HP ProLiant Lights-Out 100 Remote Management User Guide (covers HP LO 100 features on HP Proliant DL180 servers)

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Operational overview
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Overview
This guide discusses the standard and optional operational features of the HP ProLiant Lights-Out 100
Remote Management used in HP ProLiant DL180 servers.
Server management features
With LO 100, you can perform the following tasks:
• Access a remote graphic console (Virtual KVM)
• Access the serial console of the host operating system over the network using standards-based client
utilities
• Switch between serial console redirection or the LO 100 command-line interface
• Communicate securely using SSL and SSH
• Remotely control the power button of the server (power on and off the server), or perform warm or
cold server reboots
• Remotely monitor fan speed and system power state (S0 or S5)
• Access the system event log
• Access Virtual Media
• Configure TCP/IP settings for the LO 100 NIC
• Control user access
• Discover, identify, and launch LO 100 from HP SIM
• Access LO 100 and server controls using a standard browser or new industry-standard SMASH CLP
command-line interface
• Access command-line help
• Manage the server with IPMI 2.0 compliant applications
• Access telnet
In-band IPMI 2.0 elements available through the operating system are a standard feature of ProLiant
DL180 servers. The ProLiant DL180 server optional features are activated with installation of the HP Lights-
Out 100c Remote Management Card and include the following:
• Support for SSL, SSH, and IPMI 2.0 security with factory-default, self-signed certificates and keys
• Support for imported certificates