Reasons to disable iLO security
• All user accounts that have the Administer User Accounts privilege are locked out.
• An invalid configuration prevents iLO from being displayed on the network, and the ROM-based
configuration utility is disabled.
• The iLO NIC is turned off, and it is not possible or convenient to run the ROM-based configuration
utility to turn it back on.
• Only one user name is configured, and the password is forgotten.
Effects of disabling iLO security
When iLO is set to use the Production security state, and you disable iLO security:
• All security authorization verifications are disabled.
• If the host server is reset, the ROM-based configuration utility runs.
• iLO is not disabled and might be displayed on the network as configured.
• If iLO functionality is disabled, iLO does not log out active users and complete the disable process until
the power is cycled on the server.
• A warning message is displayed on iLO web interface pages, indicating that iLO security is disabled:
• An iLO log entry is added to record the iLO security change.
• If an SNMP Alert Destination is configured, an SNMP alert is sent when iLO starts after you use the
system maintenance switch to enable or disable iLO security.
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Using the iLO security features
