[Info-vax] OpenVMS method to display IA64 MP version w/o establishing comm link to MP?

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2019-04-08 19:09:23 +0000, Rod Regier said:

> I want to review IA64 MP version of several servers in my IA64 customer 
> installed base. (To see if any need updating).
> 
> They're a mixed bag for networking so having network access grants to 
> all of the iLOs (MP) isn't in the cards.
> 
> Is there an OpenVMS method to display IA64 MP version w/o establishing 
> comm link to MP?

Directly, not that I'm aware of.  HP/HPE never provided the hponcfg 
giblets and device driver for OpenVMS, AFAIK.

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02774508

There've been some iLO hacks for other operating system platforms, but 
I'm not aware of anybody that's ported one of those to OpenVMS.

Lots of handy tools for accessing the iLO from the local network once 
that's configured and operating, such as Python client for scripting 
access.

https://seveas.github.io/python-hpilo/
https://github.com/HewlettPackard/python-ilorest-library
etc

Indirectly and when the network is connected, there's typically a chunk 
of data available via the REST interface that doesn't require 
authentication.  See the hpilo tool for details.
https://seveas.github.io/python-hpilo/xmldata.html
https://raymii.org/s/snippets/HP-ILO-Quickly-gather-firmware-and-version-information-with-CUR.html 


But all this requires configuring and connecting the iLO.


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