Preparing To Set Up Ilo; Ilo Network Connection Options; Ilo Ip Address Acquisition - HPE ProLiant e910 User And Maintenance Manual

IMPORTANT: Hewlett Packard Enterprise does not recommend setting the Minimum Password Length to fewer
than eight characters unless you have a physically secure management network that does not extend outside the
secure data center.

Preparing to set up iLO

Before setting up an iLO management processor, you must decide how to handle networking and security. The following
questions can help you set up iLO:
Procedure
1. How will iLO connect to the network?
2. How will iLO acquire an IP address?
3. What access security is required, and what user accounts and privileges are needed?
4. What tools will you use to configure iLO?

iLO network connection options

You can connect iLO to the network through a dedicated management network.
Dedicated management network
In this configuration, the iLO port is on a separate network. A separate network improves performance and security because
you can physically control which workstations are connected to the network. A separate network also provides redundant
access to the server when a hardware failure occurs on the production network. In this configuration, iLO cannot be accessed
directly from the production network. The Dedicated management network is the preferred iLO network configuration.
Figure 1: Dedicated management network

iLO IP address acquisition

To enable iLO access after it is connected to the network, the iLO management processor must acquire an IP address and
subnet mask. You can use a dynamic address or a static address.
Dynamic IP address
A dynamic IP address is set by default. iLO obtains the IP address and subnet mask from DNS or DHCP servers. This
method is the simplest.
If you use DHCP:
52 Setting up iLO