How to Access HP C-Class Blades iLO2 and C-Class Enclosure OA using SSH

Just to share here are some of the commands you can use to check on the HP blades other than using iLO2/OA through HTTP.

For Blade Servers

Logging in
> ssh @

- Displaying information in iLO2

In iLO2 CLI, information is organised in folders, therefore 'cd' is used to navigate around.

In the below example, there are 2 folders "system1" and "map1".
"system1" has all the hardware information for the blade you are in.
"map1" has all the iLO2 configuration for the blade you are in.

e.g.
hpiLO-> show
status=0
status_tag=COMMAND COMPLETED


/
Targets
system1
map1
Properties
Verbs
cd version exit show set

Basically, use the 'cd' command to navigate and "show" command to display the information.

You will know that you are at the end of the tree branch when you see nothing in the "Targets" listing.

when you "show", the information will be display under the "Properties".

e.g.
hpiLO-> cd /system1/fan1
status=0
status_tag=COMMAND COMPLETED


/system1/fan1


hpiLO-> show
status=0
status_tag=COMMAND COMPLETED


/system1/fan1
Targets
Properties
DeviceID=Virtual Fan
ElementName=System
OperationalStatus=Ok
VariableSpeed=Yes
DesiredSpeed=37
HealthState=Ok
Verbs
cd version exit show set

if you know the direct path, you can do the following as well.

e.g.
hpiLO-> show /system1/cpu1/logical_processor1
status=0
status_tag=COMMAND COMPLETED


/system1/cpu1/logical_processor1
Targets
Properties
current_pstate=1
pstate0_avg=0.0
pstate1_avg=100.0
pstate2_avg=0.0
pstate3_avg=0.0
pstate4_avg=0.0
pstate5_avg=0.0
pstate6_avg=0.0
pstate7_avg=0.0
Verbs
cd version exit show set

If you want to show everything to that you can pipe to somewhere else for further processing, try this.

e.g.

hpiLO-> show -l all system1

Reset the system
This will reboot the blade

hpiLO-> reset system1

Power off the system gracefully.
This will shutdown the blade gracefully.

hpiLO-> stop

Power off the system forcefully.
This will shutdown the blade forcefully without going through the OS levels.

hpiLO-> stop -f

Power up the system.
This will power up the blade

hpiLO-> start system1

Reset iLO2.
This will reset iLO2.

hpiLO-> reset map1

*tip* to backspace when you typo, use shirt+backspace.

Reference:

For Blade Enclosure OA

Logging in
> ssh @

The OA CLI is different from iLO2 CLI. There is no need to "navigate".
The command set is as follows,

e.g.
OA-00237D382975> help

ADD ASSIGN CLEAR CONNECT DISABLE DOWNLOAD ENABLE EXIT FORCE GENERATE HELP
HISTORY HPONCFG LOGOUT PING POWEROFF POWERON QUIT REBOOT REMOVE RESTART SET SHOW
SLEEP TEST UNASSIGN UPDATE UPLOAD

OA-00237D382975> help show

SHOW { ALL | CA | CONFIG | DATE | DEVICE | DISPLAY EVENT(S) | EBIPA | ENCLOSURE
| FRU | HPSIM INFO | INTERCONNECT | LDAP | NETWORK | OA | PASSWORD SETTINGS |
POWER | RACK NAME | SERVER | SESSION TIMEOUT | SNMP | SSHFINGERPRINT | SSHKEY |
SYSLOG | TOPOLOGY | TWOFACTOR | UPDATE | USBKEY | USER | VCMODE }



Showing the c7000 enclosure information.

e.g.
OA-00237D382975> show enclosure info

Enclosure Information:
Enclosure Name: Your Enclosure Name
Enclosure Type: BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure
Part Number: 412152-B21
Serial Number: Your Serial Number
UUID: Your UUID
Asset Tag:
Midplane Spare Part Number: 414050-001
Power Distribution Unit:
PDU Type: HP AC Module, Single Phase
PDU Spare Part Number: 413494-001
Onboard Administrator Tray Information:
Type: HP BladeSystem c7000 Onboard Administrator Tray
Spare Part Number: 416000-001
Serial Number: Your OA Serial Number

Shown here for OA CLI are the "show" commands only since changing parameter in the OA may cause impact to the other blade systems.
Please refer to attached if you need to set parameters.