Operational Overview; Overview; New Features; Server Management - HP ProLiant Lights Out-100 User Manual

1 Operational overview

Overview

This guide explains the standard and optional operational features of the HP Onboard Administrator
Powered by Lights-Out 100 (LO100) available for the following HP ProLiant server models:
ML1 10 G6 server
ML150 G6 server
DL120 G6 server
DL160 G6 server
DL160se G6 server
DL170h G6 server
DL180 G6 server
SL160z G6 server
SL170z G6 server
SL2x170z G6 server
ML1 10 G6 server
DL120 G6 server
HP ProLiant DL165 G7 Server
HP ProLiant SL165z G7 Server
HP ProLiant SL170s G6 Server

New features

This release of LO100 adds support for the following:
HP ProLiant DL170e G6 Server

Server management

LO100 delivers basic remote control of vital server resources, supports IPMI 2.0, DCMI 1.0, and
provides system administrators with access to the server at any time, even before an operating
system is installed on the server.
LO100 provides text mode console redirection, DMTF SMASH compliant command line interface,
and browser access to many of the same system management functions. You can access LO100
through a dedicated Ethernet port or through the server serial port.

Server management features

With LO100, 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 LO100 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
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