From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 12 21:41:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AABBC16A40F for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:41:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F0B43D46 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:41:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.128]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05C0E58650A; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:41:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21582-03; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:40:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-137-86-60.eastlink.ca [24.137.86.60]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6C555864EB; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:40:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1CB2B5CBB2; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:40:33 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BCD85CBA0; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:40:33 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:40:33 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: jmc In-Reply-To: <6863f0c90609121433i78c0a18bp6daab2d40c40bca2@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060912183852.Y36880@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060912092617.F2717@shanty.ipnstock.com> <6863f0c90609120640w15be76a2sf79b70936e6897a5@mail.gmail.com> <20060912122313.T36880@ganymede.hub.org> <6863f0c90609121425n330c863cj71e41edc36ec552@mail.gmail.com> <6863f0c90609121433i78c0a18bp6daab2d40c40bca2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh ilo question X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:41:47 -0000 On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, jmc wrote: >> Hi Marc, >> >> iLO 2 still has the standard remote console web interface (Java applet) >> and it is even faster and easier when you use Internet Explorer (some >> type of Active/X thing I think). >> >> The remote serial console can be accessed using a web browser, Telnet, >> or SSH. (Telnet is disabled by default since it is not secure, but you >> can enable it in the web interface.) A terminal server is not >> required. >> >> Here is a web page that shows the differences between the various iLO >> models (see the bottom of the page): >> http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo2/index.html >> >> One really cool feature is "Shared network port". This means that the >> iLO Ethernet traffic can run across the NIC1 link, so that it doesn't >> require an additional Ethernet port for each server. You can configure >> an iLO VLAN tag so that the iLO management traffic is kept separate by >> the ethernet switch. >> >> Here's a link to the manuals for iLO: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/gcbwx >> >> -- John >> > > Sorry, I forgot to mention that the Remote Console feature in the *web > browser* with iLO-2 only provides access to POST (the BIOS boot > screens). If you want to use the graphical remote console after the OS > is loaded, you will need to upgrade to iLO 2 Advanced -- which gives you > a key to enable the graphical remote console. 'k, then what is "Virtual KVM text mode"? That *sounds* like the same as the REMCONS I've been using so far ... no? ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664