HP Integrity iLO 3 Operations Guide

MP Main Menu commands
The following sections describe the MP Main Menu commands.
CO (Console): Leave the MP Main Menu and enter console mode
CO switches the console terminal from the MP Main Menu to mirrored/redirected console mode.
All console output is mirrored to all users in console mode. Only one of the mirrored users at a
time has write access to the console. To get console write access, press Ctrl-Ecf.
To return to the MP Main Menu, press either Ctrl-B or Esc and (. Verify that all mirrored consoles
are of the same terminal type for proper operation.
To run an ASCII screen-oriented application (SAM) or a file transfer program (ftp), the console
is not the recommended connection. HP recommends using the LAN and connecting directly with
Telnet or the web to the system over the system LAN.
You can also
Accessing UEFI or the OS from iLO 3
The UEFI is an Itanium-based architecture feature that provides an interface between the server
blade OS and the server blade firmware. UEFI provides a standard environment for booting an
OS and running preboot applications.
To access UEFI or the OS from iLO 3:
• From the MP Main Menu, enter CO to access the Console Menu. Depending on how the server
blade was configured from the factory, and if the OS is installed at the time of purchase, you
should be in one of two places:
• EFI Boot Manager menu
• OS login prompt
If the server blade has a factory-installed OS, you can interrupt the boot process to configure
your specific EFI parameters.
VFP (Virtual Front Panel): Simulate the display panel
VFP simulates the display panel on the front of the server. It gives real-time feedback on the results
of system events and user actions. VFP works by decoding system events. It provides a live display
of major states of the system, the latest system activity, and the state of front panel LEDs.
IMPORTANT: Integrity iLO 3 has no LED that equates to the Blade Health LED located on the
front panel of each individual BL8X0c i2 server blade. The Blade Health LED represents the health
of the individual server blade. The virtual LEDs in the iLO GUI and TUI reflect system and partition
health. The closest equivalency to the Blade Health LED is a field called Bay [x] Health on the
System Health page of the iLO GUI.
The VFP is a representation of the system and partition state and the system status in the boot
process (running non-OS code, and more).
The following virtual LEDs are located in the VFP:
• Health
• System
• Locator
• Power
VFP shows forward progress during boot by indicating how many events have been received since
the boot started and whether there have been any errors (events with alert level 3 or greater) since
the last boot. To clear the yellow attention indicator on the front of the system, use the SL command
and access the System Event Log (SEL).
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