HP ProLiant Onboard Administrator, powered by Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2)

HP ProLiant Onboard Administrator and iLO Advanced help you save thousands of dollars in travel and remote administration costs by giving you precise control of your ProLiant server from anywhere. Only HP ProLiant Onboard Administrator and iLO Advanced enable full remote control of your servers in routine or emergency situations, providing embedded health, simplified setup, graphical visual remote access, automatic video footage of the server's last boot and last fault, and virtual media without compromising security. » Reduce travel costs and improve system uptime with advanced remote administration » Improve power efficiency with ProLiant Onboard Administrator and iLO Advanced » Fits your environment » Reliable security		Product information » Overview & Features » Key benefits » Questions & Answers

	Reduce travel costs and improve system uptime with advanced remote administration

• Shortens the time to complete deployment, administrative, and maintenance tasks on remote systems. Graphical remote console gives users responsive, continuous control of keyboard, mouse and video on systems in nearby datacenters and branch locations whether they are online, distressed, or out-of-service.
• Enable global teams to work better together and solve problmes faster with intelligent team collaboration for up to four users, regardless of location.
• Diagnose problems faster with video recording capabilities, including automatically captured video footage of the server's last boot and last fault.
• Streamline server deployment, update and recovery with virtual media by mounting local or network-based CD, DVD, or floppy images to remote servers as USB devices. New Virtual Folders simplifies the process further, allowing users to mount local directories just like local media or images.
• Remote console on steriods: Integrated Remote Console speeds up routine or emergency tasks by consolidating control of Virtual KVM, Virtual Power and Virtual Media on a single screen.

	Improve power efficiency with ProLiant Onboard Administrator and iLO Advanced

Reduce power consumption and reclaim trapped power and cooling capacity with power regulation and Dynamic Power Capping

• Capture average and peak power consumption as well as ambient inlet temperature to more accurately budget power and cooling resources.
• Automatically regulate power consumption to reduce power usage during light workloads and provide maximum performance under heavy workloads.
• Cap power usage at a specific wattage level or percentage of peak power to reclaim trapped power and cooling capacity and fit more servers in your data center.
• Extend power measurement capabilities in the ProLiant Onboard Administrator and iLO Advanced with Insigh Control Environment to capture power consumption data for groups of server for up to three years and to configure power regulation and power capping setting across your data center.

	Fits your environment

Remote management that fits your unique and changing IT environment

• Shared or dedicated network connectivity gives you a choice of access methods depending upon your network capacity and budget.
• Interact with ProLiant Onboard Administrator and iLO Advanced via a standard web browser, Secure Shell, or SMASH Command Line Protocol.
• ProLiant Onboard Administrator and iLO Advanced integrate with HP Systems Insight Manager, HP Insight Rapid Deployment software, HP Operations Manager, and Microsoft Operations Manager.

	Reliable security

Take advantage of best-in-class remote management without compromising security

• Integrate with enterprise-class directory services to provide secure, scalable and cost effective user management using Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory.
• Strenthen user authentication with two factor authentication using Smart Card devices.
• Protect remote management communications with SSL and SSH encryption.