How to reset administrator password for iLO 2
1. Install SNMP because it is a preprequesite for HP Insight Management Agents.
2. Dowloaded and install the HP Insight Management Agents .
3. Download and install HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility.
4. Make an reset_admin_pw.xml file containing this part of code:
<ribcl VERSION="2.22">
<login USER_LOGIN="Administrator" PASSWORD="boguspassword">
<user_INFO MODE="write">
<mod_USER USER_LOGIN="Administrator">
<password value="newpass"/>
</mod_USER>
</user_INFO>
</login>
</ribcl>
5. First copy the reset_admin_pw.xml into the installation directory of HPONCFG.exe and than open the path in command line. After that use this command:
HPONCFG.exe /f reset_admin_pw.xml /l log.txt > output.txt
6. Open a browser and navigate to iLO.
7. Job done !
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
