HP VMware Virtualization Software for Servers Hponcfg return codes, Hponcfg command file contents

HPONCFG return codes

This section provides description about the return code after running the command.

Table 2 hponcfg return codes

Value	Meaning
-1	ERROR: A general system error detected while running HPONCFG
0	Script succeeded.
1	Script failed
2	ERROR : Unable to shutdown the iLo Channel Interface
3	Firmware flash is in progress. Please wait for a while.
4	General error detected while checking firmware flash.
5	iLO Lights-Out functionality is Disabled.
	Please enable Lights-Out functionality before using this software.
	To Enable Lights-Out functionality:
	Set iLO Security Override Switch to ON and
	Use iLO ROM-based Setup Utility or iLO Browser interface to enable lights-out
	functionality.
7	You are not a root/superuser. Only root/superuser can access the utility.
9	ERROR: Please specify firmware level as numeric input
10	Could not get status of the Lights-Out Functionality
13 - 20	ERROR: Failed to capture the configuration

If the script itself fails, errors are reported in the log file created by HPONCFG.

HPONCFG command file contents

The hponcfg command can be used to perform the following tasks:

•Obtain an entire configuration

•Obtain a specific configuration

•Set a configuration

Obtaining an entire configuration

The hponcfg command can be used to obtain an entire configuration from an iLO 2, iLO 3 or iLO 4. In this case, the utility executes from the command line without specification of an input file. The name of the output file is given on the command line. For example:

/opt/hp/tools # ./hponcfg -w config.xml

In this example, the utility indicated that it obtained the data successfully and wrote it to the output file as requested. The following is a typical example of the contents of the output file:

<HPONCFG VERSION="1.1"> <!–Generated 04/15/04 15:20:36—> <MOD_DIR_CONFIG> <DIR_AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED VALUE="N" /> <DIR_LOCAL_USER_ACCT VALUE="Y" /> <DIR_SERVER_ADDRESS VALUE=""/> <DIR_SERVER_PORT VALUE="25"/> <DIR_OBJECT_DN VALUE=" "/> <DIR_OBJECT_PASSWORD VALUE=""/> <DIR_USER_CONTEXT_1 VALUE=""/>

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