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CO (Console): Leave the Main Menu and enter console mode
CO switches the console terminal from the MP Main Menu to mirrored/redirected console mode.
All console output is mirrored to all users in console mode. Only one of the mirrored users at a
time has write access to the console. To get console write access, press Ctrl-Ecf.
Press either Ctrl-B or Esc and ( to return to the iLO 2 MP command interface. Verify that all
mirrored consoles are of the same terminal type for proper operation.
To run an ASCII screen-oriented application (SAM) or a file transfer program (ftp), the console
is not the recommended connection. HP recommends using the LAN and connecting directly
with telnet or the web to the system over the system LAN.
VFP (Virtual Front Panel): Simulate the display panel
VFP simulates the display panel on the front of the server. It gives realtime feedback on the results
of system events and user actions. VFP works by decoding system events. It provides a live
display of major states of the system, the latest system activity, and the state of front panel LEDs.
VFP shows forward progress during boot by indicating how many events have been received
since the boot started and whether there have been any errors (events with alert level 3 or greater)
since the last boot. To clear the yellow attention indicator on the front of the system, use the SL
command and access the System Event Log (SEL).
Each user viewing VFP is in private session mode.
See also: LOC (locator LED) and, SL (show logs).
CM (Command Mode): Enter command mode
CM switches the console terminal from the MP Main Menu to mirrored command interface mode.
The Command menu provides you with a set of standard command line interface commands
that help monitor and manage the server.
To display the list of MP command mode commands that are not displayed in the MP Main
Menu , follow these steps:
1. From the MP Main Menu , enter HE.
2. Enter LI after the MP HELP:> prompt.
If a command is in progress, a system status message appears.
To return to the MP Main Menu , press CTRL-B.
SMCLP (Server Management Command Line Protocol): Switch to the SMASH SMCLP
SMCLP switches the console terminal from the MP Main Menu to the SMASH SMCLP interface.
For information on SMASH SM CLP see “SMASH Server Management Command Line Protocol”
(page 123).
CL (Console Log): View the history of the console output
CL displays up to 60 KB of logged console data (about 60 pages of display in text mode) sent
from the system to the console path and stored for later analysis.
Console data is stored in a buffer in nonvolatile memory. By default, data is displayed from the
beginning of the buffer to end of the buffer. You can control the starting point from which the
data displays and navigate through the data.
An image of the console history appears when you enter the CL command. Console output
continues to be logged while this buffer is read, and nothing is lost.
SL (Show Logs): View events in the log history
SL displays the contents of the event logs that are stored in nonvolatile memory.
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