HP Integrity iLO 3 Operations Guide

Connecting the server blade to iLO 3 using the Onboard Administrator
If the OA/iLO network port on the enclosure is connected to the local network that has a DHCP
server, your iLO 3 MP IP address is automatically generated by the DHCP server. The server blade
is factory set with DHCP enabled.
To connect to iLO 3 using the OA, click the iLO link on the OA iLO GUI page:
1. To connect to iLO 3 using the OA, navigate to the Device Bay Information page for the
corresponding blade server from the navigation menu on OA GUI.
2. Click on the iLO link on Device Bay Information page and click the Web Administration link
to launch iLO GUI in a separate browser window.
For HP Integrity server blades, you can use the OA to manually set the IP addresses for all iLO 3s.
You can also find the iLO 3 MP address so you can log in to iLO 3 directly.
For more information on using the Onboard administrator, see the following guides on the HP
website at HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator:
• For CLI, see the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator Command Line Interface User Guide.
• For web GUI, see the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide.
NOTE: No user name/password authentication is required when iLO is accessed from the OA.
DHCP and auxiliary blades
All blades have DHCP enabled by default. If you do not want an auxiliary blade to acquire one
of the site DHCP addresses, assign it an address through the OA, using Enclosure Bay IP Addressing
(EBIPA).
To enable the OA to connect to the blade for its internal blade management, assign a local IP
address and matching gateway. For example, in a BL890c i2 server (four blades), use EBIPA to
assign IP Addresses and Gateways of 192.168.2.x, where x is the Bay ID of each Auxiliary Blade.
This is just an example; other similar IP addresses (192.168.x.x) also work. EBIPA requires each
assigned IP address to be unique.
IMPORTANT: Invalid IP addresses will disable the ability for the OA to do Single Sign On (SSO)
to the AUX blade(s). Alternatively, assigning a valid IP address and Gateway such as 192.168.2.x
(local only to the enclosure) will enable the OA for minor blade management without requiring
network DHCP addresses.
For more information on assigning IP addresses on auxiliary blades, see the HP BladeSystem
Onboard Administrator User Guide on the HP website at HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard
Administrator.
Auto login
Auto login provides direct access to iLO 3 from the OA for users who already logged in to the
OA. A user who has authenticated the connection to the OA can follow a link to a server blade
in the enclosure without an additional login step. Auto login features and usage are as follows:
• A user who has authenticated a connection to the OA is able to establish a connection with
iLO 3 without providing the user login and password to iLO 3.
• The OA provides the following auto login connection methods to iLO 3 links to users to launch
these connections to iLO 3:
iLO CLI SSH connection If you logged in to the OA CLI through SSH, enter
connect server <bay number> to establish an SSH
connection with iLO 3.
iLO web GUI connection If you logged in to the OA web GUI, click the link to launch
the iLO web GUI.
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