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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:29:46 -0500
From:      jmc <jcagle@gmail.com>
To:        "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh ilo question
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On 9/12/06, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> wrote:
>
> > "Virtual KVM text mode" is referring to using the Web interface to
> > access the Graphical Console -- as I said earlier iLO is using a DVI
> > type connection to the video controller, so it cannot tell if the system
> > is in text or graphics mode.  With iLO-2 this is not available in the
> > Telnet/SSH interface (which is textual only) because iLO-2 cannot
> > "screen-scrape" the text off of the graphical screen.
>
> Okay, excuse me for being dense here, but I just want to make sure that
> I'm not going to regret upgrading to iLO-2 ...


Marc,

No excuses are necessary, and I apologize for any confusion.  The features
of iLO are so numerous and diverse that it is very difficult to explain them
in an email.

Accessing iLO-2 through the web browser, and starting up the Remote
> Console within the web browser (ie. getting the Java one) will still give
> me all the features (BIOS and Operating System console) that I'm getting
> out of iLO-1 right now ... its only if I want/need to go in through SSH
> will I no longer be able to do this ...
>
Is that correct?


That is almost right.  The iLO-2 STANDARD web interface will give you access
to everything you mention, up to the point when an operating system loads.
To access the VGA console *after* an OS loads requires either the iLO-2
Standard Blade Edition (included with all c-Class BladeSystem server
blades) or an upgrade to iLO-2 ADVANCED (if you are using a non-blade
ProLiant server).

Now, if you are using SSH, you can use the virtual serial port (VSP) to
access the BIOS setup screens.  Once an OS loads, it can provide a serial
text console on the VSP, but the VGA-text console is not available through
SSH on iLO-2.

If so, is there an upgrade I can put onto my new server to get iLO-2?  Or
> will that only be available on new servers?  The 'environment stuff'
> really has me intrigued, and I haven't put anything critical onto that
> server yet ...


It is not possible to upgrade from iLO-1 to iLO-2.  iLO-2 is a new ASIC
(chip) that is on the motherboard of the latest servers.

-- John



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