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⢠Making the associations between iLO objects and the role (or policy) objects
Directory Services for Active Directory
The following sections provide installation prerequisites, preparation, and a
working example of Directory Services for Active Directory. HP provides a
utility to automate much of the directory setup process. You can download the
HP Directories Support for Management Processors on the HP website
(http://h18004.www1.hp.com/support/files/lights-out/us/index.html
).
Active Directory Installation Prerequisites
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The Active Directory must have a digital certificate installed to allow iLO to
connect securely over the network.
The Active Directory must have the schema extended to describe Lights-Out
object classes and properties.
The Integrated Lights-Out firmware must be version 1.40 or later.
iLO Advanced features must be licensed.
You can evaluate iLO Advanced with a free evaluation license key that you
can download from the HP website
(http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/ilo/iloeval.html
).
Directory Services for iLO uses LDAP over SSL to communicate with the
directory servers. Before installing snap-ins and schema for Active Directory,
read and have available the following documentation:
IMPORTANT: Installing Directory Services for iLO requires extending
the Active Directory schema. Extending the schema must be completed
by an Active Directory Schema Administrator.
⢠Extending the Schema in the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server Resource
Kit, available at http://msdn.microsoft.com (http://msdn.microsoft.com
)
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Installing Active Directory in the MicrosoftĀ® WindowsĀ® 2000 Server
Resource Kit
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