HP Lights-Out Advanced / KVM Card for sx2000 Servers White Paper HP Part Number: AD307-90001 Published: September 2007 Edition: 1.
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About This Document The Lights-Out Advanced / KVM card (LOA) is a PCI-X card that you install into any sx2000–based HP Integrity server. The LOA card enables the advanced virtual graphical console (known as vKVM, for virtual keyboard, video and mouse) and virtual CD/DVD/ISO image file (known as vMedia) features of the HP Integrity Lights-Out Management Processor (known as the iLO/MP).
Executive Summary Not all white papers apply to all configurations, so you must be sure that this white paper is appropriate for your system and circumstances. This white paper addresses only the following supported system configurations. Table 1 Supported System Configurations Requirement Description nPartition operating system • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 • HP-UX 11i v2 or later • OpenVMS Version 8.3 or later System firmware • rx8640/rx7640 and SEU (AB301A) Firmware Version 4.
Technologies / Features The Lights-Out Advanced features of the LOA card offer greater flexibility in remote server management, increaed ease of use and convenience for server administrators. The integrated VGA and USB ports offer the same benefits in the datacenter. The following diagram is a general overview of the design of the HP Lights-Out Advanced / KVM card. Figure 1 Lights-Out Advanced / KVM card Block Diagram DDR RAM DB15 VGA Port USB 1.
administrators to view video output from the managed nPartition where the LOA card is installed, providing a seamless view from the server boot to OS desktop. The LOA hardware captures three essential components for the managed (host) nPartition: keyboard input to the console, mouse input to the console, and video output.
nPartition Operating System vKVM1 vMedia VGA Graphics Port USB Ports OpenVMS No Yes No Yes Linux Not currently supported under Linux. 1 8 The remote management workstation must be running Windows with Active-X enabled on Internet Explorer 6.
Summary The HP Lights-Out Advanced / KVM card offers system administrators flexibility and manageability of sx2000–based Integrity servers for both remote management and management while in the datacenter. The vKVM (integrated remote console) feature enables full remote management with seamless KVM functionality at all times, while vMedia enables administrators to perform system updates or full OS deployment from a remote management workstation.
Glossary DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol EFI Extensible Firmware Interface; a standardized boot firmware architecture iLO/MP Integrity Lights-Out Management Processor IRC integrated remote console See also vKVM.
