Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:28:58 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Love to hate iLO ... Message-ID: <20080317002858.GA77130@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <24B7C28CEC086FAB879910E4@ganymede.hub.org> References: <24B7C28CEC086FAB879910E4@ganymede.hub.org>
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On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 09:08:10PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > The reason I originally went with HP was *because* of iLO ... the ability to > connect to the console to do work on the server *without* havign to get ahold > of a tech was a huge selling point ... > > ... but, is it just me, or is iLO the most unreliable piece of software? > > I can ping the ilo port, but when I try to ssh in: > > ssh: connect to host hostname.hub.org port 22: Operation timed out > > when I try and access through the web, I get told 'Connection refused' ... > > If I get a tech to pull the plug out of the wall and replug it in after a few > seconds, everything works again for awhile, and then dies off ... but, of > course, that doesn't help me when I'm actually *having* a problem ... Upgrade, upgrade, upgrade... (the firmware that is) Is this the normal ILO or ILO2? Is the IP address of the ILO server a public address or a private address? If a public, please firewall it away from the public internet because that was you described happens when you fail your authentication one too many times. On the normal ILO that is. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/
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