Cisco UCS Director HP Management Guide, Release 6.5

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Cisco UCS Director HP Management Guide, Release 6.5

Chapter Title

HP iLO Server Management

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Updated:
July 20, 2017

Chapter: HP iLO Server Management

HP iLO Server Management

This chapter contains the following section:

Managing iLO Server Accounts

Adding an HP Account

Cisco UCS Director supports the HP ILO version 2, 3, and 4. Cisco UCS Director performs auto-discovery of the HP ILO version and manages all infrastructure elements in the server that are associated with the HP account.

Before You Begin

Add the pod to which this HP account belongs.

    Step 1   Choose Administration > Physical Accounts.
    Step 2   On the Physical Accounts page, click Physical Accounts.
    Step 3   Click Add.
    Step 4   On the Add Account screen, complete the following fields:
    Name Description

    Pod drop-down list

    Choose the pod to which this account belongs.

    Category Type drop-down list

    Choose Computing as the category type. This is the type of infrastructure for the account.

    Account Type drop-down list

    Choose HP ILO as the account type.

    Step 5   Click Submit.
    Step 6   On the second Add Account screen, complete the following fields:
    Name Description

    Account Name field

    A unique name that you assign to this account.

    Server Address field

    The IP address of the HP server. For a cluster configuration, this is the virtual IP address.

    Use Credential Policy check box

    Check this box if you want to use a credential policy for this account rather than enter the username and password information manually.

    Credential Policy drop-down list

    This field appears only when the Use Credential Policy box is checked. Choose a policy from the Credential Policy drop-down list.

    User ID field

    This field appears only when the Use Credential Policy box is unchecked. The username that this account will use to access the HP server. This username must be a valid account in the HP server.

    Password field

    This field appears only when the Use Credential Policy box is unchecked. The password associated with the username.

    Transport Type drop-down list

    This field appears only when the Use Credential Policy box is unchecked. Choose one of the following transport types that you want to use for this account:

    • http

    • https

    Port field

    This field appears only when the Use Credential Policy box is unchecked. The port used to access the HP account.

    Description field

    (Optional) A description of this account.

    Contact Email field

    The email address that you can use to contact the administrator or other person responsible for this account.

    Location field

    The location of this account.

    Service Provider field

    (Optional) The name of the service provider associated with this account, if any.

    Step 7   Click Add.

    Cisco UCS Director tests the connection to the HP server. If that test is successful, it adds the HP account and discovers all infrastructure elements in the server that are associated with that account, including servers information, slots, processors, memory, and NICs. This discovery process and inventory collection cycle takes approximately five minutes to complete.

    The polling interval configured on the System Tasks tab on the Administration > System window specifies the frequency of inventory collection. For more information about configuring the polling interval, see the Cisco UCS Director Network Devices Management Guide.

    Managing HP iLO Reports

    About Managing Reports

    All discovered and managed components of HP iLO servers are displayed at the HP account level.

    You can view the reports for each of the discovered/added components in the following categories:

    • NIC

    • Memory

    • Processor

    • Slots

    Viewing the HP Server Report

    You can view the status of the HP server and details about the specific component in the HP server.

      Step 1   Choose Physical > Compute.
      Step 2   On the Compute page, expand the pod and then click the HP iLO account for which you want to view the report. Cisco UCS Director displays the iLO servers available under the HP account.
      Step 3   Click the row in the table for the server that you want to monitor.
      Step 4   Click View Details.

      Cisco UCS Director displays information about the current status of the selected component. Click the tabs in the window for more details about that component.

      Step 5   Click on one of the following tabs to view the status of the server or a specific component in the server:

      Name

      Description

      Summary tab

      Overview of the selected HP server details such as the IP address, MAC address, product name, serial number, product ID, and UUID.

      Server NICs tab

      List of the NICs with their details such as the MAC type, port, and MAC address.

      Server Memory tab

      List of the memory available in the server by size and speed.

      Server Processor tab

      List of the processors with their name, speed, execution technology, and memory technology.

      Server Slots tab

      List of the slots in the server with their name, type, and width.

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