HPE Bladesystem Onboard Administrator User Guide
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HPE BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide Abstract This guide provides information on the initial setup and operation of the HPE BladeSystem Onboard Administrator. It also covers use of the Onboard Administrator GUI and enclosure Insight Display. The information in this guide applies to version 4.71 (or later) of the HPE BladeSystem Onboard Administrator. Part Number: 695522-403 Published: September 2017 Edition: 29 © Copyright 2006, 2017 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP Notices The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for Hewlett Packard Enterprise products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Confidential computer software. 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Contents Overview.......................................................................................................9 Access requirements......................................................................................................................... 11 Onboard Administrator overview....................................................................................................... 12 Interfaces...........................................................................................................................................13 Onboard Administrator authentication.................................................................................... 14 Running Onboard Administrator for the first time ............................................................................. 15 Signing in to the Onboard Administrator GUI.................................................................................... 16 Flash disaster recovery..................................................................................................................... 17 Flash recovering the Active OA with one Onboard Administrator in enclosure...................... 18 Flash recovering the Active OA with two Onboard Administrators in the enclosure...............18 Running the setup wizard..................................................................................................................19 Using online help...............................................................................................................................19 Changing enclosure and device configurations.................................................................................19 Recovering the administrator password............................................................................................ 19 Security considerations..................................................................................................................... 20 BladeSystem network architecture overview..........................................................................20 Recommended security best practices...................................................................................21 Network ports..........................................................................................................................22 Cryptographic security capabilities and defaults.....................................................................22 HPE BladeSystem c3000/c7000 Enclosure hardware installation........ 30 Installing Onboard Administrator modules ........................................................................................30 Onboard Administrator cabling..........................................................................................................30 HPE BladeSystem Insight Display........................................................... 32 HPE BladeSystem c7000 2-inch Insight Display components.......................................................... 32 HPE BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 3-inch Insight Display components.........................................33 Insight Display overview ...................................................................................................................33 Accessing the HPE BladeSystem c3000 Insight Display.................................................................. 34 Running the Insight Display installation ............................................................................................35 Navigating the Insight Display .......................................................................................................... 40 Health Summary screen......................................................................................................... 41 Enclosure Settings screen......................................................................................................42 Enclosure Info screen.............................................................................................................43 Blade and Port Info screen..................................................................................................... 43 Turn Enclosure UID On/Off screen.........................................................................................45 View User Note screen........................................................................................................... 46 Chat Mode screen.................................................................................................................. 46 USB Menu screen...................................................................................................................47 KVM Menu screen.................................................................................................................. 49 Insight Display errors ........................................................................................................................49 Power errors........................................................................................................................... 50 Cooling errors......................................................................................................................... 50 Location errors........................................................................................................................50 Configuration errors................................................................................................................50 Device failure errors................................................................................................................50 Contents 3 Enclosure KVM.......................................................................................... 52 Methods for using the Enclosure KVM feature..................................................................................52 Accessing the KVM menu................................................................................................................. 52 Returning to the KVM menu from another interface..........................................................................52 Returning to Insight Display from the KVM menu..............................................................................53 Navigating the KVM menu.................................................................................................................53 First Time Setup Wizard............................................................................57 Prerequisites to running the First Time Setup Wizard....................................................................... 57 Signing in to Onboard Administrator ......................................................................................57 Causes for possible issues when signing in to Onboard Administrator .................................58 User Preferences...............................................................................................................................58 FIPS...................................................................................................................................................59 Clearing VC mode.................................................................................................................. 59 Advanced security settings.....................................................................................................60 FIPS mode..............................................................................................................................60