Upgrading iLO 2 Firmware through SSH
Recently I had a problem upgrading the iLO firmware on one of our servers through the GUI. This particular server did not have an OS on it at the time so normally I would update through the web interface. However since the firmware on this machine would not work with IE 11 I had no choice but to upgrade through SSH.
Before you start copy your firmware file (ilo2_225.bin in my case) to a local web server and make note of the URL.
- Login to the iLO with your favorite SSH client.
- Once connected type “cd map1/firmware1”
- Now type the following command replacing the URL with your own URL.
“load –source http://192.168.1.1/ilo2_225.bin”
- The update will now begin. It can take up to 10 minutes for the process to complete. You will be disconnected from your session during the upgrade.
- Login to iLO again and type “version” to verify the update has been completed.
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Reblogged this on Balta's Blog and commented:
It worked for me on a stubborn Proliant DL360 G5 that did not want to upgrade. ILO2 had to be upgraded from 1.4x to 1.83 to 1.22 so it worked.
I know this is a bit old but it worked for me. I had a difficult Proliant DL360 G6 running iLO2 v2.01 serving as a VMware host and could not get it updated. Using the information provided here I was able to upgrade in steps to v2.05, v2.09, v2.20 and then v2.29.
Thanks for posting this information.
mike if your interested I used to do allot of ilo scripting for windows with xml files I did it all with vbscript that generated the xml config files.
Good! Thanks a lot!
Thanks!!!! With you guide i can update DL785 G6. Regards!