Oct
18
2009

Reset HP Integrated Lights Out Password

To reset Administrator Password on HP Insight Integrated Lights Out (iLO):

  • Ensure that SNMP is installed because it was a prerequisite for HP Insight Management Agents.
  • Ensure that HP Insight Management Agents are installed.
  • Download this zip file – ResetiLO.zip
  • Create a folder on the root of your C: drive called hp
  • Create a folder within C:hp called ilo
  • Extract the zip file to c:hpilo
  • Edit the file “Administrator_reset_pw.xml” with the username you would like to reset and also edit the PASSWORD value=”password” to the new password.
  • Than go to command prompt to folder c:hpilo and run the following command:
  • FOR iLO Version 2 and above
  • HPONCFG.exe /f Administrator_reset_pw.xml /l log.txt > output.txt
  • FOR iLO Version 1.88 and below
  • CPQLOCFG.exe /f Administrator_reset_pw.xml /l log.txt > output.txt
  • You do not require the old password to reset the account.

For additional information please read the PDF file in the attached zip file.

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