HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide
- Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Setting up iLO 2
- 3 Configuring iLO 2
- iLO 2 configuration overview
- Upgrading iLO 2 firmware
- Licensing
- User administration
- Configuring iLO 2 access
- Security
- Network
- SNMP/Insight Manager settings
- ProLiant BL p-Class configuration
- 4 Using iLO 2
- System status and status summary information
- iLO 2 Remote Console
- Remote Console overview and licensing options
- Remote Console settings
- IRC Fullscreen
- Integrated Remote Console option
- Multi-user access to the Integrated Remote Console
- Using Console Capture
- Using HP iLO Video Player
- Acquiring the Remote Console
- Remote Console
- Text-based remote console overview
- Virtual media
- Power management
- ProLiant BL p-Class Advanced management
- ProLiant BladeSystem HP Onboard Administrator
- 5 Directory services
- Overview of directory integration
- Benefits of directory integration
- Advantages and disadvantages of schema-free directories and HP schema directory
- Setting up Schema-free directory integration
- Setting up HP schema directory integration
- Features supported by HP schema directory integration
- Setting up directory services
- Schema documentation
- Directory services support
- Schema required software
- Schema installer
- Management snap-in installer
- Directory services for Active Directory
- Active Directory installation prerequisites
- Installing Active Directory on Windows Server 2008
- Directory services preparation for Active Directory
- Snap-in installation and initialization for Active Directory
- Example: Creating and configuring directory objects for use with iLO 2 in Active Directory
- Directory services objects
- Active Directory Lights-Out management
- Directory services for eDirectory
- User login using directory services
- Directory-enabled remote management
- HPQLOMIG directory migration utility
- Introduction to HPQLOMIG utility
- Compatibility
- HP Lights-Out directory package
- Using HPQLOMIG
- Finding management processors
- Upgrading firmware on management processors
- Selecting a directory access method
- Naming management processors
- Configuring directories when HP Extended schema is selected
- Configuring directories when schema-free integration is selected
- Setting up management processors for directories
- Directory services schema
- 6 HP Systems Insight Manager integration
- 7 Troubleshooting iLO 2
- iLO 2 POST LED indicators
- Event log entries
- Hardware and software link-related issues
- JVM support
- Login issues
- Login name and password not accepted
- Directory user premature logout
- iLO 2 Management Port not accessible by name
- iLO 2 RBSU unavailable after iLO 2 and server reset
- Inability to access the login page
- Inability to access iLO 2 using Telnet
- Inability to access virtual media or graphical remote console
- Inability to connect to iLO 2 after changing network settings
- Inability to connect to the iLO 2 Diagnostic Port
- Inability to connect to the iLO 2 processor through the NIC
- Inability to log in to iLO 2 after installing the iLO 2 certificate
- Firewall issues
- Proxy server issues
- Two-factor authentication error
- Troubleshooting alert and trap issues
- Troubleshooting directory issues
- Troubleshooting Remote Console issues
- Remote Console applet has a red X when running Linux client browser
- Inability to navigate the single cursor of the Remote Console to corners of the Remote Console window
- Remote Console no longer opens on the existing browser session
- Remote console text window not updating properly
- Remote Console turns gray or black
- Remote Serial Console troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Integrated Remote Console issues
- Internet Explorer 7 and a flickering remote console screen
- Configuring Apache to accept exported capture buffers
- No console replay while server is powered down
- Skipping information during boot and fault buffer playback
- Out of Memory error starting Integrated Remote Console
- Session leader does not receive connection request when IRC is in replay mode
- Keyboard LED does not display correctly
- Inactive IRC
- IRC Failed to connect to server error message
- IRC toolbar icons do not update
- GNOME interface does not lock
- Repeating keys on the Remote Console
- Remote Console playback does not work when the host server is powered off
- Troubleshooting SSH and Telnet issues
- Troubleshooting terminal services issues
- Troubleshooting video and monitor issues
- Troubleshooting Virtual Media issues
- Troubleshooting iLO Video Player issues
- Troubleshooting Remote Text Console issues
- Troubleshooting miscellaneous issues
- Cookie sharing between browser instances and iLO 2
- Inability to access ActiveX downloads
- Inability to get SNMP information from HP SIM
- Incorrect time or date of the entries in the event log
- Inability to upgrade iLO 2 firmware
- iLO 2 network flash recovery
- Recovering from a bad iLO 2 flash image using network flash recovery
- Recovering from a bad iLO 2 flash image using the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD
- The iLO 2 firmware does not respond to SSL requests
- Testing SSL
- Resetting iLO 2
- Server name still present after ERASE utility is executed
- Troubleshooting a remote host
- 8 Technical support
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Index
Virtual Media applet has a red X and does not display
The Virtual Media applet might produce a red X if an unsupported browser or JVM is used, or if
Enable All Cookies is not enabled. To correct this issue, ensure you are using a supported browser
and JVM on your client by reviewing the support matrix found in “Supported browsers and client
operating systems” (page 15). Also be sure Enable All Cookies is selected on the browser Preferences
or Options menu. Some browsers do not enable cookies by default.
Virtual Floppy media applet is unresponsive
iLO 2 Virtual Floppy media applet can become unresponsive if the physical floppy diskette contains
media errors.
To prevent the virtual floppy media applet from becoming unresponsive, run CHKDSK.EXE (or a
similar utility) to check the physical floppy diskette media for errors. If the physical media contains
errors, reload the floppy diskette image onto a new physical floppy diskette.
Troubleshooting iLO Video Player issues
The following sections discuss troubleshooting iLO Video Player issues.
Video capture file does not play
Verify that the file is a valid HP iLO 2 capture and is not corrupted.
Video capture file plays erratically
iLO 2 capture files are recordings of screen activity. During long periods of screen inactivity, the
recorded inactivity is truncated to reduce file size and improve playback performance. This can
cause the playback to appear to start and stop, or play erratically.
Troubleshooting Remote Text Console issues
The following sections discuss items to be aware of when attempting to resolve Remote Text Console
issues.
Viewing the Linux installer in the text console
When installing Linux using the text console, the initial install screen might not display because the
screen is in graphics mode. To correct this and proceed with the installation, do one the following:
• For most versions of Linux, enter linux text nofb. The characters you enter will not display.
If enter the command correctly, the screen changes from graphics mode to text mode, displaying
the screen.
• For SLES 9 and SLES 10, blindly press F2 and ¯ (down arrow) from the text console. If done
correctly, the text mode is selected and the screen appears.
Passing data through an SSH terminal
If you use an SSH terminal to access the text console, SSH might intercept keystroke data and not
pass the action to the text console. When this occurs, it appears as if the keystroke did not perform
its function. To correct this issue, disable any SSH terminal short-cuts.
Troubleshooting miscellaneous issues
The following sections discuss troubleshooting miscellaneous hardware or software issues.
Cookie sharing between browser instances and iLO 2
iLO 2 uses browser session cookies in part to distinguish separate logins. Each browser window
displays as a separate user login, while actually sharing the same active session with the iLO 2.
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