Finally installing Microserver upgrades; finding the iLO device and the client software

For whatever reason I wasn’t able to find the HPE iLO (Integrated Lights Out) iOS / iPad client software in the App Store through a simple search, but I did find it when I went in under my apps. Anyway, here’s a link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id497560256

Then, in the chaos of redoing parts of my home LAN (wiping and installing latest software, etc), I had yet to setup a DHCP reservation for the iLO interface on my HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen8. A quick Google search revealed it uses the seldom used ports 17988, 17990, and 9300 for its remote console functionality, so I fired up nmap and scoured my network for machines with those ports open:

$ nmap -p17988,17990,9300 75.748.86.0/24 --open 

Nmap scan report for undefined.lan (75.748.86.91)

Host is up (1.8s latency).

Not shown: 1 closed tcp port (reset)

PORT      STATE SERVICE

17988/tcp open  unknown

17990/tcp open  unknown

MAC Address: G0:1G:48:G7:G6:4G (Hewlett Packard)

There it is... (MAC address and IP addresses changed for clean[ish] OPSEC.) Connected right up.

Screenshot of iLO remote console
Screenshot of iLO remote console

The Celeron to Xeon swap went without a hitch (I opted for the Intel Xeon Processor E3-1220L v2
3M Cache, 2.30 GHz
 as the 17 W TDP is actually lower than the 35 W OEM Celeron, and I have so much crammed into that thing ... I figured better to run cooler...).

The RAM bump ... Not quite so. It’s only seeing 8 GB of the installed 16 GB (2x CT102472BA160B). Gotta figure out what’s going on with that:

# dmidecode --type 17

# dmidecode 3.5

Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.

SMBIOS 2.7 present.


Handle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 40 bytes

Memory Device

Array Handle: 0x1000

Error Information Handle: Not Provided

Total Width: 72 bits

Data Width: 64 bits

Size: 8 GB

Form Factor: DIMM

Set: None

Locator: PROC  1 DIMM  1 

Bank Locator: Not Specified

Type: DDR3

Type Detail: Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered)

Speed: 1600 MT/s

Manufacturer: UNKNOWN

Serial Number: Not Specified

Asset Tag: Not Specified

Part Number: NOT AVAILABLE       

Rank: 2

Configured Memory Speed: 1600 MT/s

Minimum Voltage: 1.35 V

Maximum Voltage: 1.5 V

Configured Voltage: 1.5 V


Handle 0x1101, DMI type 17, 40 bytes

Memory Device

Array Handle: 0x1000

Error Information Handle: Not Provided

Total Width: 72 bits

Data Width: 64 bits

Size: 8 GB

Form Factor: DIMM

Set: 1

Locator: PROC  1 DIMM  2 

Bank Locator: Not Specified

Type: DDR3

Type Detail: Synchronous Registered (Buffered)

Speed: 1600 MT/s

Manufacturer: UNKNOWN

Serial Number: Not Specified

Asset Tag: Not Specified

Part Number: NOT AVAILABLE       

Rank: 1

Configured Memory Speed: 1600 MT/s

Minimum Voltage: 1.35 V

Maximum Voltage: 1.5 V

Configured Voltage: 1.5 V


# free -m

              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available

Mem:           7668        1371         362          33        5933        5957

Swap:          7631           2        7629


# grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo

MemTotal:        7852480 kB


# lshw -c memory

  *-firmware                

       description: BIOS

       vendor: HP

       physical id: 0

       version: J06

       date: 11/09/2013

       size: 64KiB

       capacity: 8MiB

       capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot

  *-cache:0

       description: L1 cache

       physical id: 710

       slot: Processor 1 Internal L1 Cache

       size: 64KiB

       capacity: 192KiB

       capabilities: burst internal write-back data

       configuration: level=1

  *-cache:1

       description: L2 cache

       physical id: 720

       slot: Processor 1 Internal L2 Cache

       size: 512KiB

       capacity: 1536KiB

       capabilities: burst internal write-back

       configuration: level=2

  *-cache:2

       description: L3 cache

       physical id: 730

       slot: Processor 1 Internal L3 Cache

       size: 3MiB

       capacity: 12MiB

       capabilities: burst internal write-back

       configuration: level=3

  *-memory

       description: System Memory

       physical id: 1000

       slot: System board or motherboard

       size: 16GiB

       capabilities: ecc

       configuration: errordetection=ecc

     *-bank:0

          description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)

          product: NOT AVAILABLE

          vendor: UNKNOWN

          physical id: 0

          slot: PROC  1 DIMM  1

          size: 8GiB

          width: 64 bits

          clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)

     *-bank:1

          description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous Registered (Buffered) 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)

          product: NOT AVAILABLE

          vendor: UNKNOWN

          physical id: 1

          slot: PROC  1 DIMM  2

          size: 8GiB

          width: 64 bits

          clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)


# dmesg | grep "[Mm]emory"

[    0.007096] Reserving 280MB of memory at 3588MB for crashkernel (System RAM: 8157MB)

...

[    0.058617] Memory: 3627348K/8353260K available (14340K kernel code, 2255K rwdata, 10368K rodata, 3060K init, 27324K bss, 627516K reserved, 0K cma-reserved)


... Weird. I’ll check the BIOS later.


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