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How to reset HP ILO password without reboot when you forgot the admin (root) password: ESX, Windows & Linux This is still a test subject and i gathered all the methods and pasting it here for future reference & need to check whether the below steps are working or not on ESX and ESXI.  I am sure its working for Linux and Windows if the ILO drivers installed. ESX: You can configure the ILO board when you reboot your server and press <F8> but all your VM’s will be powered down. The other way is installing hponcfg in the service console.First we need to download the below three rpm files from HP site. Then copy files to the tmp folder of your server console. Install the rpm files using the following command. [root@esxhost tmp]# rpm -ihv hponcfg-version.linux.rpm hpasm-version.rhel3.i386.rpm hprsm-version.rhel3.i386.rpm Create a Password_ILO_reset.xml file and copy it to your tmp folder. <RIBCL VERSION=”2.0″> <LOGIN USER_LOGIN=”Administ

HP ProLiant Servers - How to Reset the HP ILO Inband Root/Administrator Password in Linux Information How to reset the HP ILO Inband root/Administrator password in Linux. Details Use the  hponcfg  command to reset the HP ILO Inband password. Check if the package is already installed or not using the below command. # rpm -qf /sbin/hponcfg     hponcfg-1.9.0-3      List/Check the content of the package. # rpm -ql hponcfg-1.9.0-3     /sbin/hponcfg       Create a xml file like below or user can copy the same content and change the “newpass” to users password. # vi passwd_reset_ilo.xml       # cat passwd_reset_ilo.xml     <ribcl version="2.0">     <login user_login="Administrator" password="boguspassword">     <user_info mode="write">      <mod_user user_login="Administrator">       <password value="newpass">      </password>     </mod_user>     </user_info&g