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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:33:32 -0500
From:      jmc <jcagle@gmail.com>
To:        "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh ilo question
Message-ID:  <6863f0c90609121433i78c0a18bp6daab2d40c40bca2@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/12/06, jmc <jcagle@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  On 9/12/06, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, jmc wrote:
> >
> > > For iLO remcons sessions, your terminal emulator (e.g. PuTTY) should
> > have
> > > the following settings:
> > >
> > > Backspace - Generates Control-H
> > > Function Keys - VT100+
> > > Window Size -  25 ROWS by 80 columns (This is key)
> > > Character Set Translation - CP437
> > >
> > > Please let me know if this helps.  By the way, if your system has
> > iLO-2
> > > (beginning in 2006) the REMCONS command no longer works -- you should
> > > transition to using VSP (Virtual Serial Port) instead.  The iLO-2 BMC
> > now
> > > uses a "DVI" like connection to the video controller which means it no
> > > longer can "screen-scrape" the text console.  I recommend setting the
> > iLO
> > > VSP to COM1 to make it easier to use for the FreeBSD console.  (This
> > is the
> > > default on BladeSystem blades since they don't have a real COM1 port.)
> >
> > 'k, not 100% certain what this means ... will the remote console work
> > through the web interface still?  By VSP, I assume that doesn't mean I
> > need to use a terminal server, are there any instructions on how to
> > access
> > this remotely?
> >
> > Thx ...
>
>
>  Hi Marc,
>
> iLO 2 still has the standard remote console web interface (Java applet)
> and it is even faster and easier when you use Internet Explorer (some type
> of Active/X thing I think).
>
> The remote serial console can be accessed using a web browser, Telnet, or
> SSH.  (Telnet is disabled by default since it is not secure, but you can
> enable it in the web interface.)  A terminal server is not required.
>
> Here is a web page that shows the differences between the various iLO
> models (see the bottom of the page):
> http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo2/index.html
>
> One really cool feature is "Shared network port".  This means that the iLO
> Ethernet traffic can run across the NIC1 link, so that it doesn't require an
> additional Ethernet port for each server.  You can configure an iLO VLAN tag
> so that the iLO management traffic is kept separate by the ethernet switch.
>
> Here's a link to the manuals for iLO:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/gcbwx
>
> -- John
>

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the Remote Console feature in the *web
browser* with iLO-2 only provides access to POST (the BIOS boot screens).
If you want to use the graphical remote console after the OS is loaded, you
will need to upgrade to iLO 2 Advanced -- which gives you a key to enable
the graphical remote console.

John



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