HPE iLO Advanced

ILO is an acronym for Integrated Lights-Out. This technology includes a physical hardware processor in the form of Arm Based or ASIC processor. This processor is used to connect and manage servers remotely and a powerful management software that is located on the HP server. This software provides features such as configuring, monitoring and updating HPE servers easily from any place and time. This technology can be used on a series of HP ProLiant servers and blade servers and is used to enable control and monitoring the performance of HP servers.

Network administrators and server administrators can use the iLO admin card, which is embedded in the server and has its own IP address, through the Domain Name System (DNS) or the Hosting Configuration Protocol (DHCP), or through a dedicated management network. In general, it can be said that iLO technology and licenses are provided to network administrators as a web-based interface. The iLO port is an Ethernet port that can be activated through the ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU). Note that to activate various functions on the HPE products, specific HPE License types would be required.

iLO Technology Features

iLO technology is used in ProLiant servers. To access the software, a username and password are defined by default for iLO.

Features that are available to users remotely using the iLO management tool are:

Browser-based configuration
Remote scripted configuration
Ability to control energy consumption
Ability to turn on or off or restart the server
Access system logs and manage a list of HP logs
Configure, configure, set up and update various services remotely
Ability to monitor server performance regardless of operating system status
Install operating systems, patches and firmware in case of problems through Virtual Media and Virtual Folders

In HPE’s 100 series iLO servers, the ability to manage and control facilities was very limited. HP iLO technology has been replaced with an advanced version of iLO5.

iLO (iLO License) is the core foundation of HPE Server Intelligence and is a combination of iLO ASIC and Firmware that provides ASIC power. iLO is a dedicated network connection and IP address that allows the admin processor to register its device name using DNS and Windows or WINS Internet naming service. This technology also supports static IP configuration. The HPE iLO for the ProLiant series of servers supports two ways to connect to a network and access all functions via a dedicated connection or a shared network port.