HP iLO Federation User Guide

1 About iLO Federation
Using iLO Federation
iLO Federation enables you to manage multiple servers from one system running the iLO web
interface.
iLO 4 firmware version 1.40 and later supports the following iLO Federation features:
• Group health status
• Group Virtual Media
• Group power control
• Automatic group power capping
• Group firmware update
For iLO Federation configuration instructions, see “Configuring iLO Federation” (page 7).
When using the iLO Federation features, note the following:
• You can use the iLO web interface or RIBCL scripts to configure iLO Federation. Use the iLO
web interface to configure one iLO at a time. Use RIBCL scripts to perform configuration
procedures on a batch of iLO systems.
◦ For information about configuring iLO Federation with the iLO web interface, see
“Configuring iLO Federation with the iLO web interface” (page 7).
◦ For information about configuring iLO Federation with RIBCL scripts, see “Configuring
iLO Federation with RIBCL scripts” (page 13).
• When you select a group from the Selected Group list on an iLO Federation page:
The servers that will be affected by a change on the Group Virtual Media, Group Power,
and Group Firmware Update pages are listed in the Affected Systems table.
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◦ The information displayed on iLO Federation pages applies to all of the servers in the
selected group.
◦ The changes you make on iLO Federation pages apply to all of the servers in the selected
group.
◦ The group that is selected in the Selected Group list is saved in a cookie and remains
persistent, even when you log out of iLO.
• After you select a group, you can filter the servers in the list in order to view server information
or perform actions on a subset of the servers in the selected group.
When you filter the list of servers:
◦ The information displayed on iLO Federation pages applies to all of the servers in the
selected group that meet the filter criteria.
◦ The changes you make on iLO Federation pages apply to all of the servers in the selected
group that meet the filter criteria.
◦ The filter settings are saved in a cookie and remain persistent, even when you log out of
iLO.
You can use the following criteria to filter the servers in a group:
◦ Health status—Click a health status link to select servers with a specific health status.
◦ Model—Click a server model number link to select servers matching the selected model.
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