HP Integrated Lights-Out manual Cookie Sharing Between Browser Instances and iLO, Shared Instances

388 User Guide Integrated Lights-Out

Cookie Sharing Between Browser Instances and iLO

iLO uses browser session cookies in part to distinguish separate logins—each browser window displays as a separate user login—while actually sharing the same active session with the iLO. These multiple logins can confuse the browser. This confusion can appear as an iLO issue is a manifestation of typical browser behavior.

Several processes can cause a browser to open additional windows. Browser windows opened from within an open browser represent different aspects of the same program in memory. Consequently, each browser window shares properties with the parent, including cookies.

Shared Instances

When iLO opens another browser window, for example, Remote Console, Virtual Media, or Help, this window shares the same connection to iLO and the session cookie.

The iLO Web server makes URL decisions based on each request received. For example, if a request does not have access rights, it is redirected to the login page, regardless of the original request. Web server based redirection, selecting File>New>Window or pressing the Ctrl+N keys, opens a duplicate instance of the original browser.

Cookie Order Behavior

During login, the login page builds a browser session cookie that links the window to the appropriate session in the firmware. The firmware tracks browser logins as separate sessions listed in the Active Sessions section of the iLO Status page.

For example, when User1 logs in, the Web server builds the initial frames view, with current user: User1 in the top pane, menu items in the left pane, and page data in the lower-right pane. As User1 clicks from link to link, only the menu items and page data are updated.