iLO key features

  • Server health monitoring—iLO monitors temperatures in the server and sends corrective signals to the fans to maintain proper server cooling. iLO also monitors installed firmware and software versions and the status of fans, memory, the network, processors, power supplies, storage, and devices installed on the system board.

  • Agentless Management—With Agentless Management, the management software (SNMP) operates within the iLO firmware instead of the host OS. This configuration frees memory and processor resources on the host OS for use by server applications. iLO monitors all key internal subsystems, and can send SNMP alerts directly to a central management server, even with no host OS installed.

  • Integrated Management Log—View server events and configure notifications through SNMP alerts, remote syslogs, and email alerts.

  • Learn more links—Troubleshooting information for supported events is available on the Integrated Management Log page.

  • Active Health System Log—Download the Active Health System log. You can send the log file to Hewlett Packard Enterprise when you have an open support case or upload the log to the Active Health System Viewer.

  • iLO Federation management—Use the iLO Federation features to discover and manage multiple servers at a time.

  • Integrated Remote Console—If you have a network connection to the server, you can access a secure high-performance console to manage the server from any location.

  • Virtual Media—Remotely mount high-performance Virtual Media devices to the server.

  • Power management—Securely and remotely control the power state of the managed server.

  • Deployment and provisioning—Use Virtual Power and Virtual Media for tasks such as the automation of deployment and provisioning.

  • Power consumption and power settings—Monitor the server power consumption, configure server power settings, and configure power capping on supported servers.

  • Embedded remote support—Register a supported server for HPE remote support.

  • User access—Use local or directory-based user accounts to log in to iLO. You can use CAC smart card authentication with local or directory-based accounts.

  • Two-factor authentication—Two-factor authentication is supported with Kerberos and CAC smart card authentication.

  • Secure Recovery—Validates the iLO firmware when power is applied. If the firmware is invalid, the iLO firmware is flashed automatically (iLO Standard license).

    Validates the system ROM during server startup. If valid system ROM is not detected, the server is prevented from booting. Recovery options include swapping the active and redundant ROM and initiating a firmware verification scan and recovery action. The iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition license is required for scheduled firmware verification scans and automated recovery.

  • Firmware verification and recovery—Run scheduled or on-demand firmware verification scans and configure recovery actions to implement when an issue is detected.

  • iLO security states—Configure a security state that fits your environment. iLO supports the Production security state (default) and high security states such as HighSecurity, FIPS, and CNSA.

  • iLO interface controls—For enhanced security, you can enable or disable selected iLO interfaces and features.

  • Firmware management—Save components to the iLO Repository and use SUM to configure install sets and manage the installation queue.

  • iLO Service Port—Use a supported USB Ethernet adapter to connect a client to the iLO Service Port to access the server directly. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends the HPE USB to Ethernet Adapter (part number Q7Y55A). You can also connect a USB key to download the Active Health System Log.

  • IPMI—The iLO firmware provides server management based on the IPMI version 2.0 specification.

  • iLO RESTful API and RESTful Interface Tool (iLOrest)—iLO 5 includes the iLO RESTful API, which is Redfish API conformant.

  • iLO Backup & Restore—Back up the iLO configuration and then restore it on a system with the same hardware configuration.

  • Intelligent System Tuning—Intelligent System Tuning for Gen10 servers consists of several features to increase server performance. Jitter smoothing levels and balances frequency fluctuation in the processor. Workload matching enables the use of preconfigured workload profiles to fine-tune server resources. Core boosting works with selected Intel processors to enable higher performance across more processor cores. For more information, see the HPE Gen10 Servers Intelligent System Tuning white paper.