Mapping appliance interactions with iLO and iPDU

The appliance performs configurations on the iLO and Intelligent Power Distribution Unit (iPDU). The following table summarizes how the appliance interacts with these devices.

For firewall information, see Ports required for HPE OneView.

Protocol or interaction

Description

iLO

iPDU

Configure

Configure

NTP

Configures NTP

 

SNMP

Enables and configures SNMP to collect information

SNMP traps

Enables and configures SNMP traps sent to appliance

HTTPS (RIBCL/SOAP/JSON)

Collects information (the specific protocol varies, but all use TLS)

   

Remote Console

Links from the UI to the iLO Remote Console

   

SSH

Not used

   

Telnet

Not used

   

XML reply

Collects generic system information

   

SSO

Enables and configures an SSO certificate for UI access. See Mapping of SSO roles for iLO for the privileges that are granted.

 

Appliance user account

Configures and manages the system using an administrator-level user account (and randomly generated password)