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HP PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator, Full Command Line Interface CLI and Web interface

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HP PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator The HP PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator is a centralized management and monitoring system for the HP PC Blade Enclosure and blade PCs. The Integrated Administrator acts as a combination terminal server and remote power controller, enabling out-of-band, secure, serial console connections to all blade PCs in the enclosure, and offers all of the following: ● Full Command Line Interface (CLI) and Web interface ◦ Blade PC privileges can be set on a user basis ◦ Virtual power button to power blade PC on or off ◦ More than 100 scriptable commands to enable automated deployment and management ● Remote administration ◦ Enables access to blade PC's serial console ◦ Enables full control over blade PC's Power-On Self Test (POST) and boot process, including the Computer Setup (F10) Utility ● Hardware health monitoring The Integrated Administrator monitors and controls the enclosure fans, temperature sensors, power supplies, and blade PC status. ● Offline console buffering (when not connected) and event logging ◦ Operating system console logging ◦ Blade PC and enclosure hardware events ● Security features ◦ Secure Shell access ◦ User administration for up to 25 users ◦ Event generation for invalid login attempts ◦ Logging of user actions in event log ◦ Selective enabling of all protocols, such as Telnet ◦ Out-of-band management using Integrated Administrator's RS-232 console ◦ Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (Web interface) ◦ Customer installable SSL certificates 44 Chapter 5 Deployment and Management ENWW

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HP PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator
The HP PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator is a centralized management and monitoring
system for the HP PC Blade Enclosure and blade PCs. The Integrated Administrator acts as a
combination terminal server and remote power controller, enabling out-of-band, secure, serial console
connections to all blade PCs in the enclosure, and offers all of the following:
Full Command Line Interface (CLI) and Web interface
Blade PC privileges can be set on a user basis
Virtual power button to power blade PC on or off
More than 100 scriptable commands to enable automated deployment and management
Remote administration
Enables access to blade PC’s serial console
Enables full control over blade PC’s Power-On Self Test (POST) and boot process, including
the Computer Setup (F10) Utility
Hardware health monitoring
The Integrated Administrator monitors and controls the enclosure fans, temperature sensors,
power supplies, and blade PC status.
Offline console buffering (when not connected) and event logging
Operating system console logging
Blade PC and enclosure hardware events
Security features
Secure Shell access
User administration for up to 25 users
Event generation for invalid login attempts
Logging of user actions in event log
Selective enabling of all protocols, such as Telnet
Out-of-band management using Integrated Administrator's RS-232 console
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (Web interface)
Customer installable SSL certificates
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Chapter 5
Deployment and Management
ENWW