User manual HP L SERVER

[. . . ] Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. pcAnywhere is a trademark of Symantec Corporation. SCO is a registered trademark of the Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. [. . . ] You will need to obtain software that can access this capability, such as Intel's LANDesk Client Manager (Rev 3. 1x or later) or AMD's Magic Packet technology. l l NOTE 1 Chapter 1 Alert On LAN2 Features and Requirements How Does AOL2 Work? AOL2 works by sending a special network packet from a Windows client to your AOL2-enabled servers to perform power functions remotely. To enable your server (this feature is disabled by default) to perform power functions over the network, you must first enable power on/off and Wake On LAN options of your the server's LAN A port (LAN B doesn't support AOL2). This is done through the server's BIOS setup program. Once the LAN A port is enabled, you should connect it to the network, preferably to a private network dedicated to management and only accessible by administrators. Then you install NetServer Agents software which includes the services your server will need to recognize AOL2 packets. Finally, you install the client software at a secure management console (a network-connected PC running Windows). From the management console, you use a Windows program or DOS command to send AOL2 packets to the specified servers. These packets initiate the specified power functions on the selected LP1000r or LP2000r NetServers. 2 Chapter 1 Alert On LAN2 Features and Requirements A Word About Security Once the server has been setup and enabled to receive these packets, you should ensure that no one other than specified administrators can access the software used to shut down or power cycle your servers. Do this by installing the AOL2 client software only on designated, secure, password-protected, management consoles. For the most protection, HP recommends that you only connect the LAN A port of your HP NetServers to an isolated LAN dedicated to management tasks and only available to authorized administrators. Requirements l The HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM version L. 19. 00, M. 01. 00 or above (comes with the server) Must be an HP NetServer LP1000r or LP2000r The server must be running Windows Server; either NT 4. 0 or 2000 The server's LAN A port must have a network connection and be configured to enable power and WOL functions (HP recommends that the network that you connect LAN A port to should be only accessible by administrators) Must be running either Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT 4. 0 At the NetServer: l l l A the management console: l 3 2 Installing and Using AOL2 The follow sections describe how to install, use, and disable the AOL2 feature. Setting Up AOL2 at the Server 1. Boot the NetServer and run the server's BIOS setup program (press F2 when prompted during the boot process). At the main menu, go under Configuration and get to the embedded LAN A port menu. Enable the LAN power on/off and Wake On LAN (WOL) functions. After the Network Operating System is installed, run the NetServer Agents installation program (this may be done from a client). The setup program is located on the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM under Manage\Server\language\NOS\setup. exe where language indicates the language (FR=French, GE=German, IT=Italian, SP=Spanish, US=English) and NOS indicates the abbreviation for the version of Windows. Once the NetServer Agents are installed, it is a good idea to go to each server that you will be using AOL2 on and confirm that the two services HPSDNSVC (the shutdown service) and HPAOLSVC (the AOL2 service) are set to "automatic" and have been started (the AOL2 setup program should do this by default). You can do this under Control Panel | Services. The services should be set this way to ensure that they start automatically whenever the server is restarted. NOTE If the IP address of your server ever changes, you will need to either reboot the server or stop and restart the AOL2 service. Not doing so will prevent you from using AOL2 features on your server. 5 Chapter 2 Installing and Using AOL2 Setting Up AOL2 at the Management Console 1. [. . . ] Refer to the Server Management Reference Guide included with your server to find out more about HP TopTools. Using AOL2 from DOS You can issue AOL2 commands from the DOS command prompt (under Programs | Command Prompt). This feature allows you to include commands in batch files to send power commands to multiple NetServers. The syntax for a DOS command is: 7 Chapter 2 Installing and Using AOL2 aol2 poweroption hostname where poweroption indicates which power option you wish to use and hostname is the hostname or IP address of your NetServer. To get a list of parameters, enter the command aol2 without any parameters. [. . . ]