Easily one of the best features of HP servers is their Integrated Lights Out (ILO) remote management interface. Having the ability to remotely access HP servers from POST to OS is an invaluable tool. Standard ILO features include remote shutdown and startup, virtual media, text mode console redirect and access to hardware logs, status and diagnostic tools. Full graphical remote console redirection is available with the advanced license. This article will outline step by step how to configure and access ILO on a fresh out the box Proliant ML350 G5 server.
First, connect the ILO designated network port to your switch or management network.
Most brand new HP servers come with an information tag attached. Printed on the tag is the server serial number and Integrated Lights Out access information including factory set username and password.
The easiest way to access the ILO configuration utility is during the POST by pressing F8 when prompted.
The menu is straightforward and self explanatory. Use the arrow keys to navigate. Select Enter while the Set Defaults option is highlighted to revert back to factory settings.
First, access the Network menu, disable DHCP and change the DNS name
Then configure your static ip settings
Next, set the Administrator password or create new user.
Note that the username and password are both case sensitive. Select Exit to save and reset ILO with the new settings. Test access to the ILO web interface.
Checking DHCP leases and configuration from the server OS are some alternate setup options if your server is already in production and the ILO settings were not configured beforehand. If DHCP is accessible from the ILO interface connected network then check the leases for the DNS name printed on the tag. Use the leased ip to access the web interface and login with the factory username and password. All the same settings from the POST utility can be configured through the ILO web interface. HP also provides a utility called HPONCFG which allows for command line interaction with ILO and scripting functionality. Read more about it here . Comments or questions welcomed.
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This is great..! , thanks for sharing.
do you have any other suggested link?.. similar in terms of step by step walk through as this,..anything with network of course. If you would email me, i will certainly appreciate it.
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Des
Absoloutely terrific . Clear and to the point.
This is all well and good if you have the tag with the original User ID and Password.
We have two DL380 gen 3 units for which we do not have the tags. What do we have to do to set up iLO?
Neil, you should be able to access the ILO settings during the post. Select F8 when the option becomes available and then configure network and authentication settings manually. The default credentials from the tag are useful if you ever have to reset ILO configuration remotely.
my server boots to the ILO admin password entry any time there is a power outage and all I want to do is bypass that option so after a power failure the server will boot normally
Is there a way to reset a username password on an ILO without rebooting the server and going into the F8? I have serveral servers that someone changed the username and password on production servers, and I need to get into the ILO, but without rebooting the servers.
I followed the instructions but when I type the IP address of ILO in the browser, it eventually times out and gives the following error
"Network Error (tcp_error)
A communication error occurred: "Operation timed out"
The Web Server may be down, too busy, or experiencing other problems preventing it from responding to requests. You may wish to try again at a later time."
I have not assigned any DNS to it. Do you think that could be the problem?
Thanks
someone help me please ,
the administrator and password are lost here for the ilo and no connection to the server , so no way to reset them but when I am near it . please someone tell me how to reset it because Im installing rhel on the server and the rhel does not see detect the smart array , and on boot the smart array does not detect any drives .
best regards
Bill .
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Hi All
i by mistake disable the ilo utility in one of our server and ilo ip is also wrong configured now every time when i am tryoing to going in ilo configuration mode it directly goes to array configuration mode
pls suggest how can i enable this utility now
Thanks! How do I access the iLO external? The it's ip is internal and works fine when on the LAN but lets say I am at a remote site?
Thanks!
Hi Mellow,
Normally you can not access your ILO from outside network if that don't have any routable IP address(i.e. public IP or natting in place). However, if you have access to any system in that network, you can use ssh tunnelling to forward the ILO ports to your local system and access it.
Nice article , with nice visual aids
Then you need to open the ILO configuration utility within windows(doesnt require password), not the web interface(requires password).
However, if you virtualised.... Reboot required.
Hello,
It's quite helpful for me and for whom, who will read it as well.
Lot of thanks for providing such kind of knowledge....