HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.3: Installation, Configuration, Administration
For more information about using the hpvmconsole command, see hpvmconsole(1M).
8.8 Using the virtual iLO Remote Console
The 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 VM Host 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
8.8.1 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 .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 .92.81.68 -L 255.255.252.0
Integrity VM configures the IP alias in a similar manner as if you specified theifconfig
command:
"ifconfig lan0:274485572 .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
.92.81.68 .92.81.68 UH 0 lan1:274485572 32808
.92.80.101 .92.80.101 UH 0 lan1 32808
127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 U 0 lo0 32808
default .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
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