HPE iLOrest changelog

The latest iLOrest packages can be freely downloaded from GitHub.

A PyPI project is also available.

Version 5.3.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue with the bootorder command . New boot order was not set properly.
  • Fixed an issue with the esxcli utility in ESXI 8.0.
  • Fixed an issue with the certificate command . In some cases, the --getcsr option was throwing an exception.
  • Fixed an issue with the ethernet command where --nameservers option was not accepting three name servers as it should.
  • Fixed an issue with the select command . RDE controller information was not listing when executing list members --select StorageControllerCollection. --json .
  • Fixed an issue with the flashfwpkg command . The command was not printing the returned iLO error message when the option --tpmover was supplied.
  • Fixed an issue with the flashfwpkg command .The command was not working with some directly connected drives or connected behind a storage controller.
  • Fixed an issue with the rawget command . The command was not displaying the returned iLO error code when a non-existent URL was supplied as input.
  • Fixed an issue in the login() library function preventing the use of a OneView generated session key (SSO token). Refer to this paragraph for more information.

Enhancements:

Version 5.2.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue with the save command . The command was not working with the --multisave parameter.
  • Fixed an issue with the set command . --logout was not logging the session out.
  • Fixed an issue with the set command . Modification to the IP network configuration was not working as expected.
  • Fixed issues with rawpost command , rawpatch command . These commands were returning an exception error when a .txt file was supplied as input.

Enhancements:

  • Support for third party firmware images .pup, .fpb, .hpb enabled in both inband as well as out of band communication for flashfwpkg command

Version 5.1.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue with the installset command . The output of this command was returning unwanted response in it prior to the fix.
  • Fixed multiple issues with the Get command . EthernetNetworkInterface and Power types were wrongly displayed before the fix.

Enhancements:

  • Support of 8 parallel inband operations or command executions.
  • SLES 15 Sp6 support has been enabled.

Version 5.0.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue with the get command . A get licensekey in the HpeiLOLicense schema was not displaying the license key appropriately.
  • Fixed an issue with the get command . A get Oem/Hpe/thermalconfiguration in the Thermal schema was not displaying the thermal configuration information.
  • Fixed an issue with the directory command . The kerberos sub-command output was empty even when configured.
  • Fixed an issue with the flashfwpkg command and its forceupload option.
  • Fixed an issue with the virtualmedia command . The output had misplaced data for CD and Floppy media types.
  • Fixed an issue with the Backuprestore command in in-band/local mode. The output was different, depending on the iLO security state .
  • Fixed an issue with the storagecontroller command where the output was empty for invalid controller and volume IDs.
  • Fixed an issue with the serverlogs command where AHS download in Intelligent Provisioning environment was failing.

Enhancements:

NOTES
  • Python3 is required prior to the installation.
  • The iLOrest PyPI package cannot coexist with the DMTF's Python Redfish Library
  • This version supports only x86_64 systems.
  • Support on ARM based systems will be announced in a future release.
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Refer to the installation section for additional information.

Version 4.9.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue with Serverclone command load where updating recovery privilege for iLO user accounts had an issue.
  • Fixed an issue with ServerInfo command power option,where power supply data was incomplete.
  • Fixed an issue with MakeInstallset command by correcting the input json format.
  • Fixed an issue with IscsiConfig command where changing the iscsi boot network interface failed.
  • Fixed an issue with Installset command where add and remove of recovery install set threw exception.
  • Fixed an issue with MakeInstallset command to correct the response to include firmware version.
  • Fixed an issue with Ethernet command where setting iPv4 address failed.
  • Fixed an issue with Uploadcomp command where wrong error code was returned in high security mode.
  • Fixed an issue with Directory command ldap --addrolemap where customer faced issue with adding customized privileges.
  • Fixed an issue where in RHEL 9 and above error 8 was caught for login command
  • Fixed an issue with Taskqueue command -r where removal of recovery task in FIPS mode threw error.
  • Fixed an issue with iloreset command , list command , save command where commands were not able to locate the service.
  • Fixed an issue with AHS log filename to have vendor name along.
  • Fixed an issue w.r.t sha 256 signing in case of iLOrest Linux product.

Version 4.8.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue with the flashfwpkg command where locked components were not flashing.
  • Fixed an issue with list --json --selector HpeSecurityService. not displaying in JSON format. Same is fixed with get command as well.
  • Device discovery checks in flashfwpkg command are removed as it is taken care by iLO.
  • Fixed an issue with firmwareupdate command failing with error code 41 (FIRMWARE _ UPDATE _ ERROR) when server enabled with TPM.
  • Fixed as issue where ilorest rpm not installing on FIPS enabled Linux OS.

Enhancements:

  • Enhanced the ethernet command with new option --force_network_config to apply iLO network configuration.
  • Enhanced flashfwpkg command with --targets option for targetted firmware update feature.
  • Upgraded OpenSSL from version 1.0.2zf to 3.0.12.

Version 4.7.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an AHS download issue in local in-band mode in the serverlog command .
  • Fixed an issue where powercap is not able to be set.
  • Fixed the installset command where it was not deleting or creating recovery install sets.
  • Fixed an issue with createvolume command options quickdrive and customedrive w.r.t iLO 5.
  • Fixed an issue with deletevolume command w.r.t iLO 5.
  • Fixed an issue in the serverclone command where iLO account changes were not cloned.
  • Fixed an issue where SecurityService instance was not found occasionally.
  • Fixed an issue with storagecontroller command was not working when resources were not loaded in iLO.

Enhancements:

  • Enhanced the load command with new option --force_network_config to apply iLO network configuration.
  • Enhanced the installset command with mandatory --user and --password parameters while creating and deleting recovery install sets during a local in-band sessions .

Version 4.6.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue in the directory command where option --addrolemap role delimiter was not working.
  • Fixed an unhandled error when flashfwpkg command executed with --update_srs for a user without the Recovery Set privilege.
  • Included a message in drivesanitize command for HPE iLO 5 for not supporting --drivereset and --status features.

Enhancements:

  • Enhanced the flashfwpkg command to flash the firmware of type .HPB ( HPE signed Public Binary ) images.
  • Added support for RHEL 9.2 ARM64 Operating System.

Version 4.5.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue where serverinfo command did not return memory and CPU information in Gen9 servers. Note memory capacity is still not printed.
  • Fixed an issue in directory ldap command where search domain delimiter was not working.
  • Fixed issues with createvolume command not working with HPE iLO 5 with Storage URI.
  • Included a message in drivesanitize command for HPE iLO 5 for not supporting --drivereset and --status features.
  • Fixed an intermittent issue of instance not found error in storagecontroller command .

Enhancements:

  • Enhanced flashfwpkg command and uploadcomponent command to handle both direct attached drives as well as controller connected drives.
  • Added support for TFA (Two Factor Authentication) for remote out-of-band login.
  • Added error code 85 when iLO is busy and sends back a resource not ready message.
  • Added support for deletion of JBOD volumes before creating RAID volumes.
  • Migrated HPE iLOrest documentation from slate to redocly.

Version 4.3.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue where BIOS Settings not saved using iLOrest save and load commands
  • Firmware Flashing via local CHIF timeout increased from 300 to 1800 seconds to facilitate multiple UBM3 backplane firmware flash.
  • Fixed an issue with deletevolume command to ask for confirmation when deleting all volumes using --all option.
  • Fixed an issue with virtualdrive command where the exception did not trigger the eject/unmount media.
  • Fixed an issue where No error message displayed when Invalid/Non-existing drive or controller is passed while creating a logical drive using quickdrive .
  • Fixed an issue where server does not reboot when virtual media is added along with reboot parameter.
  • Fixed an issues with help options of some of the commands.
  • Fixed metadata information for ESXi 8 ilorest component.

Enhancements:

  • Added new code for iLO6 MR controller to get allowable values capabilities section during creation of volumes.
  • Device Discovery check is added in flashfwpkg for PLDM component firmware flash.

Version 4.2.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue with --nameservers option in ethernet command.
  • Fixed an issue with ilolicense command where the exception did not trigger for invalid license.
  • Fixed an issue with bootorder command not working for iLO6.
  • Fixed an issue with serverinfo command not displaying MAC address in iLO5.

Enhancements:

  • Added a new option --storageid to all storage commands, allowing for filtering by both storage id and controller id.
  • Added a new option -sf to the serverclone command to save storage configurations in a custom file.
  • Modified the --activationkey parameter in the computeopsmanagement command from mandatory to optional.
  • All subcommands from the unifiedcertificate command have been merged into the certificate command. The unifiedcertificate command is now deprecated.

Version 4.1.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue in save where NVMe drives are getting saved 2 times.
  • Fixed an issue set command for Oem/Hpe/ThermalConfiguration .
  • Fixed several issues with storagecontroller command which is an alias to smartarray command.
  • Fixed an issue with logging in and logging out with sessionid option in login command.
  • Fixed minor issues with createvolume and deletevolume command.
  • Fixed an issue fetching storage controller details using location details.
  • Fixed an issue in clearcontroller command by specifying the location details.
  • Fixed an issue in login command by specifying the proxy details.
  • Fixed a github reported issue by giving --nologout option for reboot command.

Enhancements:

  • Added support for server cloning storage controller configurations in Gen11 (HPE iLO 6) servers.

Version 4.0.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed several customer issues reported in github.
  • Upgraded OpenSSL to 1.0.2zf

Enhancements:

  • Added support for new storage RDE URLs for iLO6 (Gen11)
  • iLOLicense command is enhanced with install, uninstall and check license options.
  • certificate command has new option to support SCEP (Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol)

Version 3.6.0.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed several issues related to command and subcommand help.
  • Fixed an issue in ipprofiles command to push HVT profile to Intelligent Provisioning page when server is off or in POST mode.
  • Fixed issues with setpassword command when resetting password to blank in both Gen9 and Gen10 servers.
  • Fixed several issues with serverclone command.
  • Fixed several customer issues reported in github.
  • Fixed issues in serverinfo command w.r.t. json formatting and filtering.
  • Upgraded OpenSSL to 1.0.2zd

Enhancements:

  • Added support for ESXi 8.0.
  • Introduced smartnic command to manage Pensando and other Smart NICs

Version 3.5.1.0

Fixes:

  • Changed computeopsmanager command to computeopsmanagement
  • Fixed an issue in ipprofiles command to push HVT profile to Intelligent Provisioning page. Added new option -t/ --sleeptime to specify the wait time to enter Intelligent Provisioning page. Default is set to 320s(4 min).
  • Fixed an InvalidFileInputError exception when deleting ipprofiles .
  • Fixed an issue where login command did not prompt for password when just username is given.
  • Fixed an issue where ethernet command did not display data completely.
  • Fixed an issue where serverinfo --system command did not display NIC ports with iLO FW 2.70.

Enhancements:

  • Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) version 9
  • Added new option -t / --sleeptime to specify the wait time to enter Intelligent Provisioning page with default value to (4 min).

Version 3.5.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed issues serverclone command w.r.t automatic cloning of password.
  • Fixed incorrect json outputs for installset and serverinfo commands to help in automation scripts.
  • Fixed issues in ipprofiles command to aid in Intelligent Provisioning Job execution.
  • Fixed issues in iscsiconfig --list command.
  • Fixed an issue in directory show command to correctly show iLO Object Distinguished Name.
  • Fixed an issue in securitystatus command with credentials security.

Feature Enhancements:

  • Added support to manage ComputeOpsManagement which abstracts and orchestrates infrastructure and compute workflows.
  • Added support to enable/disable enhanced download capability to ethernet command.

Version 3.3.0

Fixes:

  • Fixed issues in uniqueoverride option for SerialNumber and ProductId in set and load commands.
  • Fixed issues related to Save and Load commands.
  • Fixed incorrect json outputs for Smartarray commands to help in automation scripts.
  • Fixed issues with uploadcomp w.r.t FWPKG files.
  • Fixed issues with showabsent option in serverinfo command.
  • Fixed issue with taskqueue command output as json format.
  • Fixed issue of rawget command involving session id parameter.

Enhancements:

  • Added Virtual NIC login option along with Chif for local login.
  • Added Certificate login options using user-based certificates in iLO.
  • Added enable _ vnic and disable _ vnic options in ethernet command.
  • Added NVMe drive type for smartarray commands
  • New error code RIS _ ILO _ CHIF _ ACCESS _ DENIED _ ERROR(66) is returned if iLO denies Chif Access.
  • New error codes RIS _ CREATE _ AND _ PREPARE _ CHANNEL _ ERROR(67) or RIS _ ILO _ CHIF _ PACKET _ EXCHANGE _ ERROR(71) is returned if there is any Chif Channel errors.
  • New error code RIS _ ILO _ CHIF _ NO _ DRIVER _ ERROR(69) is returned if Chif driver not found.

Version 3.2.2

Fixes:

  • Help command missing issue.
  • Command outputs in Json format when used with -j or --json option.
  • Key Error issue when saving Bios using save command.
  • Multiple keys get/set related issues w.r.t. FcPorts.
  • Console error issue when --logdir option used.
  • Multiple help text related issues.

Enhancements:

  • New Error code 84 (ILO _ RIS _ CORRUPTION _ ERROR) is returned if RIS is found to corrupted.
  • New Error code 46 (USERNAME _ PASSWORD _ REQUIRED _ ERROR) is returned if username and password not passed when iLO is in High Security Mode
  • Partition Mounting Error return text enhanced to reflect actual error.

Version 3.2.1

What's New:

  • Codebase migrated to Python3 from Python2.
  • Upgraded OpenSSL version to 1.0.2r.
  • setpassword able to set empty password.
  • Introduced Ethernet command. The Ethernet command handles the Ethernet related set and get parameters like IP, DNS, and so on. This also has save and load features.
  • serverclone options --silent and --quiet replaced with --auto .

Removed

  • iloclone has been completely removed from iLOrest. It was deprecated since version 2.4.1 and the apparition of the serverclone command .

Fixes:

  • Enhanced smartarray functionalities for creating, deleting and clearing logical drives.
  • Addressed drivesanitize not formatting the drive.
  • serverclone save and load related issues.
  • bootorder and iscsiconfig related fixes
  • Persistent memory related bug fixes.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes in rawpatch , get, set and flashfwpkg commands.

Version 3.1.1

What's New:

  • Provided an option to input session _ key for the RedfishClient class.
  • The iloaccounts command now provides the output in JSON format.
  • The createlogicaldrive quickdrive command now successfully runs.
  • BIOS and the poweron passwords can now be set without any password.

Fixes:

  • AHS data failing to download sometimes.
  • An issue with downloading AHS when iLOrest is running locally on a server.
  • The privilege modification of an iLO user account that was incorrectly applied on another user.
  • The body of the onebuttonerase command, so that it could POST successfully.

Version 3.1.0

  • Argument Parsing utilized for command line help functionality
  • All commands utilize '-h' in interactive or scriptable modes. iLOrest -h can be utilized to query global help.
  • Optional arguments can be supplied in any order as applicable to the relevant command or subcommand.
  • iLO firmware component update command timeout increased from 420 seconds to 1200 seconds.
  • serverclone command fixes:
    1. Optional argument change:
    2. silentcopy ( --auto ) -> automatic copy ( --autocopy )
    3. iLO Federation Groups
    4. Privilege changes are now performed regardless of add or modify password operations. If something happens an exception is thrown and logged.
  • FWPKG TypeC packages upload only .ZIP archive.
  • Results command updated to utilize revised response handler from python ilorest library (response handler changes incorporated in 3.0.0).