
With an HPE iLO Advanced license, you can enable the full implementation of iLO Federation management for features such as Group Firmware Updates, Group Virtual Media, Group Power Control, Group Power Capping and Group License Activation. iLO Federation offers built-in rapid discovery of all iLOs, group configurations, group health status, and ability to determine which servers have iLO licenses. With the latest HPE ProLiant Servers you gain unprecedented speed, scale and simplicity with iLO Federation technology.

System board, or available as a PCI card.Need remote server management? HPE iLO Advanced or HPE iLO Advanced for BladeSystem license provides premium remote functionality for your enterprise datacenter. ILO provides some other utilities like virtual media (CD, floppy), SSH remote network access to iLO card supporting public key authentication, 1024 bit DSA key at least since iLO 3.Full command-line interface support through RS-232 port (shared with system), though the inability to enter function keys prevents certain operations.Can be manipulated remotely through XML-based Remote Insight Board Command Language (RIBCL).Access the server’s Integrated Management Log (IML).Mount remote physical CD/DVD drive or image.


Reset the server (in case the server doesn’t respond anymore via the network card).

The iLO card has a separate network connection (and its own IP address) to which one can connect via HTTPS. ILO makes it possible to perform activities on an HP server from a remote location. The physical connection is an Ethernet port that can be found on most Proliant servers and microservers of the 300 and above series. Integrated Lights-Out, or iLO, is a proprietary embedded server management technology by Hewlett-Packard which provides out-of-band management facilities.
