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

• Auto-Negotiate—Automatically configures the best link. This is the default setting. This option supports
a NIC speed of 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s, or 1000Mbps. The 1000Mb/s setting is only available when
Auto-Negotiate is selected.
• Forced Full Duplex—Enables you to manually specify which settings the external NIC uses when trying
to establish a link. Onboard Administrator does not verify that the forced Ethernet settings are valid on
the network. The loss of communications might occur if the wrong or incompatible settings are used.
Forced settings take effect 3 seconds after enabling or disabling the settings. The forced option only
supports NIC speeds of 10Mbps or 100Mb/s.
• NIC Speed—Selects a NIC speed of 10Mb/s or 100Mb/s
To save the new settings, click Apply.
Network access
Using these settings, an administrator can configure settings relating to network access to the Onboard
Administrator. These settings are specific to the enclosure and do not affect the network configurations for
server blades.
Protocol restrictions
The Protocol Restrictions subcategory is used to restrict access to the Onboard Administrator. You can select
up to four protocol settings to allow or restrict access to the Onboard Administrator.
• Enable Web Access (HTTP/HTTPS)—This checkbox is selected by default. Clearing this checkbox
disables HTTP/HTTPS access to the Onboard Administrator. Port 80 is used for HTTP, and port 443 is
used for HTTPS.
CAUTION: Disabling Web Access (HTTP/HTTPS) disconnects all users attached to the Onboard
Administrator through HTTP/HTTPS, including the administrator.
• Enable Secure Shell—This checkbox is selected by default. Clearing this checkbox disables Secure Shell
connections to the Onboard Administrator. SSH is disabled when Two-Factor Authentication is enabled.
Disabling Two-Factor Authentication does not automatically re-enable SSH. To re-enable SSH, you must
select the checkbox, and then click Apply. Port 22 is used for SSH.
• Enable Telnet—This checkbox is not selected by default. Selecting this checkbox enables Telnet
connections to the Onboard Administrator. Telnet is disabled when Two-Factor Authentication is
enabled. Disabling Two-Factor Authentication does not automatically re-enable Telnet. To re-enable
Telnet, you must select the checkbox, and then click Apply. Port 23 is used for Telnet.
NOTE: When the Onboard Administrator is operating in FIPS mode ON/DEBUG, the Telnet
protocol cannot be used.
NOTE: Telnet is disabled after a factory reset or when Two-Factor Authentication is enabled.
• Enable XML Reply—This checkbox is selected by default. This checkbox enables XML data to be shared
between the Onboard Administrator and other HP management tools such as HP Systems Insight
Manager. To display the information that is shared by the Onboard Administrator if this protocol is
enabled, click View.
• Enforce Strong Encryption—This checkbox is not selected by default. Selecting this checkbox enforces
use of only FIPS140-2 approved algorithms including AES, 3DES, and SHA for SSH sessions.
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