HP ESXi Utilities Offline bundle for VMware ESXi 5.5<\/a>\u00a0will be available as part of HP customized ESXi installer image but if it is not a HP customized ESXi image then you may need to download and install \u00a0HP ESXi Utilities Offline bundle for VMware ESXi 5. It downloads the HP ESXi Utilities Offline bundle Zip file.This ZIp file contains 3 different utilities HPONCFG , HPBOOTCFG and HPACUCLI utilities for remote online configuration of servers.<\/p>\nHPONCFG<\/b> can be used to set up and reconfigure the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) management controller of a server.
\nHPBOOTCFG<\/b> can be used to set up the boot configuration for the server.
\nHPACUCLI<\/b> can be used in the configuration of HP Smart Array controllers and attached storage<\/p>\n
esxcli software vib install \u00a0-d \/vmfs\/volumes\/54916ea3-2489c019-e8cd-001e0bd2583c\/HP-iLO\/hp-HPUtil-esxi5.5-bundle-1.5-27.zip\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Once it is installed. Browse towards the directory \/opt\/hp\/tools and execute \u00a0the below commands to perform the below operations. Below are the available help options for HPONCFG utility<\/p>\n
cd \/opt\/hp\/tools\/<\/p>\n
.\/hponcfg -w \/tmp\/ilo-conf.txt<\/p>\n
cat \/tmp\/ilo-conf.txt<\/p>\n
<!– HPONCFG VERSION = “4.0-11.0″ –>
\n<!– Generated 11\/7\/2016 11:19:55 –>
\n<RIBCL VERSION=”2.1″>
\n<LOGIN USER_LOGIN=”Administrator” PASSWORD=”password”>
\n<DIR_INFO MODE=”write”>
\n<MOD_DIR_CONFIG>
\n<DIR_AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED VALUE = “N”\/>
\n<DIR_LOCAL_USER_ACCT VALUE = “Y”\/>
\n<DIR_SERVER_ADDRESS VALUE = “”\/>
\n<DIR_SERVER_PORT VALUE = “636”\/>
\n<DIR_OBJECT_DN VALUE = “”\/>
\n<DIR_OBJECT_PASSWORD VALUE = “”\/>
\n<DIR_USER_CONTEXT_1 VALUE = “”\/>
\n<DIR_USER_CONTEXT_2 VALUE = “”\/>
\n<DIR_USER_CONTEXT_3 VALUE = “”\/>
\n<\/MOD_DIR_CONFIG>
\n<\/DIR_INFO>
\n<RIB_INFO MODE=”write”>
\n<MOD_NETWORK_SETTINGS>
\n<SPEED_AUTOSELECT VALUE = “Y”\/>
\n<NIC_SPEED VALUE = “10”\/>
\n<FULL_DUPLEX VALUE = “N”\/>
\n<IP_ADDRESS VALUE = “0.0.0.0”\/>
\n<SUBNET_MASK VALUE = “0.0.0.0”\/>
\n<GATEWAY_IP_ADDRESS VALUE = “0.0.0.0”\/>
\n<DNS_NAME VALUE = “ILOCZC8160J5H”\/>
\n<PRIM_DNS_SERVER value = “0.0.0.0”\/>
\n<DHCP_ENABLE VALUE = “Y”\/>
\n<DOMAIN_NAME VALUE = “”\/>
\n<DHCP_GATEWAY VALUE = “Y”\/>
\n<DHCP_DNS_SERVER VALUE = “Y”\/>
\n<DHCP_STATIC_ROUTE VALUE = “Y”\/>
\n<DHCP_WINS_SERVER VALUE = “Y”\/>
\n<REG_WINS_SERVER VALUE = “Y”\/>
\n<PRIM_WINS_SERVER value = “0.0.0.0”\/>
\n<STATIC_ROUTE_1 DEST = “0.0.0.0” GATEWAY = “0.0.0.0”\/>
\n<STATIC_ROUTE_2 DEST = “0.0.0.0” GATEWAY = “0.0.0.0”\/>
\n<STATIC_ROUTE_3 DEST = “0.0.0.0” GATEWAY = “0.0.0.0”\/>
\n<\/MOD_NETWORK_SETTINGS>
\n<\/RIB_INFO>
\n<USER_INFO MODE=”write”>
\n<\/USER_INFO>
\n<\/LOGIN>
\n<\/RIBCL><\/p>\n
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Configuring IP address for HP ILO from ESXi host<\/u><\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\nEdit the exported config file \/tmp\/ilo-conf.txt from above step and change the following IP address variables<\/div>\n
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vi ilo-conf.txt\u00a0<\/i><\/b>
\n<IP_ADDRESS VALUE = “147.27.15.56”\/>
\n<SUBNET_MASK VALUE = “255.255.255.192”\/>
\n<GATEWAY_IP_ADDRESS VALUE = “147.27.15.62”\/>
\n<DNS_NAME VALUE = “vs-2-mgmt”\/>
\n<PRIM_DNS_SERVER value = “147.27.15.11”\/>
\n<DHCP_ENABLE VALUE = “N”\/>
\n<DOMAIN_NAME VALUE = “isc.tuc.gr”\/><\/div>\n\n
Commit the updated IP address configuration from the file (ilo-conf.txt) to the ILO cofig \u00a0using th below command<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\/opt\/hp\/tools\/hponcfg -f \/tmp\/ilo-conf.txt<\/i><\/b><\/div>\nThats it .You should be able to reach the ILO of the server using the IP address 147.27.15.56\u00a0now.<\/div>\n
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Reset the ILO from ESXi host<\/u><\/b><\/h2>\n
Browse to \/opt\/hp\/tools and execute the below command to reset the HP ILO configuration.<\/p>\n
.\/hponcfg -r\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n
Reset the ILO administrator password from ESXi host<\/u><\/b><\/h2>\n
Create a file named reset_admin_pw.xml\u00a0with the below info and add the new password in the password section:<\/p>\n
<ribcl VERSION=\u201d2.0\u2033>
\n<login USER_LOGIN=\u201dAdministrator\u201d PASSWORD=\u201dYOUR-NEW-PASSWORD<\/b>\u201c>
\n<user_INFO MODE=\u201dwrite\u201d>
\n<mod_USER USER_LOGIN=\u201dAdministrator\u201d>
\n<password value=\u201dnewpass\u201d\/>
\n<\/mod_USER>
\n<\/user_INFO>
\n<\/login>
\n<\/ribcl><\/p>\n<\/div>\n