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 Message-ID: <6863f0c90609121829u7efd18d2o42c51e37e36d4ab6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060912205302.E36880@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060912092617.F2717@shanty.ipnstock.com> <6863f0c90609120640w15be76a2sf79b70936e6897a5@mail.gmail.com> <20060912122313.T36880@ganymede.hub.org> <6863f0c90609121425n330c863cj71e41edc36ec552@mail.gmail.com> <6863f0c90609121433i78c0a18bp6daab2d40c40bca2@mail.gmail.com> <20060912183852.Y36880@ganymede.hub.org> <6863f0c90609121557y57bda068y4e5442608e3208f7@mail.gmail.com> <20060912205302.E36880@ganymede.hub.org>
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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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