iLO 2 User Guide

Power..........................................................................................................................77
Processors....................................................................................................................77
Memory.......................................................................................................................77
NIC.............................................................................................................................77
iLO 2 Log.........................................................................................................................77
IML..................................................................................................................................78
Diagnostics.......................................................................................................................79
Insight Agents....................................................................................................................80
iLO 2 Remote Console.............................................................................................................80
Remote Console overview and licensing options.....................................................................81
Remote Console settings.....................................................................................................81
Remote console hot keys.................................................................................................83
Supported hot keys........................................................................................................84
Hot keys and international keyboards..............................................................................85
Hot keys and Virtual Serial Port.......................................................................................85
IRC Fullscreen....................................................................................................................85
Integrated Remote Console option........................................................................................85
Optimizing mouse performance for Remote Console or Integrated Remote Console................88
High Performance Mouse settings....................................................................................88
Multi-user access to the Integrated Remote Console................................................................89
Using Console Capture.......................................................................................................90
Using HP iLO Video Player..................................................................................................90
iLO Video Player user interface.......................................................................................91
iLO Video Player controls...............................................................................................92
Acquiring the Remote Console.............................................................................................92
Remote Console.................................................................................................................93
Remote Console features and controls..............................................................................94
Recommended client settings..........................................................................................94
Recommended server settings.........................................................................................95
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 settings.....................................................................95
Red Hat Linux and SUSE Linux server settings...............................................................95
Text-based remote console overview.....................................................................................95
Text-based console during POST......................................................................................95
Text-based console after POST........................................................................................96
Using the iLO 2 Text Console.....................................................................................97
Customizing iLO 2 Text Console.................................................................................97
Using a Linux session................................................................................................99
Virtual serial port and remote serial console......................................................................99
Remote Serial Console............................................................................................100
Virtual Serial Port enhancements...............................................................................101
Windows EMS Console...........................................................................................102
Virtual media.......................................................................................................................104
Using iLO 2 Virtual Media devices.....................................................................................104
Virtual Media and Windows 7.....................................................................................105
iLO 2 Virtual Floppy/USBKey........................................................................................105
Virtual Floppy/USB Key operating systems notes.........................................................106
Operating system USB support.................................................................................107
Mounting USB Virtual Floppy/USBKey in NetWare 6.5...............................................107
Mounting USB Virtual Media/USBKey in Linux...........................................................108
Changing diskettes.................................................................................................109
iLO 2 Virtual CD/DVD-ROM.........................................................................................109
Virtual Media CD/DVD-ROM operating system notes..................................................110
Mounting USB Virtual Media CD/DVD-ROM in Linux..................................................110
Creating iLO 2 disk image files.....................................................................................111
Virtual folder...................................................................................................................111
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