HP c7000 Enclosure configuration – Insight Display

First step to configure enclosure is IP address configuration using Insight Display.

Navigate to Enclosure Settings

Navigate to Active OA and click OK.

Navigate to Active IPv4 and click OK.

Choose proper value – static IP configuration or DHCP and click OK.

Interface will direct you to Accept button. Click OK.

Now you can enter your IP address. It takes a while and after setting IP address go to Accept.
Do the same with second Onboard Administrator module and now we can switch to web based
configuration.

HP c7000 Enclosure configuration – First Time Setup Wizard

After you successfully login to enclosure you will be welcome by First Time Setup Wizard. We will go
through it since it configure majority of settings.
Check Do not automatically show this wizard again if you don’t want to be bothered again by
this wizard. Click Next.
On the next screen you can choose to enable FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) which is in
simple words set of standard cryptographic modules. Select it according to your needs.
Select your enclosure and click Next.

If you have previously saved configuration file you can use it to set up enclosure.
Configure Rack Name, Enclosure Name and Date and Time. I suggest to use NTP server to have
always up to date time and date settings.
You can change password for Administrator and enable PIN protection before using the
enclosure’s Insight Display. Click Next.

In next section we can create additional Local User Accounts. Let us create one just to show you how do
we do it. Click New.
Provide User Name, password and Privilege Level. On the right part of the screen choose where user
should have access. At the end click Add User.

On the next screen we will configure EBIPA – Enclosure Bay IP Addressing. EBIPA is internal DHCP scope
for Blades iLO and devices in enclosure bays (HP Virtual Connect or HP Access Gateway). Click Next.
We need to fill in First EBIPA Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Domain and DNS Servers. Next step is to
click button Autofill which will fill in whole range.
We do the same for Interconnect Bays and click Next.

You can configure IPv6 in the same way. I skipped this and I moved ahead to next step.
Next step is to configure Directory Groups.
Click New and add Group Name, set privilege level and gave group necessary permissions. After that
click Add Group.

Click Next and we will setup Directory Settings.

Select Enable LDAP Authentication and Use NT Account Name Mapping
(DOMAIN\username).
Provide following settings:
Directory Server Address.
Directory Server SSL Port.
Search Context.

Click Next and we will go ahead to Network Settings.

Provide settings for both Onboard Administrator modules.
DNS Host Name
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Gateway
DNS Server 1
DNS Server 2

Click Next ( I skipped IPv6 configuration) and we will go ahead with next wizard setting.
Almost at the end you can configure SNMP Settings. In my wizard I skipped it.
Last step is to set Power Management settings.
Power Mode – select AC Redundant, Power Supply Redundant or Not Redundant.
AC Redundant – In this configuration N power supplies are used to provide power and N are used to
provide redundancy.
Power Supply Redundant: Up to 6 power supplies can be installed with one power supply always reserved
to provide redundancy.
Not Redundant: No power redundancy rules are enforced and power redundancy warnings will not be
given.

Dynamic Power – This mode is off by default since the high-efficiency power supplies save power in the
majority of situations. When enabled, Dynamic Power attempts to save power by running the required
power supplies at a higher rate of utilization and putting unneeded power supplies in standby mode.

Power Limit – Power Limit AC Input Watts over this set limit.
Click Next and you will finish First Time Setup Wizard.

HP c7000 Enclosure configuration – Additional Settings

HP c7000 Enclosure additional settings – Directory Settings
In order to use Active Directory authentication we need to import domain controller certificate into
enclosure.
Go to Users/Authentication expand Local Users and click to Directory Settings.
Click on Certificate Upload, paste your certificate and click Upload.

Last step is to test settings. Navigate to Test Settings tab. In order to do it give username and password
and click test settings.
After you click Test Settings you have to wait a while for test result.

If everything is set up correctly you should see success. In my case I don’t have Passed in all cases because
I can’t ping domain controller, but authentication works.

HP c7000 Enclosure additional settings – Enclosure IP Mode

Similar to Virtual Connect Module, Onboard Administrator support “virtual IP mode”. In simple words it
means that by accessing OA you will be always redirected to active OA in enclosure. In order to enable it
go to Enclosure Settings clickEnclosure TCP/IP Settings and you will find setting in IPv4
Settings tab. Select Enclosure IP Mode and click Apply.
HP c7000 Enclosure additional settings – Onboard Administrator
Active/Standby Transition
Another quite useful feature in Onboard Administrator is possibility to switch between Active and Standby
OA. In order to switch you simply need to click Transition Active to Standby in Enclosure
Settings, Active to Standby.
HP c7000 Enclosure additional settings – Link Loss Failover
Link Loss Failover allows monitoring of network link status of the Active Module. If we enable this function in
case Active OA loose network automatic failover to Standby OA will happen. To enable it navigate
to Enclosure Settings and click Link Loss Failover. Select Enable Link Loss Failover, provide
Failover Interval in seconds and lick Apply.