Remote Server Console Access (iLO)

Connecting to iLO processor commandline

Bounce off of foxhole to get to 1U iLO processors. For a server at 128.42.247.XX, the iLO processor is at 192.168.2.XX. For a blade server at 128.42.202.XX, the iLO processor is at 10.180.42.XX To get the console session terminal-emulation to work, you need honest-to-goodness xterm, and 25 lines. Cut-n-paste any of the below to get to a given server. The latest wrinkle is that the ssh implementation can't handle certain environment variables, in particular LANG, so you need to unset LANG before using the below xterm/ssh commands.

If for some reason you can't log into foxhole (NFS homedir, LDAP broken, etc.), there is a local admin account, with the usual password. Remember, the iLO root password is not the same as the linux root.

1U servers:

        xterm -fn 10x20 -geometry 80x25 -T "cnx iLO" -e ssh -tax admin@foxhole.cnx.rice.edu ssh -tax root@192.168.2.49
        xterm -fn 10x20 -geometry 80x25 -T "barracks iLO" -e ssh -tax admin@foxhole.cnx.rice.edu ssh -tax root@192.168.2.50
        xterm -fn 10x20 -geometry 80x25 -T "depot iLO" -e ssh -tax admin@foxhole.cnx.rice.edu ssh -tax root@192.168.2.52

blades:

Blades have been moved to the Rice admin network, 10.9.93.0/24, which is accessible directly from any computer on the Rice campus, so don't need the foxhole bounce. If you're off-campus, you can use the same trick, but with any machine on campus.

        xterm -fn 10x20 -geometry 80x25 -T "bokken iLO" -e ssh -tax root@10.9.93.4
        xterm -fn 10x20 -geometry 80x25 -T "katana iLO" -e ssh -tax root@10.9.93.5
        xterm -fn 10x20 -geometry 80x25 -T "tanto iLO" -e ssh -tax  root@10.9.93.6
        xterm -fn 10x20 -geometry 80x25 -T "wakazashi iLO" -e ssh -tax root@10.9.93.7
        xterm -fn 10x20 -geometry 80x25 -T "naginata iLO" -e ssh -tax root@10.9.93.8
        xterm -fn 10x20 -geometry 80x25 -T "tachi iLO" -e ssh -tax root@10.9.93.9
        xterm -fn 10x20 -geometry 80x25 -T "citadel iLO" -e ssh -tax root@10.9.93.12

CLI cheatsheet:

hit home or end right away: This will reconfigure CLI so backspace works correctly.

help [command]

get help, list ofcommand or specifc command

show

think ls

cd

change current target for other commands, such as show

remcons

REMote CONSole remember- ESC ( gets you back: if it sticks, try holding down shift, and hit ESC then ( fairly slowly.

power [|on|off]

check power status or turn server on or off

quit

exit

Graphical access:

For blades, connect directly to the iLO address via https, for example:

       https://10.9.93.4/

For 1U servers, you'll need to redirect two local ports through ssh to foxhole, and connect via https:

      ssh -L 4430:192.168.2.56:443 -L 2300:192.168.2.56:2300 admin@foxhole.cnx.rice.edu
      https://localhost:4430

Accept the certificates in the browser - there will be a lot of certificate pop-ups, from both the browser and the java applet