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
Displaying the current session cookie
After logging in, you can force the browser to display the current session cookie by entering
javascript:alert(document.cookie) in the URL navigation bar. The first field visible is
the session ID. If the session ID is the same among the different browser windows, then these
windows are sharing the same iLO 2 session.
You can force the browser to refresh and reveal your true identity by pressing the F5 key, selecting
View>Refresh, or using the refresh button.
Preventing cookie-related user issues
To prevent cookie-based behavioral issues:
• Start a new browser for each login by double-clicking the browser icon or shortcut.
• Click the Log Out link to close the iLO 2 session before closing the browser window.
Inability to access ActiveX downloads
If your network does not allow ActiveX controls you can capture the DVC.DLL from a single system
and then distribute the file to client machines on the network.
1. Log into iLO 2.
2. Enter https://ilo_name/dvc.cab in the browser address bar.
3. The file download dialog box appears. Click Open and save the DVC.DLL file to your local
drive.
4. Copy the DVC.DLL file to the client system that does not allow ActiveX downloads.
5. From this client system, open a command prompt window. Navigate to the directory containing
the DVC.DLL file and enter regsvr32 dvc.dll.
Inability to get SNMP information from HP SIM
The agents running on the managed server supply SNMP information to HP SIM. For agents to
pass information through iLO 2, iLO 2 device drivers must be installed. For installation instructions,
see “Installing iLO 2 device drivers” (page 21).
If you have installed the drivers and agents for iLO 2, verify that iLO 2 and the management PC
are on the same subnet. You can verify this quickly by pinging iLO 2 from the management PC.
Consult your network administrator for proper routes to access the network interface of iLO 2.
Incorrect time or date of the entries in the event log
You can update the time and date on iLO 2 by running the RBSU. This utility automatically sets the
time and date on the processor using the server time and date. The time and date are also updated
by Insight Management agents on supported network operating systems.
Inability to upgrade iLO 2 firmware
If you attempt to upgrade the iLO 2 firmware and it does not respond, does not accept the firmware
upgrade, or is terminated before a successful upgrade, you can use one of the following options
to restore your iLO 2 firmware. Consult the iLO 2 scripting and command-line resource guide for
details on using the scripting capabilities of iLO 2.
• Online firmware update – Download this component and run it from the Administrator or root
context of a supported operating system. This software runs on the host operating system and
updates the iLO 2 firmware without requiring you to log-in to iLO 2.
• Offline firmware update for SmartStart maintenance – Download the component to use with
the SmartStart firmware maintenance CD under ROM Update Utility on the Maintenance tab.
These components can also be used with the HP Drive key boot utility.
Troubleshooting miscellaneous issues 201