Installation Manual

5. Set the Scripting→Active scripting setting to Enable.
6. Click OK.
7. Refresh your browser window.
Logging in to the iLO web interface
1. Enter https://<iLO host name or IP address>.
You must access the iLO web interface through HTTPS (HTTP exchanged over an SSL
encrypted session).
2. Do one of the following:
• On the login page, enter a directory or local user account name and password, and
then click Log In.
• Click the Zero Sign In button.
If iLO is configured for Kerberos network authentication, the Zero Sign In button is
displayed below the Log In button. Clicking the Zero Sign In button logs the user in to
iLO without requiring the user to enter a user name and password.
For information about login security and login issues, see “Login security” (page 70) and “Login
and iLO access issues” (page 322).
After an initial failed login attempt, the iLO firmware imposes a login delay. For more information
about the login delay settings, see “iLO access settings” (page 61).
Cookie sharing between browser instances and iLO
When you browse to iLO and log in, one session cookie is shared with all open browser windows
that share the same iLO URL in the browser address bar. As a consequence, all open browser
windows share one user session. Logging out in one window ends the user session in all of the
open windows. Logging in as a different user in a new window replaces the session in the other
windows.
This behavior is typical of browsers. iLO does not support multiple users logged in from two
different browser windows in the same browser on the same client.
Shared instances
When the iLO web interface opens another browser window or tab (for example, a help file), this
window shares the connection to iLO and the session cookie.
When you are logged in to the iLO web interface, and you open a new browser window manually,
a duplicate instance of the original browser window opens. If the domain name in the address
bar matches the original browser session, the new instance shares a session cookie with the
original browser window.
Cookie order
During login, the login page builds a browser session cookie that links the window to the
appropriate session in the iLO firmware. The firmware tracks browser logins as separate sessions
listed in the Active Sessions section of the iLO Overview page.
For example, when User1 logs in, the web server builds the initial frames view, with User1 listed
in the top pane, menu items in the left pane, and page data in the lower right pane. When User1
clicks from link to link, only the menu items and page data are updated.
While User1 is logged in, if User2 opens a browser window on the same client and logs in, the
second login overwrites the cookie generated in the User1 session. Assuming that User2 is a
different user account, a different current frame is built, and a new session is granted. The second
session appears in the Active Sessions section of the iLO Overview page as User2.
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