BMC Management

HPE iLo

Updating License

If you have an expired license:

Apply key under Administration > Licensing > Activation Key > Install, or

ssh root@<iLO address> set /map1 license=/<key>

Virtual Media Mount

You can use iLo’s Virtual Media Mount to insert a virtual CD/DVD into the node using an HTTP URL to an .iso file.

Find BMC Information from Host

Use ipmitool lan print from the host OS

[root@mawenzi-06 ~]# ipmitool lan print
Set in Progress         : Set Complete
Auth Type Support       : NONE MD5 PASSWORD
Auth Type Enable        : Callback : MD5 PASSWORD
                        : User     : MD5 PASSWORD
                        : Operator : MD5 PASSWORD
                        : Admin    : MD5 PASSWORD
                        : OEM      :
IP Address Source       : DHCP Address
IP Address              : 10.214.129.30
Subnet Mask             : 255.255.248.0
MAC Address             : 94:40:c9:47:b1:d7
SNMP Community String   :
BMC ARP Control         : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
Default Gateway IP      : 10.214.128.1
802.1q VLAN ID          : Disabled
802.1q VLAN Priority    : 0
RMCP+ Cipher Suites     : 0,1,2,3
Cipher Suite Priv Max   : XuuaXXXXXXXXXXX
                        :     X=Cipher Suite Unused
                        :     c=CALLBACK
                        :     u=USER
                        :     o=OPERATOR
                        :     a=ADMIN
                        :     O=OEM
Bad Password Threshold  : Not Available

Using Serial Over LAN (SOL)

Using ipmitool:

Activate a console:

ipmitool -H <bmc_ip_address> -v -I lanplus -U <user> -P <password> sol activate

Set boot device to virtual CD:

ipmitool -H <bmc_ip_address> -v -I lanplus -U <user> -P <password> chassis bootdev cdrom