HP Onboard Administrator User Manual
HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator
rs use of the Onboard
The information in this guide applies to Version 4.20 (or later) of the HP Blade System Onboard
Part Number: 695522-006
User Guide
Abstract
This guide provides information on the initial setup and operation of the HP Blade System Onboard Administrator. It also cove
Administrator GUI and enclosure Insight Display.
Administrator.
April 2014
Edition: 21
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 8
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Access requirements ................................................................................................................................ 10
Onboard Administrator overview .............................................................................................................. 11
Interfaces ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Onboard Administrator authentication .............................................................................................. 13
Running Onboard Administrator for the first time ......................................................................................... 13
Signing in to the Onboard Administrator GUI ............................................................................................. 15
Flash disaster recovery ............................................................................................................................. 17
Running the setup wizard ......................................................................................................................... 18
Using online help .................................................................................................................................... 19
Changing enclosure and device configurations ........................................................................................... 19
Recovering the administrator password ...................................................................................................... 19
Security considerations ............................................................................................................................ 20
BladeSystem network architecture overview ...................................................................................... 21
Recommended security best practices ............................................................................................... 21
Network ports ............................................................................................................................... 22
Default FIPS Mode settings compared to strong encryption .................................................................. 22
HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure hardware installation .................................................................. 26
Installing Onboard Administrator modules .................................................................................................. 26
HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator cabling ......................................................................................... 27
HP BladeSystem Insight Display .................................................................................................... 29
HP BladeSystem c7000 2-inch Insight Display components ........................................................................... 29
HP BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 3-inch Insight Display components .......................................................... 30
Insight Display overview ........................................................................................................................... 30
Accessing the HP BladeSystem c3000 Insight Display .................................................................................. 31
Running the Insight Display installation ....................................................................................................... 32
Navigating the Insight Display .................................................................................................................. 37
Health Summary screen .................................................................................................................. 39
Enclosure Settings screen ................................................................................................................ 39
Enclosure Info screen ..................................................................................................................... 40
Blade and Port Info screen .............................................................................................................. 41
Turn Enclosure UID On/Off screen ................................................................................................... 42
View User Note screen ................................................................................................................... 44
Chat Mode screen ......................................................................................................................... 44
USB Menu screen .......................................................................................................................... 45
KVM Menu screen ......................................................................................................................... 46
Insight Display errors ............................................................................................................................... 46
Power errors ................................................................................................................................. 47
Cooling errors ............................................................................................................................... 47
Location errors .............................................................................................................................. 47
Configuration errors ....................................................................................................................... 47
Device failure errors ....................................................................................................................... 48
Enclosure KVM ........................................................................................................................... 49
Contents 3
Features ................................................................................................................................................. 49
First Time Setup Wizard .............................................................................................................. 54
Before you begin ..................................................................................................................................... 54
User Preferences ..................................................................................................................................... 55
FIPS ....................................................................................................................................................... 56
Enclosure Selection screen ........................................................................................................................ 57
Configuration Management screen ............................................................................................................ 58
Rack and Enclosure Settings screen ............................................................................................................ 59
Administrator Account Setup screen ........................................................................................................... 61
Local User Accounts screen ....................................................................................................................... 62
Enclosure Bay IP Addressing ..................................................................................................................... 63
Directory Groups Configuration screen ...................................................................................................... 67
Directory Settings screen .......................................................................................................................... 70
Onboard Administrator Network Settings screen ......................................................................................... 72
Enclosure SNMP Settings screen ................................................................................................................ 77
Power Management screen ...................................................................................................................... 78
Finish ..................................................................................................................................................... 81
Navigating Onboard Administrator .............................................................................................. 82
Navigation overview ............................................................................................................................... 82
Tree view ............................................................................................................................................... 82
Graphical view navigation ....................................................................................................................... 85
Rack View .................................................................................................................................. 88
Rack Overview screen ............................................................................................................................. 88
Topology modes ..................................................................................................................................... 90
Rack Topology tab .................................................................................................................................. 91
Rack Power and Thermal tab .................................................................................................................... 92
Rack Firmware screen .............................................................................................................................. 94
Configuring the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure and enclosure devices ......................................... 96
Viewing the status screens ........................................................................................................................ 96
Enclosure settings .................................................................................................................................... 97
Selecting enclosures ....................................................................................................................... 97
Enclosure Settings screen ................................................................................................................ 97
AlertMail .................................................................................................................................... 101
Device Power Sequence Device Bays tabs ...................................................................................... 104
Date and Time ............................................................................................................................ 106
Enclosure TCP/IP settings .............................................................................................................. 108
Network Access .......................................................................................................................... 114
Link Loss Failover ......................................................................................................................... 118
SNMP Settings ............................................................................................................................ 119
Enclosure Bay IP Addressing ......................................................................................................... 123
Device Summary ......................................................................................................................... 133
Active to Standby ........................................................................................................................ 135
DVD drive .................................................................................................................................. 135
VLAN Configuration .................................................................................................................... 149
Active Health System.................................................................................................................... 156
HP Insight Remote Support ............................................................................................................ 157
Enclosure Firmware Management .................................................................................................. 167
Managing enclosures ............................................................................................................................ 172
Powering off the enclosure ............................................................................................................ 172
Linking enclosures ........................................................................................................................ 172
Managing multiple enclosures ....................................................................................................... 173
Contents 4
Active Onboard Administrator Module ..................................................................................................... 174
Active Onboard Administrator screen ............................................................................................. 174
Active Onboard Administrator Virtual Buttons tab ............................................................................ 175
Active Onboard Administrator USB tab .......................................................................................... 176
Active Onboard Administrator TCP/IP Settings screen ...................................................................... 177
Certificate Administration Information tab ....................................................................................... 179
Certificate Request tab ................................................................................................................. 181
Certificate Upload tab .................................................................................................................. 183
Firmware update ......................................................................................................................... 184
Language Pack tab ...................................................................................................................... 186
System log .................................................................................................................................. 187
Standby Onboard Administrator Module .................................................................................................. 192
Standby Onboard Administrator screen .......................................................................................... 192
Standby Onboard Administrator Virtual Buttons tab ......................................................................... 192
TCP/IP Settings for Standby OA .................................................................................................... 193
Standby Onboard Administrator Certificate Administration Information tab ......................................... 194
Standby Certificate Request tab ..................................................................................................... 195
Standby Certificate Upload tab ..................................................................................................... 197
Device bays .......................................................................................................................................... 198
Device Bay Overview screen ......................................................................................................... 198
Device Bay Status tab .................................................................................................................. 200
Server Blade Information tab ......................................................................................................... 204
Server Blade Virtual Devices tab .................................................................................................... 206
Boot Options tab ......................................................................................................................... 208
IML Log tab................................................................................................................................. 209
iLO screen .................................................................................................................................. 210
Port Mapping .............................................................................................................................. 212
Firmware .................................................................................................................................... 224
Storage blades ............................................................................................................................ 233
I/O expansion blade information .................................................................................................. 236
Interconnect bays .................................................................................................................................. 238
Interconnect Bay Summary screen .................................................................................................. 238
Interconnect Bay screen ................................................................................................................ 240
Interconnect Bay Information tab ................................................................................................... 242
Interconnect Bay Virtual Buttons ..................................................................................................... 243
Interconnect Bay Port Mapping screen ............................................................................................ 244
Enclosure power management ................................................................................................................ 245
Power management planning ........................................................................................................ 245
Power and thermal screen ............................................................................................................ 246
Power management ..................................................................................................................... 247
Enclosure Power Meter screen ....................................................................................................... 252
Enclosure power allocation ........................................................................................................... 256
Enclosure power summary ............................................................................................................ 256
Power Subsystem screen ............................................................................................................... 257
Power Supply Information ............................................................................................................. 259
Fans and cooling management ............................................................................................................... 260
Fan zones ................................................................................................................................... 260
Thermal subsystem ....................................................................................................................... 261
c7000 Enclosure fan location rules ................................................................................................ 264
c3000 Enclosure fan location rules ................................................................................................ 266
Managing users .................................................................................................................................... 267
Users/Authentication ................................................................................................................... 267
User roles and privilege levels ....................................................................................................... 267
Contents 5
Role-based user accounts .............................................................................................................. 267
Local Users ................................................................................................................................. 268
Directory Settings screen .............................................................................................................. 273
Uploading a certificate ................................................................................................................. 276
Directory Certificate Upload tab .................................................................................................... 277
Directory Test Settings tab ............................................................................................................. 277
Directory Groups ......................................................................................................................... 279
SSH Administration ...................................................................................................................... 286
HP SSO Integration ...................................................................................................................... 287
Two-Factor Authentication ....................................................................................................................... 288
Two-Factor Authentication Certificate Information tab ....................................................................... 288
Two-Factor Authentication Certificate Upload tab ............................................................................. 289
Signed In Users ..................................................................................................................................... 289
Session Options tab ..................................................................................................................... 290
Insight Display ...................................................................................................................................... 290
Virtual Connect Manager ....................................................................................................................... 291
iLO Integration ...................................................................................................................................... 291
Management network IP dependencies .................................................................................................... 292
Using the command line interface ............................................................................................... 293
Command line overview ......................................................................................................................... 293
Setting up Onboard Administrator using the CLI ........................................................................................ 293
Pinout signals for Onboard Administrator Serial RS232 connector ............................................................... 295
Using the service port connection ............................................................................................................ 295
Using configuration scripts ...................................................................................................................... 297
Configuration scripts .................................................................................................................... 297
Reset factory defaults ................................................................................................................... 298
HP Integrity i2 server blade support ............................................................................................ 300
Updated support for HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2, and BL890c i2 Server Blades ................................... 300
Tree view and graphical view changes for HP Integrity i2 Server Blades ....................................................... 300
Port mapping changes for HP Integrity i2 Server Blades ............................................................................. 302
Partner blade changes for HP Integrity i2 Server Blades ............................................................................. 302
Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................ 303
Onboard Administrator error messages .................................................................................................... 303
Onboard Administrator factory default settings .......................................................................................... 318
Onboard Administrator SNMP traps ........................................................................................................ 318
Known browser issues ............................................................................................................................ 319
Known network issues ............................................................................................................................ 320
Miscellaneous known issues .................................................................................................................... 321
Enabling LDAP Directory Services Authentication to Microsoft Active Directory ................................. 323
Certificate Services ................................................................................................................................ 323
Preparing the directory ........................................................................................................................... 323
Uploading the DC Certificate (optional) .................................................................................................... 324
Creating directory groups ....................................................................................................................... 326
Testing the directory login solution ........................................................................................................... 328
Troubleshooting LDAP on Onboard Administrator ...................................................................................... 329
Time zone settings .................................................................................................................... 331
Universal time zone settings .................................................................................................................... 331
Africa time zone settings ........................................................................................................................ 331
Americas time zone settings .................................................................................................................... 332
Asia time zone settings .......................................................................................................................... 333
Contents 6
Oceanic time zone settings ..................................................................................................................... 334
Europe time zone settings ....................................................................................................................... 335
Polar time zone settings .......................................................................................................................... 335
Support and other resources ...................................................................................................... 337
Before you contact HP ............................................................................................................................ 337
HP contact information ........................................................................................................................... 337
Acronyms and abbreviations ...................................................................................................... 338
Documentation feedback ........................................................................................................... 342
Index ....................................................................................................................................... 343
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