Hello,

today is the day I teach you fellow internet people how to reset HP ILO administrator password without rebooting the server.

All you need is to access the OS installed on server.

So this is what it is.

Yes

In my situation, I’ve got Debian installed on my server with ILO Administrator password to be resetted.
so,

Step 1:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

add:

deb http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/downloads/MCP/debian wheezy/current non-free

Step 2:

add HP key:

wget http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/downloads/MCP/GPG-KEY-mcp

apt-key add GPG-KEY-mcp

Step 3:

apt-get update

apt-get install hponcfg

Step 4:

create a .xml file with correct coding:

nano blabla.xml

Step 5:

execute

hponcfg -f blabla.xml
HP Lights-Out Online Configuration utility
Version 4.2.0 Date 6/10/2013 (c) Hewlett-Packard Company, 2013
Firmware Revision = 1.55 Device type = iLO 3 Driver name = hpilo
Script succeeded

You’re Wellcome ///

Do Not Thank me, Thank to your Internet searching skills instead.

So You found my cute Blog About Nothing :D, and now you can all access to your ILO interfacesssssssss~~~~