Installation Manual

9 Configuring iLO management settings
iLO SNMP management
With iLO 3 and earlier, SNMP management used the HPE Insight Management Agents running
on the server operating system. With iLO 4, you can use either Agentless Management or the
Insight Management Agents. The default configuration uses Agentless Management.
Agentless Management uses out-of-band communication for increased security and stability.
With Agentless Management, health monitoring and alerting is built into the system and begins
working the moment a power cord is connected to the server. This feature runs on the iLO
hardware, independent of the operating system and processor. Additional operating system data
is collected when AMS is installed.
If AMS is not installed:
• iLO will not display a full set of data on the Information→System Information pages.
• iLO might not display the correct server name in Insight Online and Insight RS.
The Management – SNMP Settings page allows you to configure the iLO settings for SNMP,
SNMP alerts, and Insight Management integration.
You must have the Configure iLO Settings privilege to change these settings.
Depending on your configuration, you might need to install additional software. For more
information, see “AMS and the Insight Management Agents” (page 114).
For more information about Agentless Management, see the Considerations for choosing
Agentless Management white paper at the following website: http://www.hpe.com/info/ilo/docs.
Table 2 (page 113) lists the information collected by the available server configurations.
112 Configuring iLO management settings