HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 User Guide

Directory services preparation for Active DirectoryTo set up directory services for use with iLO 2 management processors:1. Install Active Directory. For more information, refer to Installing Active Directory in the Microsoft®Windows® 2000 Server Resource Kit.2. Install the Microsoft® Admin Pack (the ADMINPAK.MSI file, which is located in the i386subdirectory of the Windows® 2000 Server or Advance Server CD). For more information, refer tothe Microsoft® Knowledge Base Article 216999.3. In Windows® 2000, the safety interlock that prevents accidental writes to the schema must betemporarily disabled. The schema extender utility can do this if the remote registry service is runningand the user has sufficient rights. This can also be done by settingHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ServicesParameters\SchemaUpdate Allowed in the registry to a non-zero value (refer to the "Order of Processing WhenExtending the Schema" section of Installation of Schema Extensions in the Windows® 2000 ServerResource Kit) or by the following steps. This step is not necessary if you are using Windows® Server2003.IMPORTANT: Incorrectly editing the registry can severely damage your system. HP recommends creating aback up of any valued data on the computer before making changes to the registry.a. Start MMC.b. Install the Active Directory Schema snap-in in MMC.c. Right-click Active Directory Schema and select Operations Master.d. Select The Schema may be modified on this Domain Controller.e. Click OK.The Active Directory Schema folder might need to be expanded for the checkbox to be available.4. Create a certificate or install Certificate Services. This step is necessary to create a certificate orinstall Certificate Services because iLO 2 communicates with Active Directory using SSL. ActiveDirectory must be installed before installing Certificate Services.5. To specify that a certificate be issued to the server running active directory:a. Launch Microsoft® Management Console on the server and add the default domain policy snapin(Group Policy, then browse to Default domain policy object).b. Click Computer Configuration>Windows Settings>Security Settings>Public KeyPolicies.c. Right-click Automatic Certificate Requests Settings, and select new>automaticcertificate request.d. Using the wizard, select the domain controller template, and the certificate authority you want touse.6. Download the Smart Component, which contains the installers for the schema extender and the snapins.The Smart Component can be downloaded from the HP website(http://www.hp.com/servers/lights-out).7. Run the schema installer application to extend the schema, which extends the directory schema withthe proper HP objects.The schema installer associates the Active Directory snap-ins with the new schema. The snap-ininstallation setup utility is a Windows® MSI setup script and will run anywhere MSI is supported(Windows® XP, Windows® 2000, Windows® 98). However, some parts of the schema extensionapplication require the .NET Framework, which can be downloaded from the Microsoft® website(http://www.microsoft.com).Directory services 114