Document Outline

• HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide
• Abstract
• Notice
• Contents
• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Access requirements
  • Onboard Administrator overview
  • Interfaces
    • Onboard Administrator authentication
  • Running Onboard Administrator for the first time
  • Signing in to the Onboard Administrator GUI
  • Flash disaster recovery
  • Running the setup wizard
  • Using online help
  • Changing enclosure and device configurations
  • Recovering the administrator password
  • Security considerations
    • BladeSystem network architecture overview
    • Recommended security best practices
    • Network ports
    • Default FIPS Mode settings compared to strong encryption
• HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure hardware installation
  • Installing Onboard Administrator modules
  • HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator cabling
• HP BladeSystem Insight Display
  • HP BladeSystem c7000 2-inch Insight Display components
  • HP BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 3-inch Insight Display components
  • Insight Display overview
  • Accessing the HP BladeSystem c3000 Insight Display
  • Running the Insight Display installation
  • Navigating the Insight Display
    • Health Summary screen
    • Enclosure Settings screen
    • Enclosure Info screen
    • Blade and Port Info screen
    • Turn Enclosure UID On/Off screen
    • View User Note screen
    • Chat Mode screen
    • USB Menu screen
    • KVM Menu screen
  • Insight Display errors
    • Power errors
    • Cooling errors
    • Location errors
    • Configuration errors
    • Device failure errors
• Enclosure KVM
  • Features
• First Time Setup Wizard
  • Before you begin
    • Signing in to Onboard Administrator
  • User Preferences
  • FIPS
  • Enclosure Selection screen
  • Configuration Management screen
  • Rack and Enclosure Settings screen
  • Administrator Account Setup screen
  • Local User Accounts screen
  • Enclosure Bay IP Addressing
  • Directory Groups Configuration screen
  • Directory Settings screen
  • Onboard Administrator Network Settings screen
  • Enclosure SNMP Settings screen
  • Power Management screen
  • Finish
• Navigating Onboard Administrator
  • Navigation overview
  • Tree view
  • Graphical view navigation
• Rack View
  • Rack Overview screen
  • Topology modes
  • Rack Topology tab
  • Rack Power and Thermal tab
  • Rack Firmware screen
• Configuring the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure and enclosure devices
  • Viewing the status screens
  • Enclosure settings
    • Selecting enclosures
    • Enclosure Settings screen
    • AlertMail
    • Device Power Sequence Device Bays tabs
      • Device Power Sequence Interconnect Bays tab
    • Date and Time
    • Enclosure TCP/IP settings
      • IPv4 Settings tab
      • IPv6 Settings tab
      • NIC Options tab
      • Advanced Settings tab
    • Network Access
      • Protocol restrictions
      • Login Banner
      • Trusted Hosts
      • Anonymous Data
      • FIPS tab
      • Clear VC Mode
    • Link Loss Failover
    • SNMP Settings
    • Enclosure Bay IP Addressing
      • EBIPA for IPv4
      • EBIPA for IPv6
    • Device Summary
    • Active to Standby
    • DVD drive
      • Interactive installation and configuration of DVD/CD-ROM drive
      • Unattended OS deployment
      • Ad-hoc access to DVD-based media for application installation or data import
      • Updating blade firmware with HP Smart Update Manager
    • VLAN Configuration
      • VLAN settings
      • Adding, editing, and removing VLANs
      • Configuring devices
    • Active Health System
    • HP Insight Remote Support
      • Data Collected by Insight Remote Support
      • Prerequisites
      • Registering for Insight Remote Support using the OA web interface
      • Registering for Insight Remote Support by using Direct Connect
      • Editing the web proxy settings
      • Registering for Insight Remote Support by using Central Connect
      • Unregistering an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure from Direct Connect Remote Support
      • Unregistering an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure from Central Connect Remote Support
      • Connection error during OA Direct Connect registration
      • Insight Remote Support Service Events
      • Insight Remote Support Data Collections
      • Data collection information
      • Remote Support Certificate Administration
        • Remote Support Certificate Administration Upload tab
    • Enclosure Firmware Management
      • Enclosure Firmware Management settings
        • Enabling Enclosure Firmware Management
        • Configuring the location of the firmware image
        • Enabling force downgrades
        • Setting the power policy
        • Setting the update policy
        • Setting a scheduled firmware update
        • Initiating manual update and discovery
        • Specifying the bays to include in a firmware management process
      • Status updates
  • Managing enclosures
    • Powering off the enclosure
    • Linking enclosures
    • Managing multiple enclosures
  • Active Onboard Administrator Module
    • Active Onboard Administrator screen
      • Status and Information tab
    • Active Onboard Administrator Virtual Buttons tab
    • Active Onboard Administrator USB tab
    • Active Onboard Administrator TCP/IP Settings screen
    • Certificate Administration Information tab
    • Certificate Request tab
    • Certificate Upload tab
    • Firmware update
    • Language Pack tab
    • System log
      • Log Options tab
  • Standby Onboard Administrator Module
    • Standby Onboard Administrator screen
    • Standby Onboard Administrator Virtual Buttons tab
    • TCP/IP Settings for Standby OA
    • Standby Onboard Administrator Certificate Administration Information tab
    • Standby Certificate Request tab
    • Standby Certificate Upload tab
  • Device bays
    • Device Bay Overview screen
    • Device Bay Status tab
    • Server Blade Information tab
    • Server Blade Virtual Devices tab
    • Boot Options tab
    • IML Log tab
    • iLO screen
      • iLO Event Log tab
    • Port Mapping
      • Device bay port mapping graphical view for c3000 enclosure
      • Device bay port mapping table for c3000 enclosure
      • Device bay port mapping graphical view for c7000 enclosure
      • Device bay port mapping table for c7000 enclosure
    • Firmware
      • Initiating a manual update or discovery
        • Individual servers
        • Multiple servers
      • Logging
      • Viewing firmware versions
        • Firmware version variations
    • Storage blades
    • I/O expansion blade information
      • I/O expansion blade virtual devices tab
      • I/O expansion blade information tab
  • Interconnect bays
    • Interconnect Bay Summary screen
    • Interconnect Bay screen
    • Interconnect Bay Information tab
    • Interconnect Bay Virtual Buttons
    • Interconnect Bay Port Mapping screen
  • Enclosure power management
    • Power management planning
    • Power and thermal screen
    • Power management
    • Enclosure Power Meter screen
      • Graphical View tab
      • Table View tab
    • Enclosure power allocation
    • Enclosure power summary
    • Power Subsystem screen
    • Power Supply Information
  • Fans and cooling management
    • Fan zones
    • Thermal subsystem
    • c7000 Enclosure fan location rules
    • c3000 Enclosure fan location rules
  • Managing users
    • Users/Authentication
    • User roles and privilege levels
    • Role-based user accounts
    • Local Users
      • Add Local User
      • Edit Local User
      • Edit Local User Certificate Information tab
      • Password settings
    • Directory Settings screen
      • Directory Certificate Information tab
    • Uploading a certificate
    • Directory Certificate Upload tab
    • Directory Test Settings tab
    • Directory Groups
      • Add an LDAP Group
      • Edit an LDAP Group
    • SSH Administration
      • Supported SSH and SSL versions
    • HP SSO Integration
  • Two-Factor Authentication
    • Two-Factor Authentication Certificate Information tab
    • Two-Factor Authentication Certificate Upload tab
  • Signed In Users
    • Session Options tab
  • Insight Display
  • Virtual Connect Manager
  • iLO Integration
  • Management network IP dependencies
• Using the command line interface
  • Command line overview
  • Setting up Onboard Administrator using the CLI
  • Pinout signals for Onboard Administrator Serial RS232 connector
  • Using the service port connection
  • Using configuration scripts
    • Configuration scripts
    • Reset factory defaults
• HP Integrity i2 server blade support
  • Updated support for HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2, and BL890c i2 Server Blades
  • Tree view and graphical view changes for HP Integrity i2 Server Blades
  • Port mapping changes for HP Integrity i2 Server Blades
  • Partner blade changes for HP Integrity i2 Server Blades
• Troubleshooting
  • Onboard Administrator error messages
    • Onboard Administrator errors
    • Insight Display screen shot errors
  • Onboard Administrator factory default settings
  • Onboard Administrator SNMP traps
  • Known browser issues
  • Known network issues
  • Miscellaneous known issues
• Enabling LDAP Directory Services Authentication to Microsoft Active Directory
  • Certificate Services
  • Preparing the directory
  • Uploading the DC Certificate (optional)
  • Creating directory groups
  • Testing the directory login solution
  • Troubleshooting LDAP on Onboard Administrator
• Time zone settings
  • Universal time zone settings
  • Africa time zone settings
  • Americas time zone settings
  • Asia time zone settings
  • Oceanic time zone settings
  • Europe time zone settings
  • Polar time zone settings
• Support and other resources
  • Before you contact HP
  • HP contact information
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Documentation feedback
• Index