Discover HP iLO IP address in Linux

Here we have a Proliant DL785 G6

root@linux:~ # dmidecode | grep -i Proliant
Product Name: ProLiant DL785 G6
Family: ProLiant

To discover the iLO IP address, check it with ipmitool

root@linux:~ # ipmitool lan print
Set in Progress : Set Complete
Auth Type Support :
Auth Type Enable : Callback :
: User :
: Operator :
: Admin : MD2 PASSWORD OEM
: OEM : NONE MD2 PASSWORD
IP Address Source : Static Address
IP Address : 172.22.29.40
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
MAC Address : 00:21:5a:de:db:02
BMC ARP Control : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
Gratituous ARP Intrvl : 0.0 seconds
Default Gateway IP : 172.22.29.1
802.1q VLAN ID : Disabled
802.1q VLAN Priority : 0
Cipher Suite Priv Max : Not Available

Or you can view using hponcfg and outputting the configuration to a file

root@linux:~ # hponcfg -w iLO_ouput.out
root@linux:~ # cat ILO_ouput.out
<!– HPONCFG VERSION = “3.0” –>
<!– Generated 5/8/2014 12:6:50 –>
<DIR_INFO MODE=”write”>
<MOD_DIR_CONFIG>
<DIR_AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED VALUE = “N”/>
<DIR_LOCAL_USER_ACCT VALUE = “Y”/>
<DIR_SERVER_ADDRESS VALUE = “”/>
<DIR_SERVER_PORT VALUE = “636”/>
<DIR_OBJECT_DN VALUE = “”/>
<DIR_OBJECT_PASSWORD VALUE = “”/>
<DIR_USER_CONTEXT_1 VALUE = “”/>
<DIR_USER_CONTEXT_2 VALUE = “”/>
<DIR_USER_CONTEXT_3 VALUE = “”/>
<RIB_INFO MODE=”write”>
<MOD_NETWORK_SETTINGS>
<SPEED_AUTOSELECT VALUE = “Y”/>
<NIC_SPEED VALUE = “10”/>
<FULL_DUPLEX VALUE = “N”/>
<IP_ADDRESS VALUE = “0.0.0.0”/>
<SUBNET_MASK VALUE = “0.0.0.0”/>
<GATEWAY_IP_ADDRESS VALUE = “0.0.0.0”/>
<DNS_NAME VALUE = “ILO—z”/>
<PRIM_DNS_SERVER value = “0.0.0.0”/>
<DHCP_ENABLE VALUE = “Y”/>
<DOMAIN_NAME VALUE = “”/>
<DHCP_GATEWAY VALUE = “Y”/>
<DHCP_DNS_SERVER VALUE = “Y”/>
<DHCP_STATIC_ROUTE VALUE = “Y”/>
<DHCP_WINS_SERVER VALUE = “Y”/>
<REG_WINS_SERVER VALUE = “Y”/>
<PRIM_WINS_SERVER value = “0.0.0.0”/>
<STATIC_ROUTE_1 DEST = “0.0.0.0” GATEWAY = “0.0.0.0”/>
<STATIC_ROUTE_2 DEST = “0.0.0.0” GATEWAY = “0.0.0.0”/>
<STATIC_ROUTE_3 DEST = “0.0.0.0” GATEWAY = “0.0.0.0”/>
</MOD_NETWORK_SETTINGS>
</RIB_INFO>
<USER_INFO MODE=”write”>
</USER_INFO>
</LOGIN>
</RIBCL>

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