Access ILO from hpux

[uxbeginner22]

I don't have the hydra cable,i will buy it after 1 november.

Thanks anyway for help

[Bill Hassell]

OK. It would really help to know what is the model number of this server. You mentioned the Hydra cable so I though you knew that this would be required for your computer. HP makes dozens of very different servers. Some have a simple 9pin serial port that has nothing to do with the console. If your Itanium server has a 25 pin D-shaped connector, then you will need the Hydra cable.

However, you see from CIMUtil that the address is 127.0.0.1 so does that address change after the the reset? If it does, then you can telnet or ssh (forget web page junk, use terminal access) to the console address reported by CIMUtil.

Once you can connect to the console, you can login using Admin/Admin and then use CM and LC to set a new IP and turn off DHCP.

[uxbeginner22]

Is a 25 pin :(

Forget to tell the server sorry,is old rx2620 from 2007

cimutil report 127.0.0.1 wich is localhost

If i try to connect with telnet try to connect to localhost

[uxbeginner22]

And i forgot the most important thing: the address not change after reset.

Was 127.0.0.1 first,is the 127.0.0.1 now

[Bill Hassell]

Here are a couple of references for the server:

http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=441888&docId=emr_na-c01404139&docLocale=en_US

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/archives_Canada/12141_ca_v11/12141_ca.PDF

and the iLO port:

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/hpeb/attachments/hpeb/itrc-275/7219/1/366959.pdf

So the rx2620 does use the 25pin to triple 9pin W-cable (or M-cable because it looks like either M or W or Hydra).

If you don't have the M cable, you can use a standard 9-to-25-pin serial adapter directly in the 25-pin iLO port to access the console serial port only. Just remember to also buy the 9pin null-modem adapter just in case.

Here is the HP document about using arp/ping to set the address:

http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=447331&docId=emr_na-c01639458&lang=en&cc=us

[uxbeginner22]

I have a M-cable,but is this not sure if is right cable

I think not because is vga.

[uxbeginner22]

A cable like this is good?

[Bill Hassell]

The term: M-cable refers to the shape of the cable. It may be gray or black.

It has 3 separate 9pin connectors molded into a single 25pin connector.

Your M-cable picture is not a serial cable at all.

The 25pin to 9pin cable picture is correct.

However, there are two completely incompatible versions.

One is called a straight-through and commonly called a modem cable.

The other is called a cross-over or null-modem -- but not as commonly seen as the modem version.

Almost no manufacturer identifies the cable in a useful manner.

So in a box of random cables, you might get one that will work without the null-modem adapter.

So yes, the 25pin to 9pin cable will work. Try it (assuming your laptop is set to 9600, 8N1, no handshake) and nothing shows up, then insert the null-modem adapter and you should see the login prompt. And ctrl-B will work.

[Torsten.]

This is how the system looks like:

You see a LAN port, a VGA connector and a 24pin serial connector next to each other - this is the OPTIONAl MP.

If you don't have a serial cable (connects to the 24pin serial port), you may connect a LAN cable to your PC and the MP port and run something like this:

http://tftpd32.jounin.net/tftpd32_download.html

in order to have a DHCP server on your PC.

However, a null modem cable works fine as console port, because the "M" or "W" cable is using the same lines for the console.

[uxbeginner22]

I don't understand the use of tftp.

I know what tftp is,i have used in ignite and solaris jumpstart.

But i don't understand the "role" of tftp in my problem