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HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Advanced

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HP iLO Advanced delivers powerful server management that’s always available, even if you aren’t physically at the server. Just enter your Advanced license key and gain precise remote control of your ProLiant server from anywhere in the world. And it’s about more than just remote control… HP iLO Advanced also enables simplified server setup, power and thermal optimization, plus embedded health monitoring.

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With the latest release of HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO 3) you can now work even faster. Experience turbo-charged performance, a streamlined user interface, and enhanced standards support with iLO 3.

Here is what’s new with iLO 3:

  • 800% faster remote console: best-in-class remote management performance
  • 360% faster Virtual Media: higher performance remote deployment and updates
  • Improved Windows Integrated Remote Console: .NET framework, so you can scale your remote console to fit your screen and even stretch across multiple monitors
  • Linux Integrated Remote Console: Linux IRC incorporates remote console, virtual media, and virtual power, so you can handle these tasks with one applet
  • AES Encryption in hardware: industrial-strength security with no performance penalty
  • Enhanced IPMI LAN Support: simple server control in scale-out environments
  • iLO Advanced is already included with the purchase of HP Insight Control for Complete lifecycle management for your ProLiant server and can also be purchased stand alone.
HP iLO Advanced allows you to fully diagnose server problems without ever leaving your desk. With a full graphical view of your server, automatic video recording, and team collaboration capabilities, iLO Advanced eliminates unnecessary travel expenses and accelerates recovery from unplanned server outages. Do any of these comments sound familiar?


"I need to see what's going on at the remote server, no matter what state the server's operating system is in."

HP iLO Advanced lets you see exactly what's happening with a monitor view of your remote server from wherever you are, whether the operating system is up or down.

"I have multiple server experts in various locations worldwide, and none of them are in the same location as a server that needs their attention."

HP iLO Advanced allows up to four server experts (or up to 6 simultaneous remote console sessions with iLO 3) to intelligently work together on an iLO session to troubleshoot a remote server, regardless of their physical locations.

"How can my team know what caused a serious server event if they weren't there to witness it?"

HP iLO Advanced can automatically capture video footage of the last server event that occurred on your remote server, so that you can use video data to troubleshoot any issue.

"I don’t know how much power I really need, so I stay on the safe side even though that means I’m over-budgeting"

HP iLO Advanced allows you to measure and dynamically cap power usage at the server level, without putting the electrical infrastructure at risk or impacting performance, so you can stop over provisioning power.

And there are even more ways that iLO Advanced can save you time and money:
  • Get new operating systems, patches, or critical virus updates to your remote server with virtual media and virtual folders to deploy any file or image.
  • Configure “high efficiency mode” for ProLiant server power supplies to ensure maximum power efficiency even at low power loads.
  • Eliminate wasted time recreating user information - role, rights, passwords; instead, use your existing infrastructure to assign access to iLO.
  • » Find out what others are saying about iLO. Browse case studies of customers who have seen the benefits of iLO and other HP products.
 


Red Hat
"Red Hat's ongoing collaboration with HP has contributed to new capabilities in iLO Advanced benefiting our joint customers. HP iLO Advanced provides comprehensive remote management capabilities for ProLiant servers, and when combined with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the leading platform for Open Source computing, provides unprecedented operational price, performance, and flexibility for IT departments."

- Scott Crenshaw, Vice President, Red Hat, Platform Business Unit





Paragon Development Services
"HP iLO Advanced enables about $4 million of our HP services revenue by making many portions of our 24x7 service practical because we can administer servers from remote."

- Austin Park, Chief Technology Officer, PDS (HP Partner)





Computer Marketing Group
"Without iLO Advanced, we’d have to double the number of people we have on staff to keep up our level of service."

- Jim Gordon, Senior Network Engineer, CMG (HP Partner)





Woodleyside IT, Ltd.
"Having to visit a remote server can easily cost $500 to $1,500 per incident. For many customers, iLO Advanced pays for itself on first use."

- Jon Honeyball, President, Woodleyside IT Ltd





Synnex Thailand
"With iLO 2 Advanced Pack, IT managers can manage the company's servers from home in one hour per day, a job that used to take two employees two hours each."

- Kingkaew Jutasompakorn, Executive Vice President for MIS and the Logistics Center Department





Sunrise Health Region
"HP Integrated Lights Out (iLO) technology is saving us significant time and money."

- Butch Albrecht, Director of Information Technology





Currenex
"HP iLO technology was seen as a necessity for Currenex. HP iLO allows the IT team to watch the entire boot sequence from the time the power is turned on right up until the OS is fully loaded."

- Sean Gilman, CTO





Points North
"To build an infrastructure that can handle future growth, Points North turned to HP iLO Advanced Pack management server software - reducing server management time."

- Todd Davis, Director of Development,





Indiana University School of Medicine
"If I have a bunch of ISO image files, I can sit in my office, put the virtual media in, and start the distribution process. It really beats sitting in the freezing basement of the technology building!"

- Scott Hemmerlein, systems administrator, Information Systems & Technology Management





CBE Technologies
"HP iLO lets us leave the data center unmanned. The only reason we go there is to swap tapes or for routine hardware maintenance."

- Randy Becker, Chief Information Officer





Wellpoint, Inc.
"iLO is the best remote management tool out there in my personal opinion."

- Shawn Peddicord, Advisor—Technical Design


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Discover the licensed remote management capabilities of iLO Advanced to help simplify server setup, engage health monitoring and power and thermal control, along with promoting the remote administration of your HP ProLiant ML, DL, and BL servers.

Use this Feature and Support Table to:
  • Compare iLO Advanced licensed and standard features
  • Compare iLO 2 and iLO 3 features
  • Identify servers, OS, Client, and Brower support