White paper: HP Lights-Out Advanced / KVM Card for sx2000 Servers

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).
The LOA card is also a KVM card that offers physical video functionality for servers running
Windows, and USB functionality for servers running HP-UX, Windows, and OpenVMS.
All Lights-Out Advanced features are fully enabled on the LOA card—there is no additional
“advanced pack” license to purchase. At present, vKVM is only available for servers running
Windows and vMedia is available for servers running HP-UX, Windows, and OpenVMS.
The LOA card is not currently supported under Linux.
The Lights-Out Advanced features are accessed through the iLO/MP web interface.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for owners and administrators of sx2000–based servers or anyone
seeking information about the advanced features of the Integrity Lights-Out Management
Processor provided by the Lights-Out Advanced / KVM Card. This document is not a tutorial
for the installation, configuration or use of the LOA card or the iLO/MP.
Typographic Conventions
This document uses the following typographical conventions:
IMPORTANT: This alert provides essential information to explain a concept or to complete a
task.
NOTE: A note contains additional information to emphasize or supplement important points
of the main text.
Related Information
For more information on sx2000–based HP Integrity servers, see the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/support/itaniumservers
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