Here’s another script to update iLO firmware. Thanks to Zach for this one also. This script will update iLO firmware on blades 2 – 7, pulling the firmware image from a ftp server. HPONCFG 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 << end_marker <RIBCL VERSION=”2.0″> <LOGIN USER_LOGIN=”adminname” PASSWORD=”password”> <RIB_INFO MODE=”write”>...
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HP C7000 iLO user add
Recently, we went through and configured DPM in our environment. If you’re trying to do the same, you’ll note it’s a bit cumbersome to try to create a user account on each individual iLO system, which is a pre-requisite for DPM. Here’s a quick script you can run on the OA, after you’ve connected...
DPM and VUM
Another little tidbit of DPM goodness. In case you were not aware, as I was not, with DPM enabled, scanning host through VUM (VMware Update Manager) brings the entire cluster out of standby mode. I found this a bit surprising, but overall, it does make sense. The steps I’ve seen occurring are: Select host...
DPM thoughts
After a couple of weeks of running DPM to cut down on our power consumption, I’ve come out with a few thoughts. Naturally, I’m sharing. First, it is very cool to see this in action. Took a bit of time to validate each server could go down and come back up, but it is...
DPM, short and sweet
After all of the extremely hot days last year, it was decided that we could use a little offloading of our power usage this summer. In that vein, it was time to play with Distributed Power Management (DPM) for our environment. This is definitely a bit of a depart from the norm, where in...
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