How to configure iLO on ESX-servers

Physical access it not necessary to configure ilo, I do it all the time with the hponcfg utility.... which in some ways is very scary that you can get physical access to the host from inside the host, but since the capability is there you might as well take advantage of it.

First you need to download and install the hponcfg utiltity from HP:
hponcfg 1.6.0-1 (linux)


Then you need to install it via rpm
#>rpm -ivh hponcfg-1.6.0-1.linux.rpm

Next, you will need to craft a .xml file to change your ip information and possibly your passwords. Note that you don't have to know the admin password to change the admin password and/or network settings. I'll post a sample one here which covers most of the basics. If you want to auth ilo against AD you'll have to do some more work. Download the attachment that I added, change to match your variables. Then you just need to apply the .xml

#>hponcfg -f configure_ilo.xml

Attachments:
configure_ilo.xml (994 bytes)