Check if an iLO board installed on a Windows machine

Question

How can I check if a iLO-Board is installed on a Windowsmachine? I would like to do it via a script (python prefered).

I thought about checking the connectionport. E.g.: If the iLO is connected via PCI, I can scan the PCI slots. But I couldn't find information about where it is connected.

Do you have any other ideas? Thank you

Solution 1

The HP recommended way is to install the Proliant Support Pack for your operating system (regardless) with the HPONCFG and iLO Management Interface Driver.

Then run the %Program files%\HP\hponcfg\hponcfg /a /w C:\ilo-config-output.txt command to dump the complete ILO configuration to C:\ilo-config-output.txt. Then Python away.

Google for "HP iLO 3 Scripting and Command Line Guide" and check www.hp.com/go/iLO3 for Sample ILO scripts as well.

Solution 2

Some knowledge of your environment is necessary... It may be a silly exercise to even have to programmatically scan for this. It's like checking servers to see if a power button is present...

MAKE SURE THE SERVER IS AN HP!!

HP ProLiant 300, 500, 700-series servers from 2003 going forward have had ILO embedded onto the motherboard. Most 100-series HP servers have basic ILO facilities, too. If you're dealing with a modern server from HP, it likely has ILO capabilities...

Of course, that doesn't mean that ILO has been configured or even plugged in; a problem I see in many environments I walk into. So that's a different challenge.

For you, check the server model number; e.g. "DL380 G6" and cross-reference it with a Google of "DL380 G6 quickspecs". You'll get ALL of the specification information you need there.

Comments

[kralyk]

'How can I check if a iLO-Board is installed on a Windowsmachine?' - just check your up-to-date inventory control list that gets updated after every purchase and before deploying any hardware/software. It should have this listed as one of the attributes/columns. You do keep one of these, right?

[0xAffe]

Sorry, I think I can't follow you. Where can I find an inventory control list?

[tombull89]

swooooooooosh

[0xAffe]

I already tried some of the HP Programms. But I need to do it on multiple Machines, where I dont have the permissions to install programms. Is a iLO shown in the Device Manager? And if so, is there a way to access the Device Manager via a script?

[HBruijn]

If you're not one of the administrators what do you need the ILO information for? But on Linux the system command dmidecode would display the hardware specs, including the presence of ILO/IPMI cards and there seem to be windows port as well.

[user2320464]

Your answer lacks details. For this to work iLO must be configured and have network connectivity.