HP VMware Virtualization Software for Servers manual Hponcfg command-line syntax

the ESXi Server Matrix page, go to www.hp.com/go/vmware and select Certified ProLiants under Tools/Resource section.

HP offers support for the iLO 2, iLO 3 and iLO 4 features available on ProLiant servers with the HPONCFG utility.

HPONCFG is an online configuration tool used to set up and reconfigure iLO 2, iLO3 and iLO 4 without requiring a reboot of the server operating system. The utility runs in a command-line mode and must be executed from an operating system command-line.

Observe the following requirements before using HPONCFG:

•The iLO 2, iLO 3 or iLO 4 Management Interface Driver must be loaded on the server. HPONCFG displays a warning if the driver is not installed.

•HPONCFG requires minimum iLO 2, iLO 3 and iLO 4 firmware versions. To determine the minimum firmware version required, see the HP SmartStart Scripting Toolkit Linux and Windows Editions Support Matrix.

For more information, see the Remote Management website:http://www.hp.com/servers/lights-out

HPONCFG command-line syntax

Use the following format at the command line:

hponcfg -f filename [-l filename] [-v] [-m minFw] -g [-m minFw] -w filename [-m minFw] -r [-m minFw ] -h -?

The HPONCFG utility can be accessed from the location: /opt/hp/tools.

IMPORTANT: Because the-wargument does not capture certain types of information, such as the administrator password, data files created with HPONCFG using the-wargument cannot then be used as input files for HPONCFG, unless they are modified first.

Table 1 hponcfg Command Line Arguments

Argument	Function
-a, --all	This argument captures complete Management Processor configuration to the
	file. This option should be used along with the "-w"option.
-i --input	This argument Get/Set Management Processor Configuration from the XML
	input received through the standard input stream.
-s,--substitute	This argument substitutes variables present in the input configuration file with
	the values specified in "namevaluepairs".
-f, - -file=filename	This argument sets the iLO 2, iLO 3 or iLO 4 configuration based on the
	information in the XML input file named filename.
-l, - -log=filename	This argument logs replies to the text log file named filename.
-v, - -xmlverbose	Writes all the responses from iLO 2, iLO 3 or iLO 4.
-g, - -get_hostinfo	This argument returns the host server name and serial number.
-m, - -minfwlevel	This argument indicates to HPONCFG the minimum firmware level that must be
	present in the management device to execute the RIBCL script. If the minimum
	level is not met, HPONCFG returns an error without performing any additional
	actions.
-w, - -writeconfig=filename	This argument writes the iLO 2, iLO 3 or iLO 4 configuration obtained from the
	device to the XML output file named filename.
-r, - -reset	This argument resets the iLO 2, iLO 3 or iLO 4 to factory defaults.
-h, - -help, - -?	These arguments display simple help messages.

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