DL380 GEN8 - ILO Errors

[INFOR-RAM1]

Hi,

After formating the SD, I'll then install Inteligent Provisioning, right?

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[Torsten.]

Yes, install Intelligent Provisioning version 1.71.

[INFOR-RAM1]

Hi,

Ok.

The situation of the cables.... I press the button Format, and then I remove the power cables?

And then what? I plug them again and power on the server for the format to be carried out?

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[rmay_bk]

>After formating the SD, I'll then install Inteligent Provisioning, right?

You're supposed to.  I never bother to do it.

[INFOR-RAM1]

You never bother installing Inteligent Provisioning?

How Come?

All my servers have VMWare installed!

To have the login and password back again I have to create the force_format.xml file.

Where will I store this file?

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[rmay_bk]

We never saw a need for it.  We just install from the HPE customized ESXi ISO image.

I keep force_format.xml on my C: drive.

[INFOR-RAM1]

But I have no C: drive in my DL380p Gen8 servers.

VMWare is isntalled on both.

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[rmay_bk]

You'll need to have the XML file on your workstation (or whatever machine has network access to the iLO along with having the iLO Powershell cmdlets.).

[INFOR-RAM1]

Oh... Ok.....

But, in the ILO, the Format command, how will it know where to look for the file?

It will prompt?

Or it has to be in a specific location known by the ILO?

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[rmay_bk]

It's in the Powershell.  You'll need to adjust the path as appropriate.

$xml = ([string](get-content "C:\Force_Format.xml"))