Some servers, such as the XL170r, require an adapter to connect a USB to Ethernet adapter to the iLO Service Port.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends the HPE Micro USB to USB Adapter (part number 789904-B21).
When you use the iLO Service Port:
• Actions are logged in the iLO event log.
• The server UID flashes to indicate the Service Port status.
You can also retrieve the Service Port status by using a REST client and the iLO RESTful API.
• You cannot use the Service Port to boot any device within the server, or the server itself.
• You cannot access the server by connecting to the Service Port.
• You cannot access the connected device from the server.
For more information about the iLO Service Port, see the iLO user guide at the following website:
iLO RESTful API
iLO includes the iLO RESTful API, which is Redfish API conformant. The iLO RESTful API is a management interface that server
management tools can use to perform configuration, inventory, and monitoring tasks by sending basic HTTPS operations
(GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, and PATCH) to the iLO web server.
To learn more about the iLO RESTful API, see the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (
For more information, watch the
Redfish & How it works with HPE Server Management video.
RESTful Interface Tool
The RESTful Interface Tool (iLOREST) is a scripting tool that allows you to automate HPE server management tasks. It
provides a set of simplified commands that take advantage of the iLO RESTful API. You can install the tool on your computer
for remote use or install it locally on a server with a Windows or Linux Operating System. The RESTful Interface Tool offers an
interactive mode, a scriptable mode, and a file-based mode similar to CONREP to help decrease automation times.
For more information, see the following website:
https://www.hpe.com/info/resttool.
iLO Amplifier Pack
iLO Amplifier Pack is an advanced server inventory, firmware and driver update solution that enables rapid discovery, detailed
inventory reporting, firmware, and driver updates by leveraging iLO advanced functionality. iLO Amplifier Pack performs rapid
server discovery and inventory for thousands of supported servers for the purpose of updating firmware and drivers at scale.
For more information about iLO Amplifier Pack, see the iLO Amplifier Pack User Guide at the following website:
www.hpe.com/support/ilo-ap-ug-en.
Intelligent Provisioning
Intelligent Provisioning is a single-server deployment tool embedded in ProLiant servers and HPE Synergy compute modules.
Intelligent Provisioning simplifies server setup, providing a reliable and consistent way to deploy servers.
Intelligent Provisioning 3.30 and later includes HPE Rapid Setup Software. When you launch F10 mode from the POST screen,
you are prompted to select whether you want to enter the Intelligent Provisioning or HPE Rapid Setup Software mode.
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