HP Integrated Lights Out Configuration Utility

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Installing HP Lights-Out Configuration Utility on

Windows
Would you like to learn how to Install the HP Lights-Out Configuration Utility on Windows?
In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to download and install the HP Lights-Out
Configuration Utility software on a computer running Windows.

HPQLOCFG is a command-line software that allows you to send XML configuration and
control scripts over the network to an HP iLO interface.

 List of Tutorials
 HP iLO - Initial Configuration
 HP iLO - Discover the IP address
 HP iLO - Remote Console Access
 HP iLO - Password recovery
 HP iLO - Change Default Password
 HP iLO - Remote Operating System Installation
 HP iLO - Firmware upgrade
 HP iLO - Reboot the Management interface
 HP iLO - Reboot the DL380 server
 HP iLO - IPMI Configuration
 HP iLO - Email notification
 HP iLO - SNMP
 HP iLO - SNMPv3
 HP iLO - SSH
 HP iLO - Advanced license
 HP iLO - NTP
 HP iLO - VLAN
 HP iLO - Syslog
 HP iLO - Recording the remote access
 HP iLO - HP ILO Cmdlets Scripting Tools
 HP iLO - HP ilO RESTful Interface Tool
 HP iLO - Monitoring via Zabbix
Tutorial - HP Lights-Out Configuration Utility on Windows
Download the HP Lights-Out Configuration Utility for Windows.

Start the HP Lights-Out Configuration Utility installation.


Accept the license and click on the Next button.
Click on the next button.
Wait the installation to complete and click on the Close button.
After finishing the HP Lights-out configuration utility installation, open a DOS prompt.

On the DOS prompt, access the HP Lights-out configuration utility installation folder.

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett Packard Enterprise\HP Lights-Out Configuration Utility"

You are now able to use the HPQLOCFG command to connect to an HP iLO interface and
send RIBCL scripts.

hpqlocfg

Here is a quick example

hpqlocfg -f Factory_Defaults.xml -s 192.168.0.10 -t user=administrator, password=mypass

n our example, the hpqlocfg command will send the RIBCL commands inside the
Factory_Defaults.xml file to the HP iLo interface 192.168.0.10 using the username
administrator and the password mypass.

Here is the content of the Factory_defaults.xml file.


<RIBCL VERSION="2.0">
<LOGIN USER_LOGIN="adminname" PASSWORD="password">
<RIB_INFO MODE="write">
<FACTORY_DEFAULTS/>
</RIB_INFO>
</LOGIN>
</RIBCL>

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