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							6.SelectfromthefollowingiLOprivileges.Toenableaprivilege,setittoYES.Todisablea
privilege,setittoNO.
•AdministerUserAccounts—Enablesausertoadd,edit,anddeletelocaliLOuseraccounts.
Auserwiththisprivilegecanchangeprivilegesforallusers.Ifyoudonothavethis
privilege,youcanviewyourownsettingsandchangeyourownpassword.
•RemoteConsoleAccess—EnablesausertoremotelyaccessthehostsystemRemote
Console,includingvideo,keyboard,andmousecontrol.
•VirtualPowerandReset—Enablesausertopower-cycleorresetthehostsystem.These
activitiesinterruptthesystemavailability.Auserwiththisprivilegecandiagnosethe
systembyusingtheGenerateNMItoSystembutton.
•VirtualMedia—EnablesausertousetheVirtualMediafeatureonthehostsystem.
•ConfigureSettings—EnablesausertoconfiguremostiLOsettings,includingsecurity
settings,andtoremotelyupdatetheiLOfirmware.Thisprivilegedoesnotenablelocal
useraccountadministration.
AfteriLOisconfigured,revokingthisprivilegefromalluserspreventsreconfiguration
usingthewebinterface,HPQLOCFG,ortheCLI.UserswhohaveaccesstoiLORBSU,
theiLO4ConfigurationUtility,orHPONCFGcanstillreconfigureiLO.Onlyauserwho
hastheAdministerUserAccountsprivilegecanenableordisablethisprivilege.
7.Enterthefollowinguseraccountdetails:
•NewUserNameappearsintheuserlistontheUserAdministrationpage.Itdoesnot
havetobethesameastheLoginName.Themaximumlengthforausernameis39
characters.Theusernamemustuseprintablecharacters.Assigningdescriptiveusernames
canhelpyoutoeasilyidentifytheownerofeachloginname.
•LoginNameisthenameyoumustusewhenloggingintoiLO.Itappearsintheuserlist
ontheUserAdministrationpage,ontheiLOOverviewpage,andiniLOlogs.TheLogin
NamedoesnothavetobethesameastheUserName.Themaximumlengthforalogin
nameis39characters.Theloginnamemustuseprintablecharacters.
•PasswordandPasswordConfirmsetandconfirmthepasswordthatisusedforlogging
intoiLO.Themaximumlengthforapasswordis39characters.Enterthepasswordtwice
forverification.
8.Createasmanyuseraccountsasneeded,andthenpressF10tosavethechanges.
9.PressEscuntilthemainmenuisdisplayed.
10.SelectExitandResumeBootinthemainmenu,andthenpressEnter.
11.Whenpromptedtoconfirmtherequest,pressEntertoexittheutilityandresumetheboot
process.
Editingorremovinguseraccounts
YoucanusetheiLO4ConfigurationUtilityUserManagementmenutoeditorremovelocaliLO
useraccounts.
ToeditorremovealocaliLOuseraccount:
1.Optional:Ifyouaccesstheserverremotely,startaniLOremoteconsolesession.
Youcanusethe.NETIRCorJavaIRC.
2.Restartorpowerontheserver.
3.PressF9intheHPProLiantPOSTscreen.
TheSystemUtilitiesscreenappears.
4.FromtheSystemUtilitiesscreen,selectSystemConfiguration→iLO4ConfigurationUtility→User
Management.
TheUserManagementscreenappears.
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							5.SelectEdit/RemoveUser,andthenpressEnter.
TheUserManagement→Edit/RemoveUserscreenappears.
6.Locatetheusernamethatyouwanttoeditordelete,selecttheActionmenuforthatusername,
andthenpressEnter.
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							7.Selectoneofthefollowing,andthenpressEnter.
•NoChange—Returnsyoutothemainmenu.
•Delete—Deletesthisuser.
•Edit—Editstheuser.
8.DependingonyourselectioninStep7,dooneofthefollowing:
•IfyouselectedNoChange,nofurtheractionisneeded.
•IfyouselectedDelete,theusernameismarkedtobedeletedwhenyousavethechanges
onthispage.
•IfyouselectedEdit,updatetheloginname,password,oruserpermissions.
9.Updateasmanyuseraccountsasneeded,andthenpressF10tosavethechanges.
10.PressEscuntilthemainmenuisdisplayed.
11.SelectExitandResumeBootinthemainmenu,andthenpressEnter.
12.Whenpromptedtoconfirmtherequest,pressEntertoexittheutilityandresumetheboot
process.
SettingupiLObyusingtheiLOwebinterface
YoucanusetheiLOwebinterfacetoconfigureiLOifyoucanconnecttoiLOonthenetworkby
usingawebbrowser.YoucanalsousethismethodtoreconfigureaniLOmanagementprocessor.
AccessiLOfromaremotenetworkclientbyusingasupportedbrowserandprovidingthedefault
DNSname,username,andpassword.ForinformationabouttheDNSnameanddefaultuser
accountcredentials,see“LoggingintoiLOforthefirsttime”(page33).
ForinformationabouttheconfigurationproceduresavailableintheiLOwebinterface,see
“ConfiguringiLO”(page37).
LoggingintoiLOforthefirsttime
TheiLOfirmwareisconfiguredwithadefaultusername,password,andDNSname.Defaultuser
informationislocatedontheseriallabelpulltabattachedtotheserverthatcontainstheiLO
managementprocessor.UsethesevaluestoaccessiLOremotelyfromanetworkclientbyusinga
webbrowser.
Thedefaultvaluesfollow:
•Username—Administrator
•Password—Arandomeight-characteralphanumericstring
•DNSname—ILOXXXXXXXXXXXX,wheretheXsrepresenttheserialnumberoftheserver
Ifyouenteranincorrectusernameandpassword,oraloginattemptfails,iLOimposesasecurity
delay.Formoreinformationaboutloginsecurity,see“Loginsecurity”(page66).
IMPORTANT:HPrecommendschangingthedefaultpasswordafteryoulogintoiLOforthefirst
time.Forinstructions,see“ManagingiLOusersbyusingtheiLOwebinterface”(page46).
IfyouresetiLOtothefactorydefaultsettings,usethedefaultiLOaccountinformationtologin
afterthereset.
ActivatingiLOlicensedfeatures
ToactivateiLOlicensedfeatures,installanHPiLOlicense.iLOlicensesactivatefunctionalitysuch
asgraphicalRemoteConsolewithmulti-usercollaboration,videorecord/playback,andmany
moreadvancedfeatures.Forlicensinginformationandinstallationinstructions,see“Installingan
iLOlicensebyusingabrowser”(page45).
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							InstallingtheiLOdrivers
iLOisanindependentmicroprocessorrunninganembeddedoperatingsystem.Thearchitecture
ensuresthatthemajorityofiLOfunctionalityisavailable,regardlessofthehostoperatingsystem.
TheiLOdriversenablesoftwaresuchasHPONCFGandtheAgentlessManagementServiceto
communicatewithiLO.YourOSandsystemconfigurationdeterminethedriverrequirements.
TheiLOdriversareavailablefromtheHPServicePackforProLiant(Windows,RedHat,andSLES)
andtheHPwebsite(Windows,Linux,andVMware).
•ForWindows,RedHat,andSLES—DownloadtheSPPfromhttp://www.hp.com/go/spp/
downloadanduseittoinstalltheiLOdrivers.
ForinformationaboutusingtheSPP,seetheSPPdocumentation.
•ForWindows,RedHat,andSLES—DownloadtheiLOdriversfromtheHPSupportCenter:
1.Navigatetothefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/support.
2.Selectacountryorregionandalanguage.
TheHPSupportpageopens.
3.ClickDrivers&Downloads.
4.IntheFindmyproductbox,entertheservermodelnumber,andthenclickGo.
Alistofserversisdisplayed.
5.Clickthelinkforyourserver.
TheHPSupportCenterpagefortheserveropens.
6.Clickthelinkfortheserveroperatingsystem.
7.DownloadtheiLOdrivers.
•ForVMware—DownloadtheiLOdriversfromthevibsdepotsectionoftheSoftwareDelivery
Repositorywebsiteathttp://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/index.html.
•ForUbuntu—DownloadtheiLOdriversfromthemcpsectionoftheSoftwareDeliveryRepository
athttp://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/index.html.
Followtheinstallationinstructionsprovidedwiththedownloadedsoftware.
ForOS-specificdriverinformation,seethefollowing:
•“Microsoftdevicedriversupport”(page34)
•“Linuxdevicedriversupport”(page35)
•“VMwaredevicedriversupport”(page35)
Microsoftdevicedriversupport
WhenyouuseWindowswithiLO,thefollowingdriversareavailable:
•HPProLiantiLO3/4ChannelInterfaceDriverforWindows—Thisdriverisrequiredforthe
operatingsystemtocommunicatewithiLO.Installthisdriverinallconfigurations.
•HPProLiantiLO3/4ManagementControllerDriverPackageforWindows—Thispackage
includesthefollowingcomponents:
◦hpqilo3coreprovidesiLOManagementControllerDriversupport.
◦hpqilo3serviceprovidestheHPProLiantHealthMonitorServiceandHPProLiant
SystemShutdownService.
◦hpqilo3wheaisahelperserviceforWindowsHardwareErrorArchitecture,which
passesinformationbetweeniLOandtheoperatingsystemintheeventofahardware
fault.
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							IMPORTANT:TheManagementControllerDriverPackageisrequiredtosupportAutomatic
ServerRecoveryandtheHPInsightManagementAgentsorHPInsightManagementWBEM
Providers(ifinstalled).Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringiLOManagementsettings”
(page106).
Linuxdevicedriversupport
WhenyouuseLinuxwithiLO,thefollowingdriversareavailable:
•HPProLiantChannelInterfaceKMOD(hpilo)—Thisdrivermanagesagentandtoolapplication
accesstoiLO.
•HPSystemHealthApplicationandCommandLineUtilities(hp-health)—Acollectionof
applicationsandtoolsthatenablesmonitoringoffans,powersupplies,temperaturesensors,
andothermanagementevents.ThisRPMcontainsthehpasmd,hpasmlited,hpasmpld,
andhpasmxlddaemons.
LoadingandremovingSLESandRedHatdrivers:
IMPORTANT:ThesedriversarestandardforSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11and12andRed
Hat6and7.
UsethefollowingcommandstoloadtheiLOdrivers:
rpm -ivh hpilo-.rpm
rpm -ivh hp-health-.rpm
WhereistheLinuxdistributionandversion,areversionnumbers,and
isthearchitecture(i386orx86_64).
UsethefollowingcommandstoremovetheiLOdrivers:
rpm -e hpilo
rpm -e hp-health
LoadingandremovingUbuntudrivers:
HPrecommendssubscribingtotheManagementComponentPackrepositorytoensurethatyour
UbuntusystemshavethelatestHPsoftware.
IMPORTANT:Foropen-sourceLinuxdistributions(Ubuntu,Debian,Fedora,andothers),the
hpilodriverispartoftheLinuxkernel,sothedriverisloadedautomaticallyatstartup.
UsethefollowingproceduretoloadtheHPSystemHealthApplicationandCommandLineUtilities:
1.SubscribetotheMCP.
Forinstructions,seethefollowingHPwebsite:http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/project/
mcp/.
2.Enterthefollowingcommandtoupdatetherepositorycache:apt-get update.
3.EnterthefollowingcommandtoinstalltheHPSystemHealthApplicationandCommandLine
Utilities:apt-get install hp-health.
UsethefollowingcommandtoremovetheHPSystemHealthApplicationandCommandLine
Utilities:
apt-get remove hp-health
VMwaredevicedriversupport
WhenyouuseVMwarewithiLO,thefollowingdriverisavailable:
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							HPProLiantChannelInterfaceDeviceDriver(hpilo)—Thisdrivermanagesagent,WBEMprovider,
andtoolapplicationaccesstoiLO.ItisincludedinthecustomizedHPVMwareimages.Forraw
VMwareimages,thedrivermustbeinstalledmanually.
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							3ConfiguringiLO
ThischapterincludesproceduresforconfiguringiLObyusingtheiLOwebinterfaceandthe
ROM-basedsetuputilities.
TIP:YoucanalsoperformmanyiLOconfigurationtasksbyusingXMLconfigurationandcontrol
scriptsorSMASHCLP.Forinformationaboutusingthesemethods,seetheHPiLO4Scriptingand
CommandLineGuide,HPScriptingToolkitforLinuxUserGuide,andHPScriptingToolkitfor
WindowsUserGuide.
Updatingfirmware
FirmwareupdatesenhanceserverandiLOfunctionalitywithnewfeatures,improvements,and
securityupdates.
Youcanupdatefirmwarebyusingthefollowingmethods:
•Onlinefirmwareupdate—Whenyouuseanonlinemethodtoupdatefirmware,youcan
performtheupdatewithoutshuttingdowntheserveroperatingsystem.Onlinefirmwareupdates
canbeperformedin-bandorout-of-band.
◦In-band—FirmwareissenttoiLOfromtheserverhostoperatingsystem.TheHPProLiant
ChannelInterfaceDriverisrequiredforin-bandfirmwareupdates.Duringahost-based
firmwareupdate,iLOdoesnotverifylogincredentialsoruserprivilegesbecausethe
host-basedutilitiesrequirearootlogin(LinuxandVMware)orAdministratorlogin
(Windows).
◦Out-of-band—FirmwareissenttoiLOoveranetworkconnection.UserswiththeConfigure
iLOSettingsprivilegecanupdatefirmwarebyusinganout-of-bandmethod.Ifthesystem
maintenanceswitchissettodisableiLOsecurity,anyusercanupdatefirmwarewithan
out-of-bandmethod.
Formoreinformation,see“Updatingfirmwarebyusinganonlinemethod”(page37).
•Offlinefirmwareupdate—Whenyouuseanofflinemethodtoupdatethefirmware,youmust
reboottheserverbyusinganofflineutility.
Formoreinformation,see“Updatingfirmwarebyusinganofflinemethod”(page38).
ThefollowingfirmwaretypescanbeupdatedfromtheFirmwareUpdatepage:
•iLOfirmware
•HPProLiantSystemROM(BIOS)
•SLChassisFirmware(PowerManagement)
•PowerManagementController
•SystemProgrammableLogicDevice(CPLD)
Updatingfirmwarebyusinganonlinemethod
Performinganin-bandfirmwareupdate
Youcanusethefollowingin-bandfirmwareupdatemethods:
•OnlineROMFlashComponent—Useanexecutablefiletoupdatefirmwarewhiletheserveris
running.Theexecutablefilecontainstheinstallerandthefirmwarepackage.Youcandownload
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							onlineROMflashcomponentsforiLOandHPProLiantserversatthefollowingHPwebsite:
http://www.hp.com/support/ilo4.
•HPONCFG—UsetheHPLights-OutOnlineConfigurationUtilitytoupdatefirmwarebyusing
XMLscripts.DownloadtheiLOorserverfirmwareimageandtheUpdate_Firmware.xml
samplescript.Editthesamplescriptwithyoursetupdetails,andthenrunthescript.
Samplescriptsareavailableathttp://www.hp.com/support/ilo4.Formoreinformationabout
scripting,seetheHPiLO4ScriptingandCommandLineGuide.
Forinstructionsaboutobtainingfirmwareimages,see“ObtainingtheiLOfirmwareimage
file”(page38)and“Obtainingsupportedserverfirmwareimagefiles”(page39).
Performinganout-of-bandfirmwareupdate
Youcanusethefollowingout-of-bandfirmwareupdatemethods:
•iLOwebinterface—DownloadasupportedfirmwarefileandinstallitbyusingtheiLOweb
interface.YoucanupdatefirmwareforasingleserveroraniLOFederationgroup.For
instructions,see“Updatingfirmwarebyusingabrowser”(page39)or“UsingtheiLO
FederationGroupFirmwareUpdatefeature”(page194).
•HPQLOCFG—UsetheHPLights-OutConfigurationUtilitytoupdatefirmwarebyusingXML
scripts.DownloadtheiLOorserverfirmwareimageandtheUpdate_Firmware.xmlsample
script.Editthesamplescriptwithyoursetupdetails,andthenrunthescript.
Samplescriptsareavailableathttp://www.hp.com/support/ilo4.Formoreinformationabout
scripting,seetheHPiLO4ScriptingandCommandLineGuide.
ForinstructionsaboutobtainingtheiLOfirmwareimage,see“ObtainingtheiLOfirmware
imagefile”(page38).
•HPLOMIG(alsocalledHPDirectoriesSupportforManagementProcessors)—Youdonotneed
tousedirectoryintegrationtotakeadvantageofthefirmwareupdatecapabilitiesinHPLOMIG.
DownloadtheHPDirectoriesSupportforManagementProcessorsexecutablefiletoaccess
thedirectorysupportcomponents.Oneofthecomponents,HPLOMIG,canbeusedtodiscover
multipleiLOprocessorsandupdatetheirfirmwareinonestep.Formoreinformation,see
“Upgradingfirmwareonmanagementprocessors”(page295).
•SMASHCLP—AccessSMASHCLPthroughtheSSHport,andusestandardcommandstoview
firmwareinformationandupdatefirmware.
FormoreinformationaboutSMASHCLP,seetheHPiLO4ScriptingandCommandLine
Guide.
Updatingfirmwarebyusinganofflinemethod
Youcanusethefollowingofflinefirmwareupdatemethods:
•HPServicePackforProLiant—UsetheHPServicePackforProLianttoinstallfirmware.For
moreinformation,seethefollowingwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/spp.
•WindowsorLinuxScriptingToolkit—UsetheScriptingToolkittoconfigureseveralsettings
withintheserverandupdatefirmware.Thismethodisusefulfordeployingtomultipleservers.
Forinstructions,seetheHPScriptingToolkitforLinuxUserGuideorHPScriptingToolkitfor
WindowsUserGuide.
ObtainingtheiLOfirmwareimagefile
The.binfilefromtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentisrequiredforsomeofthemethodsyou
canusetoupdatetheiLOfirmware.
TodownloadtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentfile,andthenextractthe.binfile:
1.NavigatetotheHPSupportCenterwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc.
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							2.IntheEnteraproductnameornumberbox,entertheservermodelnumber,andthenclick
Go.
3.TheHPSupportCenterpagefortheserveropens.
4.ClicktheDrivers,Software&Firmwarelink.
Alistofoperatingsystemsisdisplayed.
5.Clickthelinkfortheserveroperatingsystem.
6.FollowtheonscreeninstructionstodownloadtheiLOOnlineROMFlashComponentfile.
7.Double-clickthedownloadedfile,andthenclicktheExtractbutton.
8.Selectalocationfortheextractedfiles,andthenclickOK.
ThenameoftheiLOfirmwareimagefileissimilartoilo4_.bin,where
representsthefirmwareversion.
Obtainingsupportedserverfirmwareimagefiles
ToobtainthesystemROM,PowerManagementController,andSLChassisManagerfirmware
imagefiles:
1.NavigatetotheHPSupportCenterwebsite:http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc.
2.IntheEnteraproductnameornumberbox,entertheservermodelnumber,andthenclick
Go.
3.TheHPSupportCenterpagefortheserveropens.
4.Clickthedrivers,software&firmwarelink.
Alistofoperatingsystemsisdisplayed.
5.Clickthelinkfortheserveroperatingsystem.
6.FollowtheonscreeninstructionstodownloadanOnlineROMFlashComponentfile.
7.Double-clickthedownloadedfile,andthenclicktheExtractbutton.
8.Selectalocationfortheextractedfiles,andthenclickOK.
•ThesystemROMfirmwareimagefilenameusesaformatsimilartothefollowing:
CPQJ0123.B18.
•ThePowerManagementControllerandSLChassisManagerfirmwarefilesusethefile
extension.hex.Forexample,thefilenamemightbesimilartoABCD5S95.hex.
•TheSystemProgrammableLogicDevice(CPLD)firmwarefileusesthefileextension.vme.
Updatingfirmwarebyusingabrowser
Youcanupdatefirmwarefromanynetworkclientbyusingasupportedbrowser.Foralistof
supportedbrowsers,see“UsingtheiLOwebinterface”(page146).
ToupdatetheserveroriLOfirmware:
1.Obtainthefirmwareimagefile.Forinstructions,see“ObtainingtheiLOfirmwareimagefile”
(page38)or“Obtainingsupportedserverfirmwareimagefiles”(page39).
2.NavigatetotheAdministration→Firmwarepage.
TheFirmwareUpdatepageopens.
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							3.ClickBrowse(InternetExplorerorFirefox)orChooseFile(Chrome),andthenspecifythe
locationofthefirmwareimagefileintheFilebox.
4.ClickUploadtostarttheupdateprocess.
Thefollowingmessageappears:
Updating the iLO firmware will cause the iLO to reboot. This will
terminate any connections to the iLO including Remote Console and
Virtual Media. Updating other types of firmware might not cause iLO
to reboot, but they might require a server reboot. The server will
not reboot automatically.
5.ClickOK.
TheiLOfirmwarereceives,validates,andthenflashesthefirmwareimage.
ThefirmwareupdatewillnotstartifyounavigateawayfromtheFirmwareUpdatepage
beforethefileuploadiscomplete.
IMPORTANT:Donotinterruptafirmwareupdate.Ifafirmwareupdateisinterruptedorfails,
attemptitagainimmediately.
6.ForiLOfirmwareupdatesonly:Tostartworkingwiththenewfirmware,clearyourbrowser
cache,andthenlogintoiLO.
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