Remote connection to iLO with powershell

[Sove]

Hi,

I would to connect remotely to the iLO 5 to query the power status of the server and power on it when there is a power outage.

I'm trying to use the HPEiLOCmdlets but it gives me the error (401) Unauthorized.

I'm using the administrator account.

Do you have some suggestions?
Regards

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[Sove]

Hi,

thanks for your reply.

I have the connection error with iLO local administrator user, the same user that I use (withou problem) to connect to the web interface.

[Marcel_D]

Hi, did you try something like this:

Get-Credential -Message "Admin-Account Password" -UserName Administrator
$iloboard = Read-Host
$conn = connect-hpeilo -Address $iloboard -Credential $cred -DisableCertificateAuthentication 

Which Version of Cmdlets do you use?

Are you maybe blocked by a Firewall?

[Sove]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.
It gives always the error    (401) Unauthorized

There isn't firewall and with the web interface I can connect correctly.

I'm using powershell version 5.1

the HPEiLOCmdlets version is 4.0 (the latest), but I hav the problem with the 3.3 also.

Thanks

[Marcel_D]

Hi, 

to get help with your problem, there is more Information needed.

Can you post the code, with which you are trying to connect?

What is your ilo-Version? Did you update to the latest?

[Sove]

The ILO is v2.65. I have to schedule the update.

I'm using 

Connect-HPEiLO -IP $iloIP -username $ilouser -password $ilopass -DisableCertificateAuthentication

I tried also to create another admin account but I have the same issue. 

Maybe I missing some permissions?

[MV3]

Hello,

The request has not been applied because it lacks valid authentication credentials for the target resource.

Can you please try updating the iLO to the latest Fw and check if that fixes the communication issue?

Cheers....

[Sove]

Hi,

I scheduled to update servers with the last SPP available, I see that update the ILO to v2.78.

I'll give you a feedback as soon as I try with last firmware.

Thanks

[Sove]

@MV3 

Hi,

I update ILO to v2.78, but the issue has not been resolved.
With ilorest command I can connect without problem (I updated the ILO with it).

How can I reset powershell access permission?

[MV3]

Hello,

Unfortunately i was unable to find steps to reset powershell access permission.

Can you try resetting the ilo to factory default, reconfigure and check if it resloves the issue.

If the issue still persist, raise a support case with HPE for further review.

Cheers....

[KeSch]

Hi Sove,

i do face the same issue. 

I was able to connect to HPE iLO by using a PSCredentialObject instead. 

This is an example:

[string]$userName = 'localadmin'
[string]$userPassword = 'localpassword'

[securestring]$secStringPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $userPassword -AsPlainText -Force

[pscredential]$credObject = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($userName, $secStringPassword)


Connect-HPEiLO -DisableCertificateAuthentication -Address $iLOIP -Credential $credobject

Kind regards,

Kevin

[Sove]

Hi

Sorry the late reply.

thanks for suggestion but it returns me always the same error...

[thutchings]

Hello,

The posts in this thread do not have any clear information on the actual command used to get the power info. I issued the following against an iLO 5 running firmware 2.91:

PS C:\Users\XXXXXX> $conn=Connect-HPEiLO -Address <ip address> -Username <username> -Password <password> -DisableCertificateAuthentication

PS C:\Users\XXXXXX> Get-HPEiLOServerPower -Connection $conn

Power : On
IP : <ip address>
Hostname : ILO-DL380G10D45U33
Status : OK
StatusInfo :

I only edited the identifiable information above. I also tested the above against an iLO 5 with 2.72 and got similar results.

Regards