ILO Firmware update via command line with ipmitool.

[yesilbeyaz]

For some reasons I can not mount iso with virtual media. So I want to upgrade ilos firmware. Can I do the upgrade from linux tool ipmitool? I can do lots of things. But not sure about firmware upgrade.

Is there a how to?

Thanks

[Jimmy Vance]

Not sure if it is possible to do the firmware over ipmi. You can extract the .scexe file and load the .bin file using the iLO web interface

[yesilbeyaz]

I have ilo1 and 2 but none of them has ilo upload menu. Am I missing something? Not sure but maybe ilo 3 has such feature?

I maybe upload using PXE boot?

[Matti_Kurkela]

ILO1: Use a web browser to login to the iLO web UI with an account that has iLO configuration privileges, open Administration tab, select "Upgrade ILO firmware" from the left column.

ILO2: Use a web browser to login to the iLO2 web UI with an account that has iLO configuration privileges, open Administration tab, select "iLO 2 Firmware" from the left column.

[yesilbeyaz]

I tried different user levels, as there are OEM, Administrator, Operator and User. Tried loggining with each of them, but I donot see ilo firmware update menu. Are you sure there must be?

[Oscar A. Perez]

You cannot update iLO firmware using IPMI. Try logging to iLO webGUI and flash it from there or download the Online Flash Component for your OS.

[yesilbeyaz]

There  is not an option on Webgui.

[Torsten.]

What servers do you have and what are the installed versions?

Is this a LO100 by chance?

[Matti_Kurkela]

iLO 1 web GUI login should look like this:

After login, the firmware upgrade option can be found like this: (bright red text added by me)

[Matti_Kurkela]

iLO2 web GUI login screen should look like this:

And the firmware upgrade option is the first one on the Administration tab: