User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- HP Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition II User Guide
- Notice
- Contents
- Operational overview
- Installing the RILOE II
- Configuring the RILOE II
- Using the RILOE II
- Accessing RILOE II for the first time
- Features of the RILOE II
- Managing the user and configuration settings of the RILOE II
- Using the Remote Console
- Terminal Services pass-through option
- Using virtual devices
- Resetting the RILOE II to the factory default settings
- Getting help
- Pocket PC access with RILOE II
- RILOE II security
- Systems Insight Manager integration
- Directory services
- Overview of directory integration
- Benefits of directory integration
- How directory integration works
- Advantages and disadvantages of schema-free and HP Extended
- Setup for Schema-free directory integration
- Setting up HP schema directory integration
- Features supported by HP schema directory integration
- Setting up directory services
- Directory services support
- Schema required software
- Schema installer
- Management snap-in installer
- Directory services for Active Directory
- Active Directory Lights-Out management
- Directory services for eDirectory
- User login using directory services
- Directory settings
- Directory-enabled remote management
- Scripting, command line, and utility options
- Overview of the Lights-Out DOS utility
- Lights-Out directories migration utilities
- Compatibility
- Pre-migration checklist
- HP Lights-Out directory package
- HPQLOMIG operation
- Finding management processors
- Upgrading firmware on management processors
- Selecting a directory access method
- Naming management processors
- Configuring directories when HP Extended schema is selected
- Configuring directories when schema-free integration is sele
- Setting up management processors for directories
- HPQLOMGC operation
- Lights-Out Configuration Utility
- Using Perl with the XML scripting interface
- HPONCFG
- Remote Insight command language
- RIBCL sample scripts
- RIBCL general guidelines
- XML header
- Data types
- Response definitions
- RIBCL
- LOGIN
- USER_INFO
- ADD_USER
- DELETE_USER
- GET_USER
- MOD_USER
- GET_ALL_USERS
- GET_ALL_USER_INFO
- RIB_INFO
- RESET_RIB
- GET_NETWORK_SETTINGS
- MOD_NETWORK_SETTINGS
- GET_GLOBAL_SETTINGS
- MOD_GLOBAL_SETTINGS
- CLEAR_EVENTLOG
- UPDATE_RIB_FIRMWARE
- GET_FW_VERSION
- HOTKEY_CONFIG
- DIR_INFO
- GET_DIR_CONFIG
- MOD_DIR_CONFIG
- SERVER_INFO
- RESET_SERVER
- INSERT_VIRTUAL_FLOPPY
- EJECT_VIRTUAL_FLOPPY
- COPY_VIRTUAL_FLOPPY
- GET_VF_STATUS
- SET_VF_STATUS
- GET_HOST_POWER_STATUS
- SET_HOST_POWER
- GET_VPB_CABLE_STATUS
- GET_ALL_CABLES_STATUS
- GET_TWOFACTOR_SETTINGS
- MOD_TWOFACTOR_SETTINGS
- Troubleshooting the RILOE II
- Supported client operating systems and browsers
- Supported hardware and software
- Server PCI Slot and Cable Matrix
- Network connection problems
- Alert and trap problems
- NetWare initialization errors
- Miscellaneous problems
- Accessing System Partition Utilities
- Inability to reboot the server
- Inability to upgrade the RILOE II firmware
- Incorrect time or date of entries in the event log
- Interpreting LED indicators
- Invalid Source IP address
- Login name and password problems
- Remote Console mouse control issue
- Resetting the RILOE II to Factory Default Settings
- Virtual Floppy media applet is unresponsive
- Video Problems
- Troubleshooting the host server
- Directory Services errors
- Directory Services schema
- Technical support
- Regulatory compliance notices
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Index

Using the RILOE II 30
Parameter Default value Definition
Session Timeout
(minutes)
30 minutes
This parameter specifies how many minutes a session can
remain inactive before RILOE II the user is required to log in
again.
ROM configuration
utility (F8)
Enabled
This parameter enables or disables the use of the F8 key,
during POST, to access the Remote Insight ROM
Configuration Utility.
Emergency
Management Services
Enabled
This parameter enables or disables the use of the Windows
.NET EMS through RILOE II.
Bypass Reporting Of
External Power Cable
Disabled
This parameter determines if RILOE II reports whether or not
the external power cable is connected to the operating
system agent. If this settings is Enabled and there are no
other status problems, Insight Manager reports a green
status.
If this parameter is Disabled, RILOE II reports the true status of
the external power connector to the operating system agent.
Insight Manager reports RILOE II status as degraded if the
external connector is disconnected.
Remote Console Port
Configuration
Enabled
This parameter determines how the Remote Console port is
configured. There are three options:
• Enabled allows administrators to specify the Remote
Console port.
• Disabled prevents administrators from designating a
Remote Console port.
• Automatic uses the default port.
Remote Access with
Pocket PC
Enabled
This parameter enables or disables access to RILOE II through
a Pocket PC client.
Remote Console Data
Encryption
Enabled
This parameter determines if data communication with the
Remote Console is encrypted. Encryption (enabled) helps
keep your remote console session private on the network. If
you intend to use a standard telnet client to access a RILOE II,
this parameter must be disabled.
SSL Encryption
Strength
128-bit
This parameter displays the current cipher strength setting.
The most secure is 128-bit (High).
Current Cipher N/A
This parameter displays the encryption algorithm currently
being used to protect data during transmission between the
browser and RILOE II. The algorithm is negotiated by RILOE II
and the browser.
Remote Insight HTTP
Port
80
The embedded web server in RILOE II is configured by
default to use port 80 for unencrypted communications.
Remote Insight HTTPS
Port
443
The embedded web server in RILOE II is configured by
default to use port 443 for encrypted communications.
Remote Insight
console Port
23
RILOE II Remote Console is configured by default to use port
23 for Remote Console communications.
Host Keyboard Model US
This parameter enables you to specify the language model of
the keyboard during a Remote Console session.










