Love to hate iLO ...

[Edwin Groothuis]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 09:08:10PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> The reason I originally went with HP was *because* of iLO ... the ability to 
> connect to the console to do work on the server *without* havign to get ahold 
> of a tech was a huge selling point ...
> 
> ... but, is it just me, or is iLO the most unreliable piece of software?
> 
> I can ping the ilo port, but when I try to ssh in:
> 
> ssh: connect to host hostname.hub.org port 22: Operation timed out
> 
> when I try and access through the web, I get told 'Connection refused' ...
> 
> If I get a tech to pull the plug out of the wall and replug it in after a few 
> seconds, everything works again for awhile, and then dies off ... but, of 
> course, that doesn't help me when I'm actually *having* a problem ...

Upgrade, upgrade, upgrade... (the firmware that is)

Is this the normal ILO or ILO2?

Is the IP address of the ILO server a public address or a private
address? If a public, please firewall it away from the public
internet because that was you described happens when you fail your
authentication one too many times. On the normal ILO that is.

Edwin

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