Comments on: How to find all the iLO’s on your network

By: Kylie Batt

Kylie Batt — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:28:44 +0000

Бесподобная тема, мне очень нравится …

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By: iggy

iggy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:15:20 +0000

It sounds like you’re asking if you can just plug two server’s iLO ports together with a single CAT5 cable.

I don’t think that the Ethernet Link will come up, and even if it did, that’s not going to be a useful configuration. The only way to control an iLO is either externally using a network connection to it, or with the iLO tools that can run on the server’s operating system. Also, there’s no way to pass along commands from one iLO to another.

I think the only way to use iLO for STONITH (Shoot The Other Node In The Head) is with an external switch of some kind. You know that HP makes a 5-port Ethernet Switch (Gigabit Ethernet IIRC) that is on a PCI card — perhaps you could install one of these inside one of the servers (so you don’t have to have a rackmount server of some type).

In that case, when one of the servers has to STONITH, then you can issue the commands using SSH to the other system’s iLO to force power off.

By: Adrián

Adrián — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:24:03 +0000

Very good script.

As you appear like a expertise on iLO, I will ask you a question, is it possible to use an iLO card to access another iLO card of other server?

I am looking for a good stonith system and iLO could be a good option, but no if I shold use a switch between servers

By: Rod

Rod — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:07:48 +0000

Just want to say thank you, now I’ll see if I can spend sometime to use this to populate OCSinventory.

By: sepeck

sepeck — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:11:01 +0000

A PowerShell based version can be found here
http://www.blkmtn.org/PowerShell-Find_iLO_on_a_subnet

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:33:27 +0000

This looks great and will save me some time, but would it be possible to add the ilo name and serial number? I am currently try to match up servers with cabinet of licenses to see how many more we need to order to get compliant.

Thanks

By: Rufus

Rufus — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:39:46 +0000

HP has a Windows tool to find/update multiple iLO modules, but it doesn’t show as much info. It’s called the Lights-Out Migration Utility.

By: super1435

super1435 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:07:05 +0000

Hi,

I am interested in performing same functionality on Windows server environment. i.e. finding all iLO’s on my network. does any one know how to do it?

By: iggy

iggy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:17:23 +0000

Hello Venkatesh.

Can you explain in a little more detail what you need? Do you want to use VBScript to scan your network for iLO’s like this script does? I suppose this script could be ported to Windows – which has curl and nmap available.

If you just have a single Windows server and you want to see iLo’s settings — then just install HP’s iLO driver and HPONCFG tools and query the settings that way.

Cheers,
Iggy

By: venkateshvr

venkateshvr — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:18:38 +0000

Hi,

Could please some one can help us to get the iLO Card IP Address information using the VBScript for Windows 2003 server.