HP iLO 3 Scripting and Command Line Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction.............................................................................................11

Scripting and command line guide overview..............................................................................11

Scripting and command line utilities..........................................................................................11

HPQLOCFG Utility.............................................................................................................12

LOCFG.PL Script................................................................................................................12

HPONCFG Utility..............................................................................................................12

SMASH CLP......................................................................................................................12

IPMI.................................................................................................................................13

New in this version.................................................................................................................13

HP Insight Control server deployment........................................................................................13

2 HPQLOCFG usage...................................................................................15

Configuring for unauthenticated XML queries..............................................................................15

Creating a system collection in HP SIM......................................................................................17

Launch applications with HP SIM custom tools............................................................................17

Batch processing using HPQLOCFG..........................................................................................17

HPQLOCFG command line parameters.....................................................................................18

Using quote characters.......................................................................................................18

Command line switches......................................................................................................19

Using variables and name value pairs with HPQLOCFG.....................................................19

3 LOCFG.PL usage......................................................................................21

LOCFG.PL Utility.....................................................................................................................21

LOCFG.PL command line switches.............................................................................................21

4 HPONCFG online configuration utility.........................................................22

HPONCFG............................................................................................................................22

HPONCFG supported operating systems...................................................................................22

HPONCFG requirements.........................................................................................................22

Installing HPONCFG...............................................................................................................22

Windows server installation.................................................................................................23

Linux server installation ......................................................................................................23

HPONCFG utility....................................................................................................................23

HPONCFG command line parameters..................................................................................23

Using HPONCFG on Windows servers............................................................................24

Using HPONCFG on Linux servers...................................................................................24

Obtaining the basic configuration........................................................................................25

Obtaining a specific configuration.......................................................................................26

Setting a configuration.......................................................................................................27

Using variable substitution...................................................................................................27

Capturing and restoring a configuration................................................................................28

5 SMASH CLP usage...................................................................................30

SMASH CLP ..........................................................................................................................30

6 IPMI usage..............................................................................................31

The IPMI utility........................................................................................................................31

Basic IPMI tool usage..............................................................................................................31

Advanced IPMI tool usage on Linux...........................................................................................31

Advanced IPMIutil usage on Windows......................................................................................32

7 SMASH CLP Scripting Language................................................................33

SMASH CLP command line overview........................................................................................33

SMASH CLP command line access............................................................................................33

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