Installation Manual

Starting an iLO Virtual Serial Port session
1. Verify that the iLO Virtual Serial Port settings are configured in the iLO RBSU or UEFI System
Utilities.
For more information, see “Configuring the iLO Virtual Serial Port in the host system RBSU”
(page 224) or “Configuring the iLO Virtual Serial Port in the UEFI System Utilities” (page 225).
2. Verify that the Windows or Linux operating system is configured for use with the iLO Virtual
Serial Port.
For more information, see “Windows EMS Console with iLO Virtual Serial Port” (page 227)
or “Configuring the iLO Virtual Serial Port for Linux” (page 226).
3. Start an SSH session.
For example, you could enter ssh Administrator@<iLO IP address> or connect
through port 22 with putty.exe.
4. When prompted, enter your iLO account credentials.
5. At the </>hpiLO-> prompt, enter VSP,and press Enter.
6. For Windows systems only: At the <SAC> prompt, enter cmd to create a command prompt
channel.
7. For Windows systems only: Enter ch - si <#> to switch to the channel specified by the
channel number.
8. When prompted, enter the OS login credentials.
Viewing the iLO Virtual Serial Port log
If the iLO Virtual Serial Port log is enabled, you can view iLO Virtual Serial Port activity by using
the vsp log command.
Virtual Serial Port activity is logged to a 150-page circular buffer in the iLO memory, and can be
viewed using the CLI command vsp log. The Virtual Serial Port buffer size is 128 KB.
1. Verify that an iLO Advanced or iLO Scale-Out license is installed.
2. Enable Secure Shell (SSH) Access and Virtual Serial Port Log on the Access Settings
page.
For instructions, see “iLO access settings” (page 61).
3. Connect to the CLI through SSH.
4. Use the vsp command to view iLO Virtual Serial Port activity.
5. Enter ESC ( to exit.
6. Enter vsp log to view the iLO Virtual Serial Port log.
Text-based Remote Console (Textcons)
You can access the Text-based Remote Console (Textcons) using a licensed iLO system and
SSH. When you use SSH, the data stream, including authentication credentials, is protected by
the encryption method that the SSH client and iLO use.
This feature is supported only on servers that are configured to use the Legacy BIOS boot mode.
It is not supported on servers that are configured to use UEFI mode. For more information, see
“Virtual Media Boot Order” (page 241).
For more information about iLO licensing, see the following website: http://www.hpe.com/info/
ilo/licensing.
228 Using the iLO Remote Consoles