IPMItool cofig HP iLO 4 through Linux

Installing IPMItool on Ubuntu with apt

$ sudo apt install ipmitool

Show LAN interface

HP iLO 4, LAN interface assigned to channel number 2

$ sudo ipmitool channel info 2
Channel 0x2 info:
  Channel Medium Type   : 802.3 LAN
  Channel Protocol Type : IPMB-1.0
  Session Support       : multi-session
  Active Session Count  : 0
  Protocol Vendor ID    : 7154
  Volatile(active) Settings
    Alerting            : enabled
    Per-message Auth    : disabled
    User Level Auth     : enabled
    Access Mode         : always available
  Non-Volatile Settings
    Alerting            : enabled
    Per-message Auth    : disabled
    User Level Auth     : enabled
    Access Mode         : always available

LAN Configuration

2 is LAN interface channel for HP iLO 4

# set IP Address Source : Static
$ sudo ipmitool lan set 2 ipsrc static

# IP Address
$ sudo ipmitool lan set 2 ipaddr 10.10.10.111

# Subnet Mask
$ sudo ipmitool lan set 2 netmask 255.255.255.0

# Default Gateway IP
$ sudo ipmitool lan set 2 defgw ipaddr 10.10.10.20

Show network settings

Get network settings configured on the HP iLO port

$ sudo ipmitool lan print 2
Set in Progress         : Set Complete
Auth Type Support       : 
Auth Type Enable        : Callback : 
                        : User     : 
                        : Operator : 
                        : Admin    : 
                        : OEM      : 
IP Address Source       : Static Address
IP Address              : 10.10.10.111
Subnet Mask             : 255.255.255.0
MAC Address             : 14:02:ec:62:32:3d
SNMP Community String   : 
BMC ARP Control         : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
Default Gateway IP      : 10.10.10.20
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

Configuring users

List users in the channel number 2

$ sudo ipmitool user list 2
ID  Name	     Callin  Link Auth	IPMI Msg   Channel Priv Limit
 Administrator    true    false      true       ADMINISTRATOR
 (Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
 (Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
 (Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
 (Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
 (Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
 (Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
 (Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
 (Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
(Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
(Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
(Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS

Change password

Administrator user have ID 1

# Administrator ID is `1`
$ sudo ipmitool user set password 1
Password for user 1: 
Password for user 1: 
Set User Password command successful (user 1)
$

Create a user

Create a user with admin rights.

# Set user ID 2 with username `Adm1nistrator`
$ sudo ipmitool user set name 2 Adm1nistrator

# Set password  user ID 2
$ sudo ipmitool user set password 2
Password for user 2:
Password for user 2:
# set channel 2 (Lan Interface) access to user ID 2 with privilege=4
$ sudo ipmitool channel setaccess 2 2 link=on ipmi=on callin=on privilege=4

# Enable user ID 2
$ sudo ipmitool user enable 2

Restart iLO interface

For a cold reset (forcefully, in case iLO is not responding in any way including echo requests/ping) use the following:

$ sudo ipmitool mc reset cold

iLO web html5 interface

Access iLO via https://ilo_ip_address such as https://10.10.10.110

hp_ilo_4

if 10.10.10.111 is local ip address and you can access it.

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