Overview
This chapter contains the following section:
About HP Integrated Lights-Out
Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) is a proprietary embedded server management technology from Hewlett-Packard (HP) that provides out-of-band management facilities for HP ProLiant servers. HP integrates iLO into HP ProLiant servers to enable administrators to perform activities on the HP servers from a remote location.
Cisco UCS Director provides the capability to access and manage HP ProLiant servers remotely using HP iLO. Cisco UCS Director provides workflows to automate the server administration tasks and monitor the state of the servers. For more information about pod licenses, see Cisco UCS Director Orchestration Guide.
Using Cisco UCS Director, you can perform the following operations on the HP ProLiant servers that support HP iLO:
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Power on
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Power off
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Set power saver mode
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Auto power on configuration
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View the HP server inventory details
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View the HP server NICs
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View the HP server slots
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View the HP server memory
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View the HP server processors
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Boot PXE
For more information on how to perform these operations on the servers, see Cisco UCS Director Orchestration Guide.