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Date:      Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:28:58 +1100
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Love to hate iLO ...
Message-ID:  <20080317002858.GA77130@k7.mavetju>
In-Reply-To: <24B7C28CEC086FAB879910E4@ganymede.hub.org>
References:  <24B7C28CEC086FAB879910E4@ganymede.hub.org>

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On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 09:08:10PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> The reason I originally went with HP was *because* of iLO ... the ability to 
> connect to the console to do work on the server *without* havign to get ahold 
> of a tech was a huge selling point ...
> 
> ... but, is it just me, or is iLO the most unreliable piece of software?
> 
> I can ping the ilo port, but when I try to ssh in:
> 
> ssh: connect to host hostname.hub.org port 22: Operation timed out
> 
> when I try and access through the web, I get told 'Connection refused' ...
> 
> If I get a tech to pull the plug out of the wall and replug it in after a few 
> seconds, everything works again for awhile, and then dies off ... but, of 
> course, that doesn't help me when I'm actually *having* a problem ...

Upgrade, upgrade, upgrade... (the firmware that is)

Is this the normal ILO or ILO2?

Is the IP address of the ILO server a public address or a private
address? If a public, please firewall it away from the public
internet because that was you described happens when you fail your
authentication one too many times. On the normal ILO that is.

Edwin

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