
HP iLO version 2.0 also features RESTful APIs, which is the new server management interface with HP ProLiant Gen9 that be used to perform configurations, inventory and monitor the server. HP RESTful API reduces HP ProLiant Gen9 server configuration complexity by exposing content regardless of location whether programming directly into individual tools, the web, or through the HP RESTful Interface Tool. Because it uses either the REST language or tool’s language, it also uses the same set commands no matter what the tools’ unique language may be.


In addition, its embedded support (Direct Connect and Remote Support) reduces time, cost and complexity.Įvery few years, HP upgrades the capabilities of its management processors. HP iLO also offers faster time to resolution due to its remote access and troubleshooting features, where users can remotely access the server using an industry standard scriptable interface, remote console, or Virtual Media features to perform various basic management functions. Some add considerably more capabilities such as: hardware performance control, health monitoring, and provisioning assistance. Lights out Management solutions like HP’s iLO are superior to KVM solutions in that they add things such as power management to the remote management of the server. The two that are still quite popular are KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) switches that are often IP-enabled, and some form of Lights Out Management such as HP’s iLO (Integrated Lights-Out Management.) All Out-of-Band Management solutions can make maintaining and supporting servers elsewhere more convenient whether located across a building or on the other side of the world. There have been several methods of Out-of-Band (OOB) Management for server assets over the years.
