HP vPars and Integrity Virtual Machines V6.1 Administrator Guide

11.7 Using the virtual iLO Remote Console
The vPars and Integrity VM virtual iLO Remote Console feature allows you access to the guest
console by logging into a specific IP address. You can assign each guest a virtual iLO Remote
Console IP Address with which the end user can connect using either telnet or Secure Shell (SSH).
After login authentication, the guest console is immediately available. The user no longer needs
to know the VSP machine IP address or guest name. They need to know only the virtual iLO Remote
Console IP Address. The virtual iLO Remote Console IP stays the same even after an Online VM
Migration. There is also no need to manually run any command, like the hpvmconsole command.
The following section describes:
• Configuring a virtual iLO Remote Console
• Choosing the virtual iLO Remote Console IP address
• Deleting a virtual iLO Remote Console
• Getting the virtual iLO Remote Console settings of a guest
11.7.1 Configuring, deleting, and obtaining status of a virtual iLO Remote Console
You can assign a virtual iLO Remote Console IP Address when you create, modify, or clone a
guest, using the hpvmcreate, hpvmmodify, or hpvmclone commands:
• hpvmclone -P guestname -K Remote-Console-IP-Address -L
Remote-Console-Mask
• hpvmcreate -P guestname -K Remote-Console-IP-Address -L
Remote-Console-Mask
• hpvmmodify -P guestname -K Remote-Console-IP-Address -L
Remote-Console-Mask
For example:
# hpvmmodify -P guestname -K 16.92.81.68 -L 255.255.252.0
NOTE: Only IPv4 addresses are supported, not IPv6.
The virtual iLO Remote Console IP address must be unique and different from both the Host IP
address and the Guest IP address. The virtual iLO Remote Console IP address does not need to be
configured in advance. When the virtual iLO Remote Console is created, Integrity VM automatically
creates an alias interface for the IP address. For example, if you create the virtual iLO Remote
Console:
# hpvmmodify -P guestname -K 16.92.81.68 -L 255.255.252.0
Integrity VM configures the IP alias in a similar manner as if you specified the ifconfig command:
"ifconfig lan0:274485572 16.92.81.68 netmask 255.255.252.0"
To see the alias interface that Integrity VM creates, run the netstat command:
# netstat -rn
Routing tables
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Interface Pmtu
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 lo0 32808
16.92.81.68 16.92.81.68 UH 0 lan1:274485572 32808
16.92.80.101 16.92.80.101 UH 0 lan1 32808
127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 U 0 lo0 32808
default 16.92.80.101 U 0 lan1 1500
To delete a virtual iLO Remote Console, specify 0 as the IP address. For example:
# hpvmmodify -P guestname -K 0
To obtain the virtual iLO Remote Console settings of a guest, use the hpvmstatus command. For
example:
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