A.

Through OV ssh-cli

1. Log into the OA CLI as administrator using putty

2. select the server bay by executing

hponcfg (bay number) << end_marker

hponcfg 7 << end_marker (for bay 7)

then copy pate the following lines as it is but change the username and password
accordingly

<RIBCL VERSION="2.0">
<LOGIN USER_LOGIN="hpadm" PASSWORD="hpadm">
<RIB_INFO MODE="write">
<FORCE_FORMAT VALUE="all"/>
</RIB_INFO>
</LOGIN>
</RIBCL>
end_marker

B. Through Windows HP Lighs-out configuration utility.

1. Create a file force_format.xml in C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-

Packard\HPLights-OutConfiguration Utility>
2. Open the file and copy pate the following (change username and password of
ilo)

<RIBCL VERSION="2.0">
<LOGIN USER_LOGIN="hpadm" PASSWORD="hpadm">
<RIB_INFO MODE="write">
<FORCE_FORMAT VALUE="all"/>
</RIB_INFO>
</LOGIN>
</RIBCL>
3. Save the file and execute the following commands

cd "c:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HPLights-OutConfiguration Utility>

HPQLOCFG.exe -s <IPofTargetiLO> -u <iLO-Username> -p <Password-For-iLO> -f

Force_Format.xml ………….. i.e

HPQLOCFG.exe -s 10.49.0.51 -u hpadm -p hpadm -f force_format.xml

When the format completes successfully, there will be a message similar to the
following: "Script succeeded for IP:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX."