How to access/change iLO password

How to change iLO password

Here are 3 ways to reset/change iLO password.

Option 1 – From the BIOS

 Shutdown all your VM server clients,
 Restart your host,
 Press F8 while booting for accessing iLO interface,
 Change/add/remove the desired user/password,
 Test your changes accordingly,

Option 2a – From ESXi shell

You can run this command before you start to ensure ESXi sees iLO interface

If your ESXi sees your iLO, you can reset or change the iLO password from ESXi shell as follows:

iLO
1. Access your VM Host console (see Appendix section),
2. Do ALT + F1 for changing to session 1,
3. Login with admin credentials,
4. Change directory to /opt/tools/
5. Follow instructions the link below for creating the file needed to reset the password
https://www.vcloudnine.de/reset-the-hp-ilo-administrator-password-with-hponcfg-on-esxi/

vi pwreset.xml (its like notepad in text mode to create the pwreset.xml file),

Press i to switch to the insert mode

Paste the content below:

<RIBCL VERSION="2.0">
<LOGIN USER_LOGIN="Administrator" PASSWORD="unknown">
<USER_INFO MODE="write">
<MOD_USER USER_LOGIN="Administrator">
<PASSWORD value="password"/>
</MOD_USER>
</USER_INFO>
</LOGIN>
</RIBCL>

Press ESC,
Then wq
Hit ENTER

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6. Run the command as follows: /opt/hp/tools/hponcfg -f pwreset.xml or

./opt/hp/tools/hponcfg -f pwreset.xml

Option 3 – From Windows using HP iLO Online Configutaion tool

Download HP iLO config tool (for windows servers)

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https://techlibrary.hpe.com/us/en/networking/products/configurator/index.aspx#.Xa8mBWB8Dct
 
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04334340#N10032

https://www.vcloudnine.de/reset-the-hp-ilo-administrator-password-with-hponcfg-on-esxi/
 
https://gist.github.com/drolfe/b91ea113714ab823f2df

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Appendix

SSH into your VM Host (you may need to enable and start SSH),
 Enable Connect with SecureCrt,
 You may need to set the settings below:

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 Continue steps from Option 2a – Step 3

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I hope it may be of use and may save you some downtime and driving

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Very useful also if your VM Host is unresponsive and you can’t shutdown your VM Host with F12

 Run the reboot command to restart the host.

 Run the poweroff command to shut down the host.

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1013193

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