{"id":8326,"date":"2022-07-07T22:45:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T20:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=8326"},"modified":"2022-07-07T23:08:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T21:08:08","slug":"how-to-reset-the-hp-ilo-administrator-password-from-windows-linux-using-hponcfg-and-from-vmware-esxi-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/how-to-reset-the-hp-ilo-administrator-password-from-windows-linux-using-hponcfg-and-from-vmware-esxi-shell\/","title":{"rendered":"Step by step guide on how to Reset the HP ILO Administrator Password from Windows, Linux Using HPONCFG and from VMWare ESXi Shell."},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Here we will show how to reset the administrator password on the HPE server management board \u2014 Integrated Lights-Out (ILO). This guide is based on iLO v4, but it is also applicable to iLO3 and iLO2.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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If you have physical access to your HPE server, you can restart your host and press F9<\/strong> during the server boot to get to the RBSU (BIOS\/Platform Configuration) setting menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then select System Configuration<\/strong> -> iLO 4 Configuration Utility<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To manage iLO users, go to User Management<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then select Edit\/Remove User<\/strong> -> Edit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The default iLO built-in account name is Administrator<\/strong> (it is case-sensitive).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select Password<\/strong> and enter a new password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Save the changes by pressing F10<\/strong>. The iLO administrator password has been changed. You can now boot your host OS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main disadvantages of this HP iLO password reset method are that you have to use the physical server console (go to the server room) and restart your operation system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, you can reset the iLO admin password directly from the running operation system. To do it, an official HPE tool is used \u2014 hponcfg<\/strong> or HP Online iLO Configuration for Windows<\/strong> (iLO Management Interface Driver must be installed in the operation system running on the HPE server).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hponcfg allows you to change any iLO settings from the local command prompt on your server without the server restart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will show how to reset the HP iLO administrator password from Windows, Linux and VMWare ESXi using hponcfg<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reset HP ILO Administrator Password from Windows<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In order to reset the HP iLO administrator password from Windows, download and install the HP Lights-Out Configuration Utility<\/strong> SP70865.exe (if it is not installed yet) for your Windows version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Run the HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility<\/strong> (C:\\Program <\/code>Files\\HP\\hponcfg\\hponcfg_gui.exe<\/code>) as an administrator;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to the User<\/strong> tab. You will see the list of iLO users here. Select Administrator<\/strong> and click View\/Modify;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the next window, check the box Change Password<\/strong>, enter a new iLO administrator password and save the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using the HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility, you can also change network settings of your iLO interface (IP address, gateway, netmask), import\/export, or reset a configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also use the command line tool hponcfg.exe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have to save the current iLO configuration to an XML file first:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hponcfg.exe \/w current_config.xml<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then create a new XML file reset_ilo_admin_password.xml with the following text:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<ribcl VERSION=\"2.0\">\n<login USER_LOGIN=\"Administrator\" PASSWORD=\"password\">\n<user_INFO MODE=\"write\">\n<mod_USER USER_LOGIN=\"Administrator\">\n<password value=\"NewILOPass\"\/>\n<\/mod_USER>\n<\/user_INFO>\n<\/login>\n<\/ribcl><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
To apply the configuration with the new password to iLO, run this command:
hponcfg.exe \/f reset_ilo_admin_password.xml \/l hplog.txt<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Set the HPE ILO Password from Linux Using HPONCFG<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In Linux, you have to install the hponcfg<\/strong> as well. You cannot find it in the standard repositories, so you will have to install it manually. It is easier to add a repository with HP tool using the add_repo.sh<\/strong> . <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The script will automatically detect your Linux version, bitness, etc., and connect the repository you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The yum (dnf) package manager<\/strong> is used to install hponcfg in CentOS\/RHEL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# yum install hponcfg -y<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Ubuntu\/Debian:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# apt-get install hponcfg<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Check if the package is already installed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# rpm -qf \/sbin\/hponcfg<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Create an XML file with the new iLO administrator password:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# vi reset_ilo_password.xml<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<ribcl version=\u201d2.0\u2033>\n<login user_login=\u201dAdministrator\u201d password=\u201dpassword\u201d>\n<user_info mode=\u201dwrite\u201d>\n<mod_user user_login=\u201dAdministrator\u201d>\n<password value=\u201dNewHPiloPass1!\u201d>\n<\/password>\n<\/mod_user>\n<\/user_info>\n<\/login><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Then apply the new password to the HPE iLO :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#  hponcfg -f passwd_reset_ilo.xml -l log.txt<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Firmware Revision = 2.20 Device type = iLO 4 Driver name = hpilo\nScript succeeded<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
How to Reset HP ILO Password from VMWare ESXi Shell?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
To reset the iLO password from VMWare ESXi, you also need the hponcfg<\/strong> tool. If you are using a custom HPE ESXi image, the tool is already installed (\/opt\/hp\/tools\/hponcfg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you do not have it, download the HPE ESXi Utilities Offline Bundle<\/strong> for your ESXi version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n