ILO2 on ProLiant DL380 G5

[Roman Widmann]

Hello,

I activated the ILO interfaces on some (5) of our "ProLiant DL380 G5" servers.
These use ILO V2.

Generally all ILOs work, but i am experiencing the following strange problem:

The ILO interfaces are not reachable constantly across all 5 servers.
It seems like only one of them is active at once.
The "in-/activity" seems to "rotate" from interface to interface.

With "in-/activity" i mean the interfaces are not even pingable when inactive.

Perhaps some of you already experienced similar problem, and may give an advise.

Thanks in advance,
Roman

[Erdogan Temur]

Hi,

last firmware and driver update.

Online ROM Flash Component for Windows - HP Integrated Lights-Out 2

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=1121516&prodNameId=3288134&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-cbdaf397dd70443b8d66834984

regards.
Erdogan.

[juan quesada]

install ILO online configuration utility, export your configuration and paste it here.

ILO firmware will be a good idea, configuration will help alot also.

btw... ILO + NAT ....really sucks

[Roman Widmann]

Thanks for the responses,

I am currently in "upgrading" to Firmware 1.82, as suggested by Erdogan.

@juan:
Yes, i am accessing the ILOs web-ineterface through a "nated" firewall.
But my ping tests where done from server in same LAN segment.
Anyway will post configuration soon.


Thanks again,
Roman

[Erdogan Temur]

Hi Roman,

Open ports in the firewall for ILO and try connection.

Web Server Non-SSL (HTTP) port / 80
Web Server SSL (HTTPS) port / 443
Virtual Media port / 17988
Remote Console / telnet port 23
Terminal Services port / 3389
Secure Shell (SSH) port / 22

That will also fix the problem :) Remember to assign points to answers that helped in your problem. So the forum stays alive...

Regards.
Erdogan

[Roman Widmann]

Hi again,

I upgraded all ILO firmware on all servers to latest version (1.82).
Unfortunatly, nothing changed.

I do not believe this is a "firewall" issue.
Because, as i already posted:
Even when i try to connect from a host in the same LAN segment (no fw involved), only one of the 5 ILOs will be "active" (pingable).

Couldnt this be some "licencing" restriction ?
Or perhaps i need to install some drivers, software in the running OS on the server ?

Regards,
Roman

[juan quesada]

things to keep in mind!

1) IE8 is not compatible with ILO2 (it works but not it gives you intermitent problems)

2) ILO is hardware based, if you have a lost of Ping is not because of software (drivers)

3)as long as the server has power (server can be off but with power) ILO will work ...is independent from other subsystems.

4)theres a configuration setting in which you can select ILO to be shared with an ethernet port (nc373i in your cause) make sure this is not selected

5) as mentioned before, install ILO online configuration utility and export the configuration....so we can check!

regards,


JQ