From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 00:29:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 488FA106564A for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:29:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail5out.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C99A08FC14 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:29:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail5out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 10FD92218A99; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:29:00 +1100 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <47DDBB4B00015F67AC9B8E@BarNet> Received: from mail5auth.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail5auth.barnet.com.au", Issuer "*.barnet.com.au" (verified OK)) by mail5.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD87021B20F5; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:28:59 +1100 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (k7.mavetju.org [10.251.1.18]) by mail5auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61B8F2218A93; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:28:59 +1100 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EE8DF21A; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:28:58 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:28:58 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: "Marc G. Fournier" Message-ID: <20080317002858.GA77130@k7.mavetju> References: <24B7C28CEC086FAB879910E4@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <24B7C28CEC086FAB879910E4@ganymede.hub.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Love to hate iLO ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:29:03 -0000 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/