Reset iLO Admin Password

I tripped over the following blog post that describes a simple way to reset the iLO Administrator Password without having to reboot the server:

http://blog.netnerds.net/2006/04/ribcl-reset-administrator-password-on-ilo/

To summarize, follow the steps below to reset the password for the iLO-account named Administrator:

1. Install “HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility” if it is not already installed in the server.
2. Create an XML-file with the following contents:
   <ribcl VERSION=“2.0”>
   <login USER_LOGIN=“Administrator” PASSWORD=“boguspassword”>
     <user_INFO MODE=“write”>
      <mod_USER USER_LOGIN=“Administrator”>
       <password value=“newpass”/>
      </mod_USER>
     </user_INFO>
   </login>
   </ribcl>

3. Execute the following command in a command prompt on the server:
   HPONCFG.exe /f xml-file-above.xml /l log.txt > output.txt

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