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HP ProLiant Lights Out-100 User Guide

For HP ProLiant G6 and G7 Servers

Abstract

This User Guide describes configuring and using HP ProLiant Lights Out-100 for ProLiant ML110 G6, ML150 G6, DL120 G6,
DL160 G6, DL160se G6, DL170h G6, DL170e G6, DL180 G6, SL160z G6, SL170z G6, SL2x170z G6, SL170s G6, DL165
G7, and SL165z G7 servers.

HP Part Number: Part Number 616302-003
Published: November 2010
Edition: Third

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Summary of Contents for ProLiant Lights Out-100

Page 1: ... describes configuring and using HP ProLiant Lights Out 100 for ProLiant ML1 10 G6 ML150 G6 DL120 G6 DL160 G6 DL160se G6 DL170h G6 DL170e G6 DL180 G6 SL160z G6 SL170z G6 SL2x170z G6 SL170s G6 DL165 G7 and SL165z G7 servers HP Part Number Part Number 616302 003 Published November 2010 Edition Third ...

Page 2: ... 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license Microsoft Windows and Windows Server are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel Pentium and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United Sta...

Page 3: ...IOS Setup Utility 12 Enabling or disabling Telnet and HTTP services from the BIOS Setup Utility 13 TCP and UDP port numbers used by LO100 13 Updating the firmware 14 Remotely updating the firmware 14 Installing firmware through a web browser 15 Updating the firmware through the online flash utility 16 3 Using LO100 18 Using SSL 18 Using SSH 18 Using the SSH utility 18 Using the PuTTY utility 19 Us...

Page 4: ...osoft Windows EMS management 42 Hardware Inventory page 43 User administration 44 Changing user settings through a web browser 44 Changing user settings through the CLP 45 Network settings 46 Configuring network settings using a web browser 46 Configuring network settings using the BIOS Setup Utility 47 Configuring network settings using the CLP 48 Applying a license key 49 Importing a certificate...

Page 5: ...es supports IPMI 2 0 DCMI 1 0 and provides system administrators with access to the server at any time even before an operating system is installed on the server LO100 provides text mode console redirection DMTF SMASH compliant command line interface and browser access to many of the same system management functions You can access LO100 through a dedicated Ethernet port or through the server seria...

Page 6: ...s For HP ProLiant ML1 10 G6 ML150 G6 DL120 G6 DL160 G6 DL160se G6 DL170h G6 DL180 G6 SL160z G6 SL170z G6 SL2x170z G6 SL 170s and DL170e G6 servers and HP ProLiant DL165 and SL165z G7 servers LO100 standard features include the following IPMI 2 0 and DCMI 1 0 elements available through the operating system where supported IPMI over LAN support Web browser access HTTP to power control system event l...

Page 7: ...figure network access 1 Connect a standard Ethernet cable from the LO100 NICto a network jack 2 Press the F10 key to access BIOS 3 Obtain the DHCP IP address If you are using ML1 10 G6 or DL120 G6 Press the right arrow key to scroll to the Advanced tab and then scroll down to IPMI Press the Enter key a b Click LAN Settings and then click Set IP Address Assignment to DHCP If you are using or ML150 ...

Page 8: ...dard method of accessing the BIOS Setup Utility saving changes and exiting the utility In some cases the function keys F keys might not pass through the telnet client correctly to the remote system If this occurs use the following ESC key equivalents F8 ESC 8 F10 ESC 0 F12 ESC Using the serial port The server serial port provides basic serial port functionality and serves as an interface to LO100 ...

Page 9: ...d configured the main screen of the BIOS Setup Utility appears 3 Press the right arrow key to navigate to the Advanced menu 4 Press the down arrow key to scroll to IO Device Configuration or if you are using SL160z G6 servers or DL165 or SL165z G7 servers scroll to Super IO Configurations Press the Enter key 5 Set Embedded Serial Port to 3F8 IRQ4 6 From the Remote Access Configuration configure th...

Page 10: ... or DL120 G6 press the down arrow key to IPMI Press the Enter key and then set BMC NIC Allocation to Shared On ML150 G6 set BMC NIC Mode to Shared On DL160 G6 DL160se G6 DL170h G6 DL180 G6 and SL160z G6 SL170z G6 SL2x170z G6 or DL170e G6 set BMC NIC Allocation to Enabled On DL165 G7 press the down arrow key to BMC NIC Allocation then select Dedicated Shared Press the Enter key 7 To return to the p...

Page 11: ...ing feature enables you to reference the server name assigned to the server without having to know the server IP address or obtaining the IP address for a given server This ability to reference the server name occurs after the server has registered its name with the DNS using the default naming sequence assigned by LO100 LO100 Server Serial Number For example LO100 CNQ123456 NOTE This requires DHC...

Page 12: ...s the Enter key a b Press the down arrow key to scroll to the LAN Configuration menu Press the Enter key c On DHCP IP Source select Disabled d Press the down arrow key to scroll down and enter a valid IP address subnet mask and gateway address press the Tab or period key to move between address fields On DL170h G6 SL170z G6 SL170s G6 DL170e G6 and SL2x170z G6 servers Press the down arrow key to sc...

Page 13: ...ey to save all changes and exit On DL170h G6 SL170z G6 SL170s G6 DL170e G6 and SL2x170z G6 servers 1 Press the right arrow key to scroll to the Advanced tab Press the Enter key 2 Press the down arrow key to scroll to IPMI Configuration Press the Enter key 3 Press the down arrow key to scroll to Set LAN Configuration Press the Enter key 4 Scroll to LAN Protocol Control Press the Enter key 5 Press t...

Page 14: ...sed binary image file For example ROMPAQ D cpqq0801 D14 ldrImage bin ROMPAQ Firmware Upgrade Utility Version 5 02 R Copyright c Hewlett Packard Corporation 1994 2006 Input file CPQQ0801 D14 Output file LDRIMAGE BIN The load command is used to retrieve a binary image from a specific source location specified as a URL and place it at the specified target address The load command can download and fla...

Page 15: ... the early part of the firmware upload process during the firmware image validation process An error does not necessarily indicate failure of the firmware upload and does not prevent successful firmware uploads A successful firmware upload typically takes several minutes After the firmware upgrade process is complete verify that the new version of the firmware is active If the firmware upgrade pro...

Page 16: ...date the BMC firmware through a supported operating system without resetting the server The online flash utilities may be downloaded at http www hp com under the downloads section for each platform Supported operating systems include the following Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4 i386 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 8 i386 x86_64 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 i386 x86_64 SuSE Linux Enterprise Serv...

Page 17: ...the LO 100 online flash utility to a directory on the server file system 2 Open a bash shell at the directory where the online flash component is located 3 Execute the following commands chmod 777 CPxxxxxx scexe CPxxxxxx scexe 4 Wait for the installation process to complete NOTE This may take up to 15 minutes on some servers Do not shut down the server or interrupt the flash process 5 Click Finish...

Page 18: ... remote machine which includes security with authentication encryption and data integrity features The Lights Out 100 remote management processor can support simultaneous access from four SSH clients After SSH is connected and authenticated the command line interface is available LO100 supports two simultaneous SSH connections SSH is available by default LO100 supports the SSH version 2 and the fo...

Page 19: ...ipaddress dns name Using CLP HP has worked with key industry partners within Distributed Management Task Force Inc to define an industry standard set of commands The SMASH suite will standardize manageability interfaces for servers The Lights Out 100 remote management processor implements the command set defined in the Server Management Command Line Protocol Specification 1 00 Draft The CLP replac...

Page 20: ... to the value 0x8 Some client operating systems Novell Linux Desktop and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop map the Backspace key to the value 0x7f which is used for the Delete key in the Windows telnet client The Backspace key will not work from a client from which it has value of 0x7f For the Linux clients using the Home or the End key enables the Lights Out 100 CLP service to remap the Backspac...

Page 21: ...rrent directory help map1 can be called from system1 system1 h Invalid command system1 help Invalid command help system1 Host System Directory help map1 Management Service Processor Directory cd system1 system1 help map1 Management Service Processor Directory Help for properties Calling help for a property or any other option for which there is no help information returns an Unsupported Command or...

Page 22: ...xit show help The first line of information returned by the show command is the current context In the example is the current context Following the context is a list of subtargets Targets and properties Properties applicable to the current context The verbs section Verbs shows which commands are available in this context The show command can also be specified with an explicit or implicit context a...

Page 23: ...rvers lights out Specify one of the following oemhpfiletype csr for loading firmware oemhpfiletype key for loading a key oemhpfiletype cer for loading a certificate Example map1 firmware load s 16 110 181 187 404 bin oemhpfiletype csr Firmware download is in progress BMC will be automatically reset once image is programmed and validated Checking Image 197120 Erasing Memory 2227924 Dnlding Prgming ...

Page 24: ...MI 2 0 which has been widely adopted by the computing industry for server management and system health monitoring For more information see the Intel website at http developer intel com technology product DCMI index htm IPMI 2 0 support LO100 supports the industry standard IPMI 2 0 The IPMI specification defines standardized abstracted interfaces that can be used for monitoring and control function...

Page 25: ...tor Logging in through the CLP 1 Establish a connection to the remote management processor by launching a telnet session or an SSH session 2 Enter the user name at the login prompt The default user name for the Administrator account is admin The default user name for the Operator account is Operator 3 Enter the password at the password prompt The default password for the Administrator account is a...

Page 26: ...e Key Accesses LO100 security personal certificate and key installation options Security Settings Enables you to flash firmware through the web browser Firmware Download NOTE The Virtual KVM Media option is an advanced feature available through license upgrade and not available on all G6 systems unless the license is purchased This link may appear as Virtual Media or not at all depending on your s...

Page 27: ...s how the system responds when power is connected to the server To set a restore policy 1 Select the Power Restore Policy by choosing one of the following options Always power up Powers on the server immediately after power is supplied Restore to powered state prior to power loss Powers on the system if the system was in the powered on state before a loss of power Power pushbutton or command requi...

Page 28: ...get server including system temperature fans and voltage You can view the data for this feature on the Monitoring Sensors Page through a web browser or through the BIOS Setup Utility Viewing sensor data from a web browser The Monitoring Sensors screen displays a snapshot of the temperature fans and voltage sensor data including sensor type name status and current reading To access this page from a...

Page 29: ...d on a periodic basis Platform event filtering configuration The PEF Configuration screen enables you to configure LO100 to take selected actions on received or internally generated event messages These actions include powering down the system resetting the system and triggering the generation of an alert To enable PEF functionality you must issue the following commands in the CLP cd map1 oemhp i ...

Page 30: ...ol Enables or disables the sensor Alert Policy list adjacent to the Add button Enables you to select an alert policy if defined Alert policies are defined on the PET Configuration screen For information see Platform event trap configuration If alert policies are not defined default the Alert Policy list displays No Alert Policy The Alert Policy list populates after alert policies are defined and c...

Page 31: ...nables you to selectively enable and disable trap forwarding Policy Number Enables you to select a policy that will be used in PEF configuration Destination Selector Specifies where to send the PET trap from the destinations defined in the PET Destinations section 2 Click Apply Using the system event log LO100 captures and stores the IPMI event log for access through a browser CLP BIOS Setup Utili...

Page 32: ...etails of a specific record For example map1 log1 show record1 record Targets Properties number 1 date 05 07 2008 time 16 42 52 sensordescription Identify eventdescription State Asserted eventdirection Assertion Verbs cd version exit show reset oemhp help Accessing the system event log from the BIOS Setup Utility 1 Press the F10 key during POST to enter the BIOS Setup Utility 2 Press the right arr...

Page 33: ...rts an error To clear the error and connect to the Virtual KVM applet close your browser session and then reconnect to the Virtual KVM applet The Virtual KVM applet is not compatible with standard VNC clients and does not implement standard VNC protocols You must use the supplied Java applet to connect to the server The Virtual KVM applet cannot pass the F10 key sequence to the target system To wo...

Page 34: ...ecial keys click the Lock button and then click the pressed special keys NOTE When entering any ESC key sequences extra characters might be buffered causing the remote side to receive function key presses incorrectly To avoid this issue and perform function key or alternate key sequences press and hold the ESC key release it and then press the other key sequence Turn local monitor on Powers on the...

Page 35: ... the virtual keyboard to function properly LO100 supports the following connection types VNC port 5900 supports Virtual KVM and LO100 Virtual Media Port 5900 is the default setting Unsecured keyboard port 5902 supports the keyboard Port 5902 supports video mouse and LO100 Virtual Media Secure keyboard port 5904 encrypts all keyboard data sent through this port Port 5904 is a unsecured port that su...

Page 36: ...lick Apply 7 Click OK to exit the Display Properties window For Linux operating systems perform the following steps For SLES 9 Determine which mouse device is the remote console mouse using the xsetpointer l command to list all mouse devices 1 2 Determine which mouse to modify by cross referencing the output of xsetpointer with the X configuration either etc X11 XF86Config or etc X11 xorg conf 3 S...

Page 37: ...00 Virtual Media 1 Click Virtual KVM Media The Virtual KVM screen appears 2 On the Virtual KVM menu select Virtual Media from the Control menu The Virtual Media window appears and has the following options Clicking Add adds a new virtual media device to the storage devices list See Adding a virtual media device for more information Clicking Connect shares the selected device Only one device can be...

Page 38: ...he Files of Type list to select the files you want to share Shared virtual media devices You can share a virtual media device from the Storage Devices window Only one device may be shared at a time To share a virtual media device do the following 1 On the Virtual KVM menu select Virtual Media from the Control menu The Virtual Media window appears 2 If the device you want to add is not in the list ...

Page 39: ...n key presses incorrectly To avoid this issue and perform function key or alternate key sequences press and hold the ESC key release it and then press the other key sequence To change the timeout settings for telnet and for the remote console use Linux raw IPMI commands or an oemhp command through telnet The following examples disable timeout Linux IPMI tool Raw command example ipmitool raw 0x0c 0...

Page 40: ... n 1 Flow Control None Terminal Type VT100 Redirection after BIOS POST Enabled 4 Press the Esc key to return to the previous screen 5 Scroll to the I O Device Configuration option and press the Enter key 6 Verify that Serial Port is set to Enabled 7 Follow the instructions in the Network settings section to set or obtain a valid IP address 8 Press the F10 key to save and exit After completing the ...

Page 41: ...Setup Utility verify your system configuration by choosing one of these options based on your server model On ML1 10 G6 and DL120 G6 servers verify the following settings Console Redirection BIOS Serial console Enabled Baud Rate 9600 I O Device Configuration Embedded Serial Port Mode BMC Embedded Serial Port Enabled On ML150 G6 servers verify the following settings Console Redirection BIOS Serial ...

Page 42: ...e telnet and the ESC keys to exit the remote console in telnet Microsoft Windows EMS management Windows Server 2003 provides text based console access You can connect a notebook to LO100 to perform basic management tasks on the target system The Windows EMS Console if enabled displays the processes that are running and enables administrators to halt processes when video device drivers or other ope...

Page 43: ...fter enabling Windows EMS management you can view the Windows EMS management console remotely from a client PC through an established Telnet session to the IP address of the target server by pressing the Esc Q keys You can end an EMS session by pressing the Esc keys See your operating system documentation for instructions on establishing Telnet sessions NOTE If you encounter problems logging in to...

Page 44: ...t connection and re establish a connection There are no restrictions when logged in as either OEM or administrator User and operator accounts have the following access Operator User Option Yes Yes Hardware Inventory Yes No Virtual Power Yes View only Monitoring Sensors Yes Yes System Event Log No No Network Settings No No PET Configuration No No User Configuration No No Virtual KVM No No Applicati...

Page 45: ... page 44 4 Optional Change the user name 5 To save the changes click Set Changing user settings through the CLP The first user is a fixed null value Customizable users start at user2 and continue through user16 You can only enable users for log in through the browser However you can change the values through any connection 1 Log in to the CLP as described in the Logging in to LO100 page 25 section...

Page 46: ...r disable DHCP and configure a static IP address for servers not using DHCP You can view and modify the network settings when logged in as either OEM or administrator admin To modify the network settings from the browser main menu navigation bar click Network Settings enter the new settings and then click Apply The Network Settings page now lists the following information MAC Address Displays the ...

Page 47: ...n Enables you to register the DNS suffix with the DNS server Enables you to set and use a default domain name if the DHCP server does not offer one through DHCP Option 6 Disabling this option can result in the connection using its primary DNS suffix which is usually the DNS name of the active directory domain to which it is joined Telnet Inactivity Timeout Enables you to set the total time limit a...

Page 48: ...hoose one of these options On ML150 G6 servers Press the down arrow key to scroll to the end and select BMC LAN Configuration a b Set DHCP IP Source to Static On DL160 G6 DL160se G6 DL180 G6 and SL160z G6 servers a Scroll to the LAN Configuration menu by pressing the down arrow key Press the Enter key b Set DHCP IP Source to Enabled 6 To save and exit press the F10 key or to view the new IP Addres...

Page 49: ... a TFTP software package use TFTPD32 EXE which is available on the Internet Linux generally has a TFTP server installed with the operating system If it is not see your Linux documentation for more information NOTE When you use the CLP load command with TFTPD32 HP recommends using a 4 second timeout and 10 retries NOTE When using the CLP load command in Linux set the timeout to 4000000 The firewall...

Page 50: ...ficate 7 After creating the certificate copy it to a TFTP server that is accessible on the same network as LO100 Before importing a certificate or key you must disconnect from any remote KVMS sessions Importing a key or certificate will disconnect your session and reset the LO100 processor After importing a key or certificate and LO100 confirms a successful upload you must log back into LO100 Inst...

Page 51: ...tall a certificate log in to LO100 as administrator through the CLP interface and issue the load command to upload and install the certificate For example load source URI oemhpfiletype cer where URI is the tftpserver IP path filename to be downloaded tftpserver is the URL or IP address of the TFTP server containing the certificate Path is the path of the file relative to the TFTP server root filen...

Page 52: ...HP recommends using similar operating systems to communicate between the CMS and your applications or workstations For example if you are running a Linux CMS run Linux on your workstations and use a Linux telnet client Likewise if you are running a Windows CMS run Windows on your workstations and use a Windows Telnet client If you run multiple operating systems in your environment an application l...

Page 53: ...0x02 0x00 0x08 To set telnet outbound to 0x03 CLP oemhp I 20 c0 20 18 00 29 01 00 00 02 01 03 b8 DOS ipmitool 20 c0 29 01 00 00 02 01 03 Linux ipmitool raw 0x30 0x29 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x02 0x01 0x03 To set SSH inbound to 0x08 CLP oemhp I 20 c0 20 18 00 29 01 00 01 02 00 08 b3 DOS ipmitool 20 c0 29 01 00 01 02 00 08 Linux ipmitool raw 0x30 0x29 0x01 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x00 0x08 To set SSH outbound to 0x03...

Page 54: ... 10 G6 DL120 G6 or ML150 G6 Server Support VLAN tagging supports all ProLiant 100 series G5 G6 G7 servers when used with the dedicated management port It is supported on high speed shared management ports on most ML G6 and G7 servers NOTE VLAN tagging is not currently supported on the low speed shared management ports on ML1 10 G6 DL120 G6 or ML150 G6 Configuring VLAN Tagging The following host ba...

Page 55: ...reseller See the Contact HP worldwide in English webpage at http welcome hp com country us en wwcontact html For HP technical support In the United States for contact options see the Contact HP United States webpage at http welcome hp com country us en contact_us html To contact HP by phone Call 1 800 HP INVENT 1 800 474 6836 This service is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week For continuous qu...

Page 56: ...M Java Virtual Machine KVM keyboard video and mouse LO100 HP Lights Out 100 MAC Media Access Control NIC network interface card OS operating system PEF Platform Event Filtering PEM Privacy Enhanced Mail PET Platform Event Trap POST Power On Self Test RBSU ROM Based Setup Utility SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SMASH System Management Architecture for Server Hardware SSH Secure Shell SSL Secure S...

Page 57: ...etwork settings using the CLP 48 Controlling server power through the CLP 27 Installing a certificate or private key through the CLP 51 Logging in through the CLP 25 Network settings 46 Specific commands 24 Using CLP 19 Using the system event log 31 Using Virtual KVM 33 configuration 7 configuration settings 44 configuration LOM processor 7 configuration network 46 configuration PET 30 contact inf...

Page 58: ... functions 25 medium access control MAC Mouse synchronization 36 Platform event trap configuration 30 System buttons 36 monitoring sensors 28 mouse settings 36 N network interface card NIC Configuring network settings using the CLP 48 Server management features 5 Using TCP IP over Ethernet management port 10 Using the serial port 8 network settings Configuring network settings using a web browser ...

Page 59: ...n 29 Viewing sensor data from a web browser 28 serial port 8 settings mouse 36 settings network 46 settings PEF 29 settings power options Controlling server power from a browser 27 Controlling server power through the CLP 27 shared storage devices adding 38 shared storage devices removing 38 SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 36 SMASH System Management Architecture for Server Hardware Server manage...

Page 60: ...Transfer Protocol TFTP Creating a certificate 49 Importing a certificate 49 Installing a certificate or private key through a web browser 50 Installing a certificate or private key through the CLP 51 U uniform resource locator URL 51 update service 55 URL uniform resource locator 51 user access 44 user account modifying Changing user settings through a web browser 44 User administration 44 user se...

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