Infrastructure Credentials: HPE iLO 4

This page tracks the local management and IPMI credentials for the server infrastructure hardware.

The following matrix documents the active administrative accounts on the HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 (strg2) system board.

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When updating or rotating credentials for this hardware, the following strict physical and protocol limitations must be followed:

• Strict Length Limit: Passwords MUST be between 8 and 20 characters in length. The underlying IPMI protocol silently truncates anything past 20 characters, which causes a silent mismatch that locks users out of the Web Dashboard.
• Character Requirements: Passwords must contain a mix of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and numeric digits.
• The Special Character Limitation: If utilizing symbols (such as !, $, or *), the password must be injected via the local host CLI using single quotes (`'…'`) to prevent Linux Bash history expansion from corrupting the string.

Best Practice: To set a password longer than 20 characters or one with highly complex symbols, first assign a simple temporary alphanumeric password via the local terminal to gain entry, then perform the final password update directly inside the iLO 4 Web UI settings page.

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To audit the state of these accounts at any time from the local host shell, load the IPMI driver modules and query channel 2:

sudo modprobe ipmi_si && sudo modprobe ipmi_devintf
sudo ipmitool user list 2

Remote command-line access requires passing legacy cryptographic ciphers to accommodate the iLO 4 management processor:

ssh -o KexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa Administrator@<iLO_IP>