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

server iLO, interconnect
management processors such
as Virtual Connect which use
the Onboard
Administrator/iLO
management port
Information and health status
reporting for all blades,
interconnects, fans, power
supplies, Onboard
Administrators, and enclosure
through Onboard
Administrator's GUI or CLI,
alert mail, or SNMP
such as Virtual Connect
Manager to other VC modules
in the enclosure.
Yes. Complete control. No information is available
from the Onboard
Administrator nor is any
out-of-band information
available from VCM or iLO on
any server.
Administrator.
Yes. Complete control,
including sustaining a failure
of either Onboard
Administrator.
Insight Display Yes. Complete control. No. Yes. Complete control,
including sustaining a failure
of either Onboard
Administrator.
Enclosure DVD (requires
either c3000 DVD option,
external USB DVD drive, or
USB key)
Enclosure KVM (requires
c3000 KVM option or
Onboard Administrator
module with VGA connector)
Yes. Complete control. No. Yes. Complete control,
including sustaining a failure
of either Onboard
Administrator.
Yes. Complete control. No. Yes. Complete control. For the
HP c3000 Enclosure, requires
both c3000 KVM option and
redundant Onboard
Administrator option. For the
HP c7000 Enclosure, requires
two of the newer Onboard
Administrator modules with
VGA connector.
Stored Onboard Administrator settings and module replacement
Enclosure model Single Onboard
Administrator in enclosure
c3000
c7000
All enclosure settings are lost
when a single module is
removed and must be restored
manually using Insight Display
and USB key, GUI, or CLI.
All enclosure settings are lost
when a single module is
removed and must be restored
manually using Insight Display
and USB key, GUI, or CLI.
Redundant Onboard
Administrator (same
replacement type
installed) 1
All enclosure settings are
retained on the remaining
module and those settings are
synchronized to the replaced
module if the firmware
versions match. 2
All enclosure settings are
retained on the remaining
module and those settings are
synchronized to the replaced
module if the firmware
versions match. 2
Redundant Onboard
Administrator (different
replacement type
installed) 1
When changing from the
non-redundant c3000
Onboard Administrator to
redundant Onboard
Administrator with DDR2, the
enclosure settings must be
restored manually using
Insight Display and USB key,
GUI, or CLI.
All enclosure settings are
retained on the remaining
module and those settings are
synchronized to the replaced
module if the firmware
versions match. 2
1 Removing a redundant Onboard Administrator module immediately results in the remaining module becoming the
Active Onboard Administrator.
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