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    HP Pr oL iant DL14 5 G1 L i ghts- Out 100i R em ote M a na ge ment P r o cessor User G u id e February 2005 (First Edition) Part Number 384529-001[...]

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    © Copyright 20 05 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for posse ssion, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 1 2.211 and 12.21 2, Commercial Comput er Software, C omputer Software D ocumentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items a re licensed to the U.S. Government under ven[...]

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    3 Contents Operational overview 5 Server management .............................................................................................................. ................ 5 Server management feature s ..................................................................................................... ........... 5 Configuration 7 Using th[...]

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    4 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide Acronyms and abbreviations 33 Index 35[...]

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    5 Operational overview In this section Server management .............................................................................................................. .......... 5 Server management features ..................................................................................................... ...... 5 • • • • Server manageme[...]

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    6 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide • • • • Configure TCP/IP settings for the NIC Change user password Use the CLI to issue raw IPMI 1.5 commands Access command line help[...]

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    7 Configuration In this section Using the serial port .......................................................................................................... .............. 7 Using the dedicated management port ............................................................................................ 9 • • Using the serial port The server [...]

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    8 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide 2. When POST shows the message Press <F10> if you want to run BIOS SETUP, press the F10 key. If the server has an administrator password configured, the system prompts you to enter the password. If the server does not have a password configured, the main screen of the BIOS Setu[...]

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    Configuration 9 6. Press the Esc key to return to the prev ious screen, or press the F10 key to save the changes and exit Setup. Using the dedicated management port The dedicated management port is a st andard Ethernet 10Mb interface and is connected to the network using a standa rd Ethernet cable. Before using the dedicated management port you wil[...]

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    10 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide DHCP IP addresses can be viewed using the CLI. Establish a connection to the CLI using an external device such as a laptop or another computer that is connected to the serial port with a null modem cable. 1. After the connection is established, switch from the default BIOS Serial Co[...]

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    Configuration 11 8. To set a static IP address, type set ip <ip address> <net mask> et1 and press the Enter key.[...]

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    13 Using Integrated Lights-Out 100i In this section Logging in to the remote management processor ......................................................................... 13 Browser main menu options ...................................................................................................... ... 15 CLI commands ..........................[...]

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    14 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide 2. Enter your user name and password. Th e default user name is admin, and the default password is admin. Logging in through the CLI To log into the remote management processor through the CLI and enter Terminal mode: 1. Establish a connection to the remote management processor by l[...]

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    Using Integrated Lights-Out 100i 15 • • Press and release the Esc key and then press the Shift + ( keys simultaneously. Enter the quit command at the command prompt. Browser main menu options From the main menu, you can access al l of the basic remote management capabilities of the remote management processor. Option Description Home Returns to[...]

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    16 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide Option Description Monitoring Sensors Lists all sensor information, including type, name, status, reading, and PEF settings System Event Log Displays the system event log Network Settings Accesses the network parameter settings screen PET configuration Accesses the PET destinations [...]

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    Using Integrated Lights-Out 100i 17 Command Action SD[RRead] Displays the Sensor Data Record SEL[Read] Displays the system event log N[etwork setup]* Sets up the network R[eset] warm Resets the server R[eset] cold Powers off the server and powers on the server after a short time has passed V[ersion] Shows the management firmware version H[ELP] Disp[...]

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    18 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide 2. Input the password as indicated, and click the Set button to save the changes. Changing the password through the CLI Passwords are case-sensitive and can contain up to 16 characters. To change the user password through the CLI: 1. Log into the CLI as described in the "Loggin[...]

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    Using Integrated Lights-Out 100i 19 Using the remote console You can access the remote console through either the BIOS console text redirection functionality or a Microsof t® Windows® Server 2003 text-based console. BIOS console text redirection through telnet BIOS console text redirection functionali ty enables you to view the entire boot proces[...]

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    20 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide Microsoft Windows EMS management Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 provides text-based console access. You can connect a laptop to the remote management processor to perform basic management tasks on the ProLiant DL145 G1 target system. The Windows® EMS Console, if enabled, display[...]

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    Using Integrated Lights-Out 100i 21 Controlling server power remotely Using a web browser or the CLI, you can remotely operate the power button of a host server. Virtual power support enab les you to power on, power off, and power cycle the host server. This virtua l power support operate s independently of the state of the operating system. Contro[...]

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    22 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide Controlling server power through the CLI 1. Log into the remote management processor CLI as described in the "Logging in to the remote management processor (on page 13 )" section. 2. At the command prompt, enter one of the following commands: − power on— Powers on the [...]

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    Using Integrated Lights-Out 100i 23 Accessing the system event log from a web browser Click System Event Log on the main menu navigation bar. Accessing the system event l og from the ROM-based setup 1. In the BIOS setup utility, press the right arrow ( → ) key to navigate to the Advanced menu. 2. Press the down arrow ( ↓ ) key to scroll to the [...]

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    24 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide − ECC Event Logging − Mark DMI events as read − Clear all DMI event logs 4. Press the Enter key to view the options. 5. Press the Esc key to return to the prev ious screen, or press the F10 key to save the changes and exit Setup. You can also view the system event log by enter[...]

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    Using Integrated Lights-Out 100i 25 Configuring network setti ngs using a web browser Click Network Settings on the main menu, and input new settings on the Network Settings screen. Configuring network settings using the CLI 1. Log in to the remote management processor CLI as described in the "Logging in to the remote mana gement processor (on[...]

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    26 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide Command Action state Displays the current setup information delay Sets the delay between two pings from the remote management processor length Sets the default ping packet length rtadd Manually adds an IP route to the table rtdel Manually deletes an IP route from the table routes Di[...]

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    Using Integrated Lights-Out 100i 27 Command Action quit Quits network setup Hardware Inventory page The Hardware Inventory Page enables you to remotely identify the presence of processors on a target ProLiant DL145 G1 server. To access this page from a web browser, click Hardware Inventory on the main menu navigation bar.[...]

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    28 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide Monitoring sensors feature The Monitor Sensors page enables remote monitoring of the current status of major sensors of a target ProLiant DL145 G1 Server. To access this page from a web browser, click Monitoring Sensors on the main menu navigation bar. Platform event filtering confi[...]

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    Using Integrated Lights-Out 100i 29 To configure a PEF for a particular sensor, click the PEF button on the far right of that sensor on the Monitoring Sensors page, which opens the PEF Configuration page for that sensor. The PEF Configuration page has two sections for the sensors: • • • • • • Current PEF Entries Add PEF Entry The Curren[...]

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    30 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide Initially, there are no entries in the Curre nt PEF Entries section because no PEFs have been defined. When PEF entries are defined, the PEF Control field is active and allows individual entries to be enabled, disabled, and deleted. The Add PEF Entry section cont ains two main subse[...]

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    Using Integrated Lights-Out 100i 31 The PET Destinations section indicates to the remote management processor where to send the PET if it is configured to send the trap to a remote system. This section has up to four entries specifying IP and MAC addresses. The address to use is selected in the Alert Policy Table (shown in the figure). The Alert Po[...]

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    33 Acronyms and abbreviations BIOS Basic Input/Output System BMC base management controller CLI Command Line Interface DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol EMS Emergency Management Services IP Internet Protocol IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface MAC medium access control[...]

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    34 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide NIC network interface controller PEF Platform Event Filtering PET Platform Event Trap POST Power-On Self-Test TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol USI universal serial interface VSI virtual storage interface[...]

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    35 Index L logging in 13, 14, 15 logging in, through a browser 13 B M browser, main menu 15 Main menu f unctions 15 browsers 18, 21, 23, 25 monitoring sensors 28 C N CLI (Command Line Interface) 16, 19 , 22, 23, 25 network access, configuring 9 network setti ngs 24 CLI (Command Line Interface), c ommands 16 network setti ngs, additional 24 configur[...]

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    36 HP ProLiant DL145 Lights-Out 100i Remote Mana gement User Guide S serial port 7, 8 serial port, BIOS console configuration 8 seriel port, sharing 7 server manage ment 5 static IP addresses 9 system event log, access through a browser 23 system event log, access through the CLI 23 system event l og, using 22 T TCP/IP (Trans mission Control Protoc[...]