
Deployment and Management
ProLiant BL e-Class Integrated Administrator
The ProLiant BL e-Class Integrated Administrator is a centralized management and
monitoring system for the ProLiant BL e-Class enclosure and server blades. The
Integrated Administrator acts as a combination terminal server and remote power
controller, enabling out-of-band, secure, serial console connections to all server
blades in the enclosure, and offers all the following:
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Full Command Line Interface (CLI) and Web interface
— Server blade privileges can be set on a user basis
— Virtual power button to power server blade on or off
— Ability to generate non-maskable interrupt on the server blade for crash
debug and analysis through the command line interface
— More than 100 scriptable commands to enable automated deployment and
management
Remote administration
— Enables access to the serial console for the server blade
— Enables full control over Power-On Self Test (POST) and boot process for
the server blade, including the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU)
— Enables future manageability enhancements with the Online Integrated
Administrator Firmware Update feature
Hardware health monitoring
The Integrated Administrator monitors and controls the enclosure fans,
temperature sensors, power supplies, and server blade status.
Offline console buffering (when not connected) and event logging
— Operating system console logging
— Server blade and enclosure hardware events
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HP ProLiant BL e-Class System Setup and Installation Guide
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