Configure ILO on DL380G4

[patlamhk]

help please,
How can I assign a static IP address and add a new user to my ILO without reboot the server to do this after the POST ?
Currently, it is connected to our server vlan without DHCP server exist. And the current status showing 0.0.0.0
I am using Windows 2003 Server. PSP 7.60 deployed.

Thanks

[Igor Karasik]

Hi,
You can use
HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/24575.html
and
"Mod_Network_Settings.xml - Change the Lights-Out device Network Settings" script from HP Lights-Out XML Scripting Sample for Windows
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/25058.html

[Igor Karasik]

>>and add a new user
Use
Add_User.xml - Add a user to the Lights-Out device user database script from scripting samples

[patlamhk]

Thanks for your quick response Igor.

Where I can locate the Add_User.xml and execute it. I am downloading that 2 utility to try now.

[Igor Karasik]

>>Where I can locate the Add_User.xml
It's part of HP Lights-Out XML Scripting Sample for Windows as well
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/25058.html

[patlamhk]

Thanks Igor,

I got those xml and cpqlocfg.exe on hand now. How can I retrieve the current network settings and user account and deploy new network settings and new user account on a local ILO ?

[patlamhk]

One more thing, those server I am trying to do is located in a remote server. How can I push a new user account to the target ILO without having the current credentials ?

[Igor Karasik]

>>How can I retrieve the current network settings and user account and deploy new network settings and new user account on a local ILO ?

You don't need current network settings and generally speaking you even don't need current credentials .

In order to run scripts you need to write username (default username "Administrator", capital "A") and password (default password is random for each server and you can find password on paper label when you receive server) in XML files.

If you don't know password:
Extract windows-LOsamplescripts2.10.0-1.zip file to \\server\c$\Program Files\HP\hponcfg folder (where you installed HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility)
1) Run
hponcfg.exe /f Administrator_reset_pw.xml
this step will reset ILO password for user "Administrator" to word "password"

2) To add new user run
hponcfg.exe /f Add_User.xml
Before run this step edit Add_User.xml:
change string
and change
ADD_USER
USER_NAME="User"
USER_LOGIN="username"
PASSWORD="password">
to define user you want to add

3) To change IP address run
hponcfg.exe /f Mod_Network_Settings.xml
Before run this step change following values in Mod_Network_Settings.xml file
change string




4) run hponcfg.exe /f Reset_RIB.xml to restart ILO

It's all.

I usually connect to server with RDP (remote desktop) and run these commands but generally speaking I think you can run these commands for remote server by using -s parameter.

[patlamhk]

Thanks Igor,

I just finish the re-configuration of our ILO in remote site.

Thousand Thanks

[Igor Karasik · Accepted solution]

>>I just finish the re-configuration of our ILO in remote site.
Thousand Thanks

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