Installation Manual

The Management Controller Driver Package is required to support Automatic Server Recovery
and the Insight Management Agents or Insight Management WBEM Providers (if installed).
Linux driver and utility support
When you use Linux with iLO, the following drivers and utilities are available:
• System Health Application and Command Line Utilities (hp-health)—A collection of
applications and tools that enables monitoring of fans, power supplies, temperature sensors,
and other management events. This RPM contains the hpasmd, hpasmlited, hpasmpld,
and hpasmxld daemons.
• hpilo—This driver manages agent and tool application access to iLO.
This driver is part of the Linux kernel for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 and later
and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 and later. The hpilo driver is loaded automatically at
startup.
For servers that support earlier versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, install the hp-ilo RPM package from the SPP.
On Ubuntu systems, this driver is loaded automatically at startup after the Linux Management
Component Pack package is loaded.
VMware driver support
When you use VMware with iLO, the following driver is available:
ProLiant Channel Interface Driver (hpilo)—This driver manages agent, WBEM provider, and
tool application access to iLO. It is included in the customized Hewlett Packard Enterprise VMware
images. For raw VMware images, the driver must be installed manually.
Installing the iLO drivers and utilities
Obtaining the iLO drivers and utilities
Obtain the iLO drivers and System Health Application and Command Line Utilities by downloading
the Service Pack for ProLiant, or by downloading them from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise
website.
• For Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server—Use the
SPP to install the iLO drivers or System Health Application and Command Line Utilities.
• For Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server—Download
the iLO drivers or System Health Application and Command Line Utilities from the Hewlett
Packard Enterprise Support Center at http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc.
• For VMware—Download the iLO driver from the vibsdepot section of the Software Delivery
Repository website: http://www.hpe.com/support/SDR-Linux.
Follow the installation instructions provided with the software.
• For Ubuntu—Subscribe to the Linux Management Component Pack at http://www.hpe.com/
support/SDR-Linux to obtain the System Health Application and Command Line Utilities.
More information
Driver and utility installation with the SPP
Loading hp-health for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Installing hp-health for Ubuntu
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