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Configuring and Deploying Server Blades
• Remotely boot a host server blade to a virtual diskette image to perform a ROM
upgrade or to install an operating system.
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Send alerts from iLO regardless of the state of the host server blade.
Access advanced troubleshooting features provided by iLO.
Launch a Web browser, use Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
alerting, and diagnose the server blade using Insight Manager 7.
The server blade must be properly cabled for iLO connectivity. Connect to the server
blade with one of the following methods:
Through an existing network (in the rack)
This method requires you to install the server blade in its enclosure and assign it
an IP address (manually or using DHCP).
Through the server blade diagnostic port
— In the rack
This method requires you to connect the diagnostic cable to the diagnostic
port and a client PC. Using the static IP address listed on the diagnostic cable
label and the initial access information on the front of the server blade, you
can access the server blade with the iLO Remote Console. For diagnostic
cabling instructions, refer to “Using the Diagnostic Cable” in Chapter 1,
“Installing the Server Blade and Options.”
— Out of the rack, with the diagnostic station
This method requires you to power the server blade with the optional
diagnostic station and connect to an external computer using the static IP
address and the diagnostic cable. For cabling instructions, refer to the
documentation that ships with the diagnostic station or to the Documentation
CD.
Through the server blade rear panel connectors (out of the rack, with the
diagnostic station)
This method enables you to configure a server blade out of the rack by powering
the blade with the diagnostic station and connecting to an existing network
through a hub. The IP address is assigned by a DHCP server on the network.
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