HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide - HP Business ...

administrator. If any sessions have been inactive for the specified amount of time, they are removed from the
system.
Session Timeout—The number of minutes before an inactive session becomes invalid. Session Timeout can be
any value between 10 and 1440 (24 hours). To disable Session Timeout, set it to 0. The default value for
Session Timeout is 1440. After entering a Session Timeout value, click Apply.
Insight Display
All Onboard Administrator GUI users can access the Insight Display screens by selecting Insight Display from
the Tree View or Rack Overview.
The Security tab can lock the Insight Display buttons, set a PIN code, and enable PIN protection.
NOTE: When Onboard Administrator is operating in FIPS mode ON/DEBUG, the PIN
protection cannot be disabled.
The User Note tab enables note text to be edited.
The Background tab enables a 320x240 px Windows bitmap to be uploaded as the user note background
image.
The Chat Mode tab enables an administrator to initiate a chat with a user at the enclosure using the Insight
Display.
Virtual Connect Manager
The Virtual Connect Manager link in the tree menu launches the Virtual Connect Manager in a new window.
For more information on using the Virtual Connect Manager, see the HP Virtual Connect Manager User
Guide.
iLO Integration
HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator integrates with each server blade's iLO and enables for
pass-through authentication from Onboard Administrator. Like the CLI, HP BladeSystem Onboard
Administrator only supports a maximum of 4 users connected to the iLO at one time using pass-through
authentication. To connect to the server blade iLO port, click the iLO link. If the user account is set up on the
iLO and matches the user account on the Onboard Administrator, then the user will have access to the iLO
GUI which will be displayed in the same screen.
Management network IP dependencies
Onboard Administrators management port allows external clients to connect through Onboard Administrator
to iLOs and interconnect management processors that are configured to use Onboard Administrators internal
management network
Onboard Administrator firmware bridges the client traffic to the enclosure from the management port to the
internal enclosure management network if the destination IP address is not Onboard Administrator. Onboard
Administrator creates a route table entry for each server iLO IP address in an enclosure. This allows Onboard
Administrator to conduct IP communications with that iLO. These iLO route table entries enable you to
configure each iLO network in a different subnet than Onboard Administrator. Each iLO is configured with
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