Configuring and Deploying Server Blades
Compaq ProLiant BL20p Server Blade Setup and Installation Guide
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For more information about iLO, refer to the “Integrated Lights-Out Management”
section in this chapter, or refer to the
Compaq Integrated Lights-Out User Guide
that
ships with the system.
Integrated Lights-Out Management
The advanced version of Compaq Integrated Lights-Out is a standard component of
selected Compaq ProLiant server blades. Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) provides server
health and remote server blade manageability. Integrated Lights-Out features are
accessed from a network client PC using a supported Web browser. In addition to
other features, iLO provides keyboard, mouse, and video (text and graphics)
capability for a server blade, regardless of the state of the host operating system or
host server blade.
The iLO subsystem includes an intelligent microprocessor, secure memory, and a
dedicated network interface. This design makes iLO independent of the host server
blade and its operating system. Integrated Lights-Out provides remote access to any
authorized network client, sends alerts, and provides other server blade management
functions.
Using a supported Web browser, you can:
•
Remotely access the console of the host server blade, including all text mode and
graphics mode screens with full keyboard and mouse controls.
•
Remotely power up, power down, or reboot the host server blade.
•
Remotely boot a host server blade to a virtual floppy image to perform a ROM
upgrade or to install an operating system.
•
Send alerts from iLO regardless of the state of the host server blade.
•
Access advanced troubleshooting features provided by iLO.
•
Launch a Web browser, use Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
alerting, and diagnose iLO using Compaq Insight Manager 7.
For more information about iLO features, refer to the
Compaq Integrated Lights-Out
User Guide
that ships with the system.
