoleInformationpageappears.
RemoteConsoleoverviewandlicensingoptions
RemoteConsoleandIntegratedRemoteConsoleconnectionsaregraphicalandmustberendered
usingaclientprogramthatcanprocessiLO2graphicscommands.Twoclientsareprovidedto
rendertheiLO2graphics:
•Java-basedRemoteConsole
•WindowsActiveX-basedIntegratedRemoteConsole
ForthoseclientsthatdonotunderstandiLO2graphics,SSHandTelnet,youmustusetheiLO2
RemoteSerialConsoleorpurchaseaniLOAdvancedlicensetousethetext-basedconsoleafter
POST.
ESXconsoles,inparticularESXconsole1,donotfullysupportiLO2RemoteConsoleandIntegrated
RemoteConsole.ESXdoesnotsupportRemoteSerialConsole.
iLO2bladesshipwiththeiLO2StandardBladeEdition,whichincludestheRemoteConsole.
However,theHPProLiantMLandHPProLiantDLmodelsshipwiththeiLOStandardlicense,which
doesnotincludetheRemoteConsoleorIntegratedRemoteConsole.Assoonastheserverstarts
tobootanoperatingsystem,theiLO2StandardontheHPProLiantMLandProLiantDLmodels
displaysamessagethatindicatestheneedfortheiLO2Advancedlicense.Formoreinformation,
see“Licensing”(page26).
RemoteConsolesettings
TheiLO2RemoteConsolesettingsandoptionsareconfiguredontheRemoteConsoleSettings
page.ToaccesstheRemoteConsoleSettingspage,clickRemoteConsole>Settings.
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							TheRemoteConsoleSettingspageincludesthreetabs:
Settings
•HighPerformanceMousesettingscanhelpalleviateremoteconsolemousesynchronization
issues,butthisfeatureisnotsupportedonalloperatingsystems.Theeffectsofchangingthe
settingstakeplacewhenremoteconsoleisstartedorrestarted.Thefollowingoptionsare
available:
—Disabled–Enablesthemousetousetherelativecoordinatesmodewhichiscompatible
withmosthostoperatingsystems.
—Enabled–Enablesthemousetousetheabsolutecoordinatesmode,eliminating
synchronizationissuesonsupportedoperatingsystems.
—Automatic–EnablesiLO2toselecttheappropriatemousemodewhentheiLO2driver
isloadedonthehostoperatingsystem.Theselectedmodeispersistentunlessadifferent
modeisindicatedwhentheoperatingsystemdriverisloadedorifyouchooseanother
setting.
•RemoteConsoleAcquireenablesoneusertotaketheremoteconsolesessionawayfrom
anotheruser.Thissettingenablesordisablestheacquirefunctionality.
•SharedRemoteConsoleenablesmultipleuserstoviewandcontroltheserverconsoleatthe
sametime.Thissettingenablesordisablesthesharedfunctionality.
•InteractiveConsoleReplayallowsyoutoreplaythecapturedconsolevideoofbootandfault
sequencesalongwithuser-initiatedmanualconsolecaptures.
•TheKey-Up/Key-DownsettingallowsyoutogglebetweenusingtheHIDreportkeyboard
modelandtheASCIIandESCcodeskeyboardmodelintheIRC.TheHIDreportkeyboard
modelisenabledbydefaultbutmightcauserepeatingcharactersonhighlatencynetworks.
IfyouexperiencerepeatingcharacterswhenusingIRC,setKey-Up/Key-DowntoDisabled.
•Boot/FaultConsoleCaptureenablesyoutocaptureconsolevideotointernalbuffersofany
bootandfaultsequences.Internalbufferspaceislimitedtothecaptureofthemostrecentboot
orfaultsequence.Bufferspaceislimited.Themoredynamicandthehigherthegraphical
resolutionoftheserverconsole,thelessamountofdatathatcanbestoredinthebuffer.Select
whichtypeofvideotocaptureusingthefollowingoptions:
—ConsoleCapturebufferallowsyoutoselectwhichtypeofconsolesequencetocapture.
Youcanenableeitherbufferorenablebothbuffersatthesametime.Thebuffersshare
thesameinternaldataarea,soenablingbothreducestheamountofconsolevideothat
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							canbecaptured.Youcanchangetheenabledbuffersatanytimetomaximizebuffer
utilization.Whenthebufferconfigurationischanged,bothbuffersareresetand
informationcurrentlyinthebuffersatthattimeislost.
—AutoExport/FaultBufferallowsyoutoenableordisableautomaticallyexportingcaptured
consoledata.
•ExportBoot/FaultBufferenablesyoutospecifytheURLlocationofawebserverthataccepts
aPUTorPOSTMethoddatatransfer.Forexample:http://192.168.1.1/images/
capture%h%t.ilotransferstheinternal-capturebufferstoawebserverattheIPaddress
192.168.1.1,andstoresthedataintheimagesfolderusingthefilename
captureServerNameDateTime-Boot(or Fault).ilo.
Where:
—%hspecifiestheadditionoftheservernametothefilename
—%tspecifiesthatatimestampwillbeincludedinthefilename
—Boot or Faultisautomaticallyaddedtodenotethebuffertypeaseithera
boot-sequenceorfault-sequenceevent
Formoreinformationaboutwebserverconfiguration,andhowtoconfigureanApacheweb
servertoacceptexportedcapturebuffers,see“ConfiguringApachetoacceptexportedcapture
buffers”(page194).
◦Exportenablesyoutotriggeranexportmanually.
◦ExportusernameistheusernameforthewebserverthatisspecifiedintheURL.
◦PasswordisthepasswordofthewebserverthatisspecifiedintheURL.
Aftermakingchanges,clickApply.
•SerialPortConfigurationdisplaysthecurrentsettingsofthesystemserialportsandtheVirtual
SerialPort.TheSettingsforthesystemandvirtualserialportsarealsodisplayed,showingthe
COMportsinuseandIRQnumbers.
•iLO2VirtualSerialPortdisplaysthecurrentstatusoftheVirtualSerialPortconnection.The
possiblemodesavailableare:inuserawmode,orinusenormalmode.Iftheconnectionis
inuse,theDisconnectbuttonisavailableandcanbeusedtodisconnectaVirtualSerialPort
connection.RawmodeindicatesthataclientisconnectedusingtheWiLODbg.exeutility
whichisusedforremoteWindowskerneldebugging.
HotKeysenableyoutodefinekeystrokesequencesthataretransmittedtotheremotehostserver
bypressingahotkey.RemoteConsolehotkeysallowspecifickeysequencessuchasAlt+Taband
Alt+SysRqtobepassedtotheserverfromtheRemoteConsoleJavasession.Formoreinformation,
see“Remoteconsolehotkeys”(page83).
JavadisplaystheJavarequirementsforeachsupportedoperatingsystemandalinktodownload
Java.Formoreinformation,see“Supportedbrowsersandclientoperatingsystems”(page15).
Remoteconsolehotkeys
TheProgramRemoteConsoleHotKeyspageenablesyoutodefineuptosixmultiplekey
combinationsassignedtoeachhotkey.WhenahotkeyispressedintheRemoteConsole,on
clientsystems,thedefinedkeycombination(allkeyspressedatthesametime)aretransmittedin
placeofthehotkeytotheremotehostserver.ToaccessAltGrsymbolsoninternationalkeyboards,
usehotkeystodefinethesesymbols.Foralistofsupporthotkeys,see(“Supportedhotkeys”(page
84).
RemoteconsolehotkeysareactiveduringaRemoteConsolesessionthroughtheIRC,Remote
Consoleapplet,andduringatextRemoteConsolesessionthroughaTelnetclient.Whenusing
theIRC,keyboardLEDstatesforNumLock,CapsLockandScrollLockontheclientkeyboarddo
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							notnecessarilyreflectthestateoftheserverkeyboard.However,pressinganyofthelockingkeys
willchangethatLockstateontheserver.
TodefineaRemoteConsolehotkey:
1.ClickRemoteConsole>HotKeys.
2.Selectthehotkeyyouwanttodefine,andusethedrop-downboxestoselectthekeysequence
tobetransmittedtothehostserverwhenyoupressthehotkey.
3.ClickSaveHotKeyswhenyouhavefinisheddefiningthekeysequences.
TheProgramRemoteConsoleHotKeyspagealsocontainsaResetHotKeysoption.Thisoption
clearsallentriesinthehotkeyfields.ClickSaveHotKeystosavetheclearedfields.
Supportedhotkeys
TheProgramRemoteConsoleHotKeyspageallowsyoutodefineupto6differentsetsofhotkeys
foruseduringaRemoteConsolesession.Eachhotkeyrepresentsacombinationofupto5different
keyswhicharesenttothehostmachinewheneverthehotkeyispressedduringaRemoteConsole
session.Theselectedkeycombination(allkeyspressedatthesametime)aretransmittedinits
place.Formoreinformation,see“Remoteconsolehotkeys”(page83).Thefollowingtablelists
keysavailabletocombineinaRemoteConsolehotkeysequence.
o:F12ESC
p!R_ALT
r=#L_SHIFT
s?$R_SHIFT
t@%INS
u[&DEL
v]~HOME
w\(END
x^)PGUP
y_*PGDN
za+ENTER
{b-TAB
}c.BREAK
|d/F1
;e0F2
'f1F3
L_CTRLg2F4
R_CTRLh3F5
NUMPLUSi4F6
NUMMINUSj5F7
SCRLLCKk6F8
BACKSPACEl7F9
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							SYSRQm8F10
n9F11
Hotkeysandinternationalkeyboards
Tosetuphotkeysonaninternationalkeyboard,selectkeysonyourkeyboardinthesameposition
onaUSkeyboard.TocreateahotkeyusingtheinternationalAltGRkey,useR_ALTinthekeylist.
UsetheUSkeyboardlayoutshowntoselectyourkeys.
ShadedkeysdonotexistonaUSkeyboard.
•ThegreenshadedkeyisknownastheNon-US\and|keysonaninternationalkeyboard.
•ThepurpleshadedkeyisknownastheNon-US#and~keyonaninternationalkeyboard.
HotkeysandVirtualSerialPort
WhenconnectedtotheVirtualSerialPortfeatureofiLO2usingTelnet,thekeysequenceCTRL+P+!
(CTRLkey,Pkey,SHIFTkey,and1keypressedsimultaneously)normallycausestheremoteserver
toreboot.
Topowertheremoteserveroff,usethekeysequenceCTRL+P6.Topowertheremoteserveron,
usethekeysequenceCTRL+P1.
IfiLO2becomesunresponsive,closetheVirtualSerialPortsession.iLO2automaticallyresetsin
approximatelythreeminutesandreturnstonormaloperation.
IRCFullscreen
IntegratedRemoteConsoleFullscreenallowsyoutore-sizetheIRCtothesamedisplayresolution
astheremotehost.Toreturntoyourclientdesktop,exittheconsole.
IntegratedRemoteConsoleFullscreencausesyourclienttoresizetothesameresolutionasthe
remoteserver.IntegratedRemoteConsoleFullscreenattemptstopickthebestclientdisplaysettings
forthatresolution;however,somemonitorsmighthavetroublewiththehighestscreenrefreshrates
supportedbythevideoadapter.Ifthisoccurs,checkyourdesktoppropertiesbyright-clickingon
theDesktopandselectingProperties>Settings>Advanced>Monitorandselectalowerscreenrefresh
rate.
FormoreinformationontheIntegratedRemoteConsoleFullscreendisplay,see“IntegratedRemote
Consoleoption”(page85).
IntegratedRemoteConsoleoption
TheIntegratedRemoteConsoleoffersahigh-performanceremoteconsoleinterfaceforWindows
clients,combiningKVM,VirtualPower,andVirtualMediafunctionality.TheIntegratedRemote
ConsoleoptionisanActiveXcontrolthatrunsfromMicrosoftInternetExplorer.IntegratedRemote
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							Consoleisalicensedfeatureavailablewiththepurchaseofoptionallicenses.Formoreinformation,
see“Licensing”(page26).
TheIntegratedRemoteConsolesupportsfoursimultaneousremoteconsolesessionswiththesame
serverifenabledthroughtheRemoteConsoleSettingsscreen,SMASHCLI(OEM),orRIBCL.For
moreinformationaboutusingmultipleremoteconsolesessions,see“Multi-useraccesstothe
IntegratedRemoteConsole”(page89).
IntegratedRemoteConsoleandIntegratedRemoteConsoleFullscreendisplayamenubarand
buttonsrenderedonthescreen.Themenubarhasthefollowingoptions:
•RemoteConsoleReplay(playicon)–DisplaystheReplayMenudialog(ifBoot/FaultConsole
Captureisenabled)orstartstheOpenFiledialogboxifBoot/FaultConsoleCaptureisnot
enabled.
—ReplayCurrentBOOTbufferandReplayCurrentFAULTbuffer–Enablesyoutotransfer
theinternallycapturedbufferstotheclientusingtheConsoleReplayportspecifiedon
theAdministration>Accesstab.ClickReplayCurrentBOOTbufferorReplayCurrentFAULT
buffertochangetheRemoteConsolemenutotheReplayConsolemenu.
—Replayfile–DisplaysanOpendialogboxenablingyoutoviewapreviouslysavedfile.
AfteryouselectafileandclickOpen,theRemoteConsolemenuchangestotheReplay
Consolemenu.
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							•Replay(playicononthemainmenu)–DisplaystheReplayConsole.TheReplayConsole
providesplaybackcontroloftheselecteddatabufferanddisplayselapsedplaybacktime.
TheReplayConsolehasthefollowingoptions:
◦ClickPlaytostarttheplayback.AfteryouclickPlay,youcan:
ClickPausetostoptheplaybackandholdthecurrentposition.Toresumeplayback,
clickPlayfromthepausedstateandtheplaybackresumesfromthecurrentposition.
–
–ClickStoptohalttheplaybackandresettheplaybacktothebeginningofthedata
buffer.
–ClickFast-forwardtoincreasestheplaybackrate2x,4x,or8xofnormalspeed.
◦Closeappearswhenplaybackiscomplete.ClickClosetoexittheReplayConsoleand
displaytheRemoteConsolemenubar.
•Record(cameraicon)–Enablesyoutomanuallyrecordcurrentserverconsolevideo.Press
RecordtodisplayaSavedialogboxenablingyoutospecifythefilenameandthelocation
tosavethecurrentrecordingsession.Duringarecordingsession,Recordwillappeardepressed
andchangetogreen.Whileenabled,anyserverconsoleactivityappearingontheIntegrated
RemoteConsoleissavedtothefilespecified.IfyouclickRecordduringarecordingsession,
therecordingsessionstopsandreturnstheRecordbuttontothenormalunpressedstate.To
replaytherecording,clickReplay.
•Control–Enablesthesessionleadertoreclaimfullcontrolifcontrolwasauthorizedfora
satelliteclient.
•Lock–Enablesyoutopreventanyadditionalsatelliteclientrequestsfromappearingonthe
sessionleaderconsole.
•ClientList–DisplaystheusernameandDNSname(ifavailable)orIPaddressofthecurrent
satelliteclients.
•Drive–Displaysallavailablemedia.
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							•Power(greenpowericon)–Displaysthepowerstatusandallowsyoutoaccessthepower
options.Thepowerbuttonisgreenwhentheserverispoweredup.WhenyoupressPower
theVirtualPowerButtonscreenappearswithfouroptions:MomentaryPress,PressandHold,
ColdBoot,andResetSystem.
WheneithertheDrivesorPowerbuttonispressed,themenudisplayedremainsopeneven
whenthemouseismovedawayfromthemenubar.
•CAD–EnablesyoutostartadialogtosendtheCtrl-Alt-Delkeys(oranyoneofthesixhotkeys)
totheserver.
•Thumbtack–EnablesyoutokeeptheRemoteConsolemainmenuopenortoretractthemain
menuwhenthemouseismovedaway.
•Exit(redXicon)–Enablesyoutocloseandexittheremoteconsole.
InternetExplorer7securityenhancementsdisplaytheaddressbarinanyrecentlyopenedwindows.
IfyouwanttoremovetheaddressbarfromtheIRC,youmustchangetheSecuritysettingfromthe
defaultlevel.Toremovetheaddressbar,setSetAllowwebsitestoopenwindowswithoutaddress
orstatusbarstoEnable.
OptimizingmouseperformanceforRemoteConsoleorIntegratedRemoteConsole
InsomeMicrosoftWindowsconfigurationsthemouseaccelerationmustbesetcorrectlyforremote
consolemousetobehaveproperly.
SLES9
DeterminewhichmousedeviceistheRemoteConsolemousebyusingthexsetpointer -l
commandtolistallmice.
1.Determinewhichmouseyouwanttomodifybycross-referencingtheoutputofxsetpointer
withtheXconfiguration(either/etc/X11/XF86Configor/etc/X11/xorg.conf)
2.Selecttheremoteconsolemouseasthemouseyouwanttomodify.Forexample:
xsetpointer Mouse[2]
3.Settheaccelerationparameters.Forexample:
xset m 1/1 1
RedHatEnterpriseLinux
Settheaccelerationparametersusing:
xset m 1/1 1
Windowsmousesynchronization
ThedefaultHighPerformancemousesettingontheGlobalSettingpageisdesignedtousethe
bestsettingbasedontheserveroperatingsystem.TofunctioncorrectlyrequirestheHPProLiant
Lights-OutManagementInterfaceDriverisloadedandtheserverhasbeenrebootedafterthedriver
installation.IfyouexperiencemousesynchronizationissuesunderWindows,changetheHigh
PerformanceMousesettingtoYes.
HighPerformanceMousesettings
WhenusingtheRemoteConsole,youcanenabletheHighPerformanceMousefeature.Thisfeature
greatlyimprovespointerperformanceandaccuracyonsupportedoperatingsystems.iLO2High
PerformanceMouseisapointingdevicethatprovidesabsolutepositioncoordinatestodescribe
itslocationsimilartoaUSBtabletmouse.Aconventionalmousesendsrelativepositioninformation
(suchasthemousehasmoved12pixelstotheright).Thehostcomputercanmodifyrelativeposition
informationtoenablefeatureslikemouseacceleration.WhenusingtheRemoteConsole,theclient
isnotawareofthesemodifications.Therefore,synchronizationbetweentheclientandhostmouse
cursorsfails.
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							BoththeIntegratedRemoteConsoleandtheRemoteConsoleappletssendabsoluteandrelative
mousecursorcoordinatestoiLO2.WheniLO2isinHighPerformanceMousemode,itdiscards
therelativecoordinatesandsendstheabsolutecoordinatestotheUSBtabletmouseemulator.The
resultisthattheserver"sees"themousemoveasifthecoordinateinformationhadoriginatedfrom
alocalUSBtabletmouse.WheniLO2isnotinHighPerformanceMousemode,theabsolute
coordinatesarediscardedandtherelativecoordinatesaresenttotheUSBrelativemouseemulator.
High-PerformanceMouseissupportedonlyonoperatingsystemsthatsupportUSBtabletmouse.
WindowsusersmustenabletheHighPerformanceMouseoptionontheRemoteConsoleSettings
screen.LinuxusersmustenabletheHighPerformancemouseoptiononcetheiLO2High
PerformanceMouseforLinuxdriverisinstalled.Otheroperatingsystemserversexperiencing
RemoteConsolemousetroublemustdisabletheHighPerformanceMouseoption.
WhenusingIntegratedRemoteConsolefromiLO2andSmartStart,thelocalmouseandremote
mousedonotstayaligned.TheHighPerformanceMousesettingmustbedisabledwhilein
SmartStart.IfthelocalmouseandremotemousegetoutofalignmentwhileyouareusingtheHigh
PerformanceMousefeature,youcanusetherightCtrlkeytorealignthem.Alternatively,youcan
usetheJavaRemoteConsoleinsteadofIntegratedRemoteConsole.
TheHighPerformanceMouseoptionalleviatesallmousesynchronizationissuesonsupportedhost
operatingsystems.YoucanselectthismodeontheRemoteConsoleSettingspagebeforestarting
aRemoteConsole.However,itmightnotbesupportedbyalloperatingsystems,particularlyduring
installation.Forbestperformance:
•SelectalowerremoteserverscreenresolutiontoimprovetheperformanceoftheRemote
Console.Themaximumsupportedresolutionis1280x1024pixels.
•SettheclientscreenresolutionhigherthantheremoteserverresolutiontomaximizeRemote
Consolevisibility.
•Thecolorqualityoftheremoteserverhasnoeffectontheperformanceoftheremoteconsole.
TheRemoteConsoleisrenderedin4096(12-bit)colors.
•Useanon-animatedmousepointerontheremotesystem.
•Disablemousetrailsontheremotesystem.
ToconfigurethehostserveradjustthefollowingsettingsintheControlPanel:
1.SelectMouse>Pointers>Scheme>WindowsDefaultscheme.ClickOK.
2.FromtheMouse>Pointerspage,selectEnablepointershadow.ClickOK.
3.SelectDisplay>Settings>Advanced>Troubleshoot>HardwareAcceleration>Full.ClickOK.
4.SelectSystem>Advanced>PerformanceSettings>VisualEffects>Adjustforbestperformance.
ClickOK.
Alternatively,theHPonlineconfigurationutility(HPONCFG)canautomaticallyadjustthesesettings.
YoucanalsoeditHighPerformanceMousesettingsusingtheXMLcommand
MOD_GLOBAL_SETTINGS.FormoreinformationaboutusingtheRIBCLcommand
MOD_GLOBAL_SETTINGS,seetheHPIntegratedLights-OutManagementProcessorScriptingand
CommandLineResourceGuideathttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/
DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&
taskId=135&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=1146658.
Multi-useraccesstotheIntegratedRemoteConsole
SharedRemoteConsoleisaniLO2featurethatallowstheconnectionofuptofoursessionson
thesameonthesameserver.ThisfeaturedoesnotreplacetheAcquirefeaturedescribedin
“AcquiringtheRemoteConsole”(page92),orallowfull-accessclients(read/write)tocontrol
power.SharedRemoteConsoledoesnotsupportpassingserverhostdesignationtoanotheruser
orafaileduserconnectiontoreconnectafterfailure.Youmustrestarttheremoteconsolesession
toallowuseraccessafterfailure.
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							SharedRemoteConsoleisalicensedfeatureavailablewiththepurchaseofoptionallicenses.For
moreinformation,see“Licensing”(page26).
SharedRemoteConsoleandForcedSwitchmodearedisabledbydefault.Youmustenableand
configurethesefeaturesthroughthebrowser,SMASHCLI(OEM),orRIBCL.Allconsolesessions
areencryptedbyauthenticatingtheclientfirst,andthenthesessionleaderdecideswhetherto
allowthenewconnection.
ThefirstusertoinitiateaRemoteConsolesessionconnectstotheservernormallyandisdesignated
asthesessionleader(sessionhost.)AnysubsequentuserrequestingRemoteConsoleaccessinitiates
anaccessrequest,requestingasatelliteclientconnection,callingthesessionleader.Apop-upfor
eachsatelliteclientrequestappearsonthesessionleader'sdesktop,identifyingtherequester's
usernameandDNSname(ifavailable)orIPaddress.
Sessionhostshavetheoptiontograntordenyaccess.Alistofusersandsessionhostnames
appearswithintheremoteconsolebrowserframe.Satelliteclientsessionsterminatewhenthe
sessionhostisterminated.
SharedsessionsdonotoperatewellwiththeConsoleCaptureandreplayfeaturesofiLO2.Ifa
satellitesessionisviewingacapturedsession,duringtheplaybacktime,thesatellitesessionwill
notreceivesessionleadercontrolmessages.Ifthesessionhoststartstoviewcapturedvideodata
duringasharedsession,thevideoappearsonallsatelliteRemoteConsolesessions.
UsingConsoleCapture
ConsoleCaptureisaRemoteConsolefeaturethatenablesyoutorecordandreplayavideostream
ofeventssuchasbooting,ASRevents,andsensedoperatingsystemfaults.Youcanalsomanually
startandstoptherecordingofconsolevideo.ConsoleCaptureisonlyavailablethroughtheiLO
2userinterfaceandcannotbeaccessedthroughXMLscriptingortheCLP.ConsoleCaptureisa
licensedfeatureavailablewiththepurchaseofoptionallicenses.Formoreinformation,see
“Licensing”(page26).
Abufferareaissetasideinthemanagementprocessortostorecapturedvideodata.Thisbuffer
areaissharedwiththefirmwareupdatebuffer,soanyinformationcapturedislostwhenyoustart
thefirmwareupdateprocess.Youcannotcapturevideodataduringthefirmwareupdateprocess.
Bufferspaceislimited.Onlyoneofeachtypeofeventisstoredinthebufferareaatatime.You
cantransfercaptureddatabufferstoaclientrunningtheIRCforreplay.Youcanalsoconfigure
iLO2toautomaticallysendcapturedvideodatatoawebserveronthesamenetworkastheiLO
2whenaneventoccurs.ThewebservermustacceptPOST-methoddatatransfers.Youcanselect
Bootbufferonly,Faultbuffer,orcombinethembothasonelargebuffertohavemoreroomto
captureLinuxbootsequences.
Exportedbufferdataisgivenauniquenametoeasilyidentifythedataforplayback.Playback
requiresalicensediLO2onthenetwork.Someoperatingsystems(suchasLinux)canfillthebuffer
quickly.Ifyouleavethesystemconsoleintextmode,ithelpsmaximizetheamountofinformation
captured.Also,closingorreducingthenumberofactivegraphicalconsoleelementshelpsoptimize
internalbufferspace.
YoucanmanuallycapturevideooftheserverconsoleusingtheIRCRecordfeature.Allmanually
captureddataisstoredinalocalfileontheclientforlaterplayback.
UsingHPiLOVideoPlayer
HPiLOVideoPlayerenablesyoutoplaybackiLO2consolecapturefileswithoutinstallingiLO2
onyourlocalsystem.iLOVideoPlayerisdesignedasatypicalmediaplayerwithsimilarcontrols.
YoucanruniLOVideoPlayerasastandaloneapplicationoneitheraserverorclient.Typically,
theapplicationislocatedontheclient.iLO2capturefilesarecreatedusingiLO2ConsoleCapture
feature,see“UsingConsoleCapture”(page90).
TouseiLOVideoPlayer,youmusthaveaMicrosoftWindows2000,WindowsXP,orWindows
Vistaoperatingsystems,andInternetExplorer(version7orlater)installedonyoursystem.
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