Reset Administrator Password of HP ILO

Last night I got locked out of my Compaq DL360's iLO. I searched the web to find how to reset the Administrator password and read that, for the most part, I'd have to be at the console. Bah! My servers are in San Jose and I'm up here in San Francisco, I didn't want to make a trip just to reset my passwords. I continued to look around the web for a solution and found that I could reset the Administrator password (or even add another user with admin privs) using Compaq's Remote Insight Board Command Language. Apparently, if you are processing RIBCL commands through your given operating sytem so long as you have the rights to login to the server. I logged in as my Windows Domain Admin and performed the following steps (Linux users, you can download the RPM for HPONCFG):

1. I installed SNMP because it was a preprequesite for HP Insight Management Agents.
2. I dowloaded and installed the HP Insight Management Agents.
3. I then downloaded HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility.
4. I ran into NTVDM errors trying to run the file so I just used WinRAR to extract the contents into C:\hp\ilo. I also extracted the zip file contained within the initial archive.
5. I then downloaded the HP Lights-Out XML Scripting Sample for Windows (Linux users can download the files in tgz format here or here.) extracted it and found the file I was looking for --

"! = <" - entfernen

!ribcl VERSION="2.0">
!login USER_LOGIN="Administrator" PASSWORD="boguspassword">
!user_INFO MODE="write">
!mod_USER USER_LOGIN="Administrator">
!password value="newpass"/>
!/mod_USER>
!/user_INFO>
!/login>
!/ribcl>

6. Using notepad, I opened up the sample file and modified it slightly. Initially, I just removed the LOGIN and ran the file but HPONCFG gave me a syntax error. I then added it back and gave the Administrator a bogus password. Apparently, the LOGIN line is required for syntax reasons but it is not actually processed.
7. Next, I opened a command line and changed directories to C:\hp\ilo and typed the following:

HPONCFG.exe /f Administrator_reset_pw.xml /l log.txt > output.txt


Script for adding a new User

!ribcl version="2.0">
!login USER_LOGIN="Administrator" PASSWORD="boguspass">
!user_INFO MODE="write" >
!add_USER
USER_NAME="Chrissy"
USER_LOGIN="Chrissy"
PASSWORD="mynewpass">
!reset_SERVER_PRIV value = "Y" />
!admin_PRIV value = "Y" />
!/add_USER>
!/user_INFO>
!/login>
!/ribcl>