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

Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 8
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Access requirements ................................................................................................................................ 10
Onboard Administrator overview .............................................................................................................. 11
Interfaces ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Onboard Administrator user interfaces ............................................................................................. 13
Onboard Administrator authentication .............................................................................................. 13
Running Onboard Administrator for the first time ......................................................................................... 14
Signing in to the Onboard Administrator GUI ............................................................................................. 15
Flash disaster recovery ............................................................................................................................. 17
Running the setup wizard ......................................................................................................................... 18
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 ............................................................................................... 20
Network ports ............................................................................................................................... 21
Default FIPS MODE settings compared to STRONG ENCRYPTION ....................................................... 21
HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure hardware installation .................................................................. 24
Installing Onboard Administrator modules .................................................................................................. 24
HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator cabling ......................................................................................... 25
Enclosure KVM ........................................................................................................................... 27
Features ................................................................................................................................................. 27
First Time Setup Wizard .............................................................................................................. 31
Before you begin ..................................................................................................................................... 31
User Preferences ..................................................................................................................................... 32
Enclosure Selection screen ........................................................................................................................ 32
Configuration Management screen ............................................................................................................ 34
Rack and Enclosure Settings screen ............................................................................................................ 35
Administrator Account Setup screen ........................................................................................................... 37
Local User Accounts screen ....................................................................................................................... 37
Enclosure Bay IP addressing ..................................................................................................................... 39
Directory Groups Configuration screen ...................................................................................................... 42
Directory Settings screen .......................................................................................................................... 44
Onboard Administrator Network Settings screen ......................................................................................... 45
Enclosure SNMP Settings screen ................................................................................................................ 46
Power Management screen ...................................................................................................................... 47
Finish ..................................................................................................................................................... 50
Navigating Onboard Administrator .............................................................................................. 51
Navigation overview ............................................................................................................................... 51
Tree view ............................................................................................................................................... 51
Graphical view navigation ....................................................................................................................... 54
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