How To Configure HPE iLO via ESXi Shell

There is a standard way to configure iLO for HPE ProLiant servers, HPE iLO can be configured after boot-up via SETUP utility on all type of servers and generations. If you press [F8] during boot-up, iLO configuration utility will be appeared and then you can configure all iLO configuration such as network connection.

When server has OS or Hypervisor installed, you can’t configure iLO via SETUP utility because server should restart. In order to configuring iLO configurations, all virtual machines should be migrated from ESXi hosts but if you can not restart server or don’t have enough resources for migration, it should be done via ESXi shell.

In case of other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, configuring iLO is possible via operating system by HPE iLO Configuration Utility.