Imagine consistent insight into the health and operation of your servers. HPE iLO arms you with the tools to manage your servers efficiently, resolve issues quickly, and keep your business running – from anywhere in the world. Featuring the latest innovations in simplified operations, performance, and security, HPE iLO allows you to manage your entire server environment with ease. Upgrade your iLO license for additional functionality, such as graphical remote console, multi-user collaboration, video record/playback, remote management, and much more.
Integrated Lights-Out, or iLO, is a proprietary embedded server management
technology by Hewlett-Packard which provides out-of-band management facilities.
The physical connection is an Ethernet port that can be found on most Proliant
servers and micro servers of the 300 and above series.
ILO has similar functionality to the lights out management (LOM) technology
offered by other vendors, for example Sun/Oracle's LOM port, Dell DRAC, the IBM
Remote Supervisor Adapter and Cisco CIMC.
HPE ILO features
ILO makes it possible to perform activities on an HP server from a remote
location. The ILO card has a separate network connection (and its own IP
address) to which one can connect via HTTPS.
Possible options are:
• Reset the server (in case the server doesn't respond anymore via the network
card)
• Power-up the server (possible to do this from a remote location, even if the
server is shut down)
• Remote system console (in some cases however an 'Advanced license' may be
required for some of the utilities to work)
• Mount remote physical CD/DVD drive or image (virtual media), depends on
license.
• Access the server's Integrated Management Log (IML)
• Can be manipulated remotely through XML-based Remote Insight Board Command
Language (RIBCL)
• Full command-line interface support through RS-232 port (shared with system),
though the inability to enter
function keys prevents certain operations
• SSH remote network access to iLO card supporting public key authentication,
1024 bit DSA key at least since iLO 3
• iLO Federation
• Two factor authentication
ILO provides some other utilities virtual power and a remote console. ILO is
either embedded on the system board, or available as a PCI card.
Availability
ILO is embedded or available on
some HP ProLiant and Integrity servers.
Prior to ILO, Compaq created several other
lights out management products. The original was the Remote Insight Board (RIB),
which was available as an EISA or PCI expansion card. RIB
was replaced with RILOE (Remote Insight Light-Out Edition), which
was only available for PCI. The original RILOE was replaced with RILOE
II. HP stopped manufacturing RILOE II in 2006. The final firmware version
for RILOE is 2.53(A) dated 9 Mar 2004 and for RILOE II is 1.21 dated 5 July
2006.
For some ProLiant 100 series servers
there is a "Lights Out 100" option, which has more limited
functionality. The LO100 is a traditional IPMI BMC, and does not
share hardware or firmware with ILO. There is also a version of ILO for HP
Moonshot systems referred to as ILO Chassis Management which is often
abbreviated as ILO CM. The Chassis Management version of ILO was derived from
ILO 4.As of June 2018 the most recent Chassis Manager Firmware available is
version 1.56 which was released as part of the Moonshot Component Pack
2018.02.0.
Using HP iLO, you
can do the following:
• Access a
high-performance and secure Integrated Remote Console to the server from
anywhere in the
World if you have a network connection to the server.
• Use the shared
HP iLO Remote Console to collaborate with up to four server administrators.
• Remotely mount
high-performance Virtual Media devices to the server.
• Securely and
remotely control the power state of the managed server.
• Implement true
Agentless Management with SNMP alerts from HP iLO, regardless of the state of
the host server.
• Access Active
Health System troubleshooting features through the HP iLO interface.
• Register for HP Insight Remote Support
software without installing any drivers or agents.
Active Health
System
HP Active Health
System provides the following features:
• Combined
diagnostics tools/scanners
• Always on,
continuous monitoring for increased stability and shorter downtimes
• Rich
configuration history
• Health and
service alerts
• Easy export and
upload to Service and Support
The HP Active
Health System monitors and records changes in the server hardware and system
configuration.
The Active Health
System assists in diagnosing problems and delivering rapid resolution when
server failures occur.
The Active Health
System collects the following types of data:
• Server model
• Serial number
• Processor model
and speed
• Storage
capacity and speed
• Memory capacity
and speed
• Firmware/BIOS
HP Active Health
System does not collect information about Active Health System users'
operations, finances, customers, employees, partners, or data center, such as
IP addresses, host names, user names, and passwords. HP Active Health System
does not parse or change operating system data from third-party error event log
activities, such as content created or passed through by the operating system.
Integrated
Management Log
The IML records hundreds of events and
stores them in an easy-to-view form. The IML timestamps each event with
1-minute granularity.
You can view recorded events in the
IML in several ways, including the following:
From
within HP SIM
From within operating
system-specific IML viewers
For Windows: IML
Viewer
For Linux: IML
Viewer Application
From within the
HP iLO user interface
Versions
There have been
multiple generations of ILO, each generation
noted by a single digit number ("iLO 2").Some generations
of ILO are segmented into different editions, based on what
features are licensed. iLO includes updatable firmware, for which HP
periodically releases new versions.
