Reset the ILO administrator password from ESXi host

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Create a file named reset_admin_pw.xml with the below info and add the new password in the password section:

<ribcl VERSION=”2.0″>
<login USER_LOGIN=”Administrator” PASSWORD=”YOUR-NEW-PASSWORD“>
<user_INFO MODE=”write”>
<mod_USER USER_LOGIN=”Administrator”>
<password value=”newpass”/>
</mod_USER>
</user_INFO>
</login>
</ribcl>

 

Commit the Updated administrator password information from the file (reset_admin_pw.xml) to ILO using the below command

 ./hponcfg -f reset_admin_pw.xml

 

That’s it you should be able to login to ILO of your ESXi host using the password specified in the above xml file. I hope this is informative for you. Thanks for Reading !!!!

Source: http://www.vmwarearena.com/2013/11/how-to-configure-hp-ilo-from-esxi-host.html

Author: Stefan