Utilities

How to get or set iLO details from Linux and Windows (when you lost iLO access)
As an sysadmin, its always headache to deal with remote systems as rely on remote consoles (HP iLO, Dell iDRAC etc) for servers to access...

Upgrade HPE iLO from Linux Command Line
1. Download HPE iLO firmware files from HPE portal. Make sure you download the required version from here 2. Confirm downloaded packages are full …
Subnet Mask Information – Quick Reference Sheet
Address Bits Pref NetMask 1 0 /32 255.255.255.255 2 1 /31 255.255.255.254 4 2 /30 255.255.255.252 8 3 /29 255.255.255.248 16 4 /28 255.255.255.240 32 …
How to check CPU count information (LUX)
Quick methods to check. Linux [root~]# dmidecode -t processor |grep CPU Version: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7- 4830 @ 2.13GHz Version: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU …
Register in RHN after installation
There are many situations where we need to register the host/server to RHN server manually, due to network issues, bad certificate/authentication or …
How to Check Linux/Unix Operating System Version, Maintenance Level, Architecure
We can identify the Unix Operating System architecture by uname or arch command. Try below examples. Linux kernel version and hardware architecture # …
dmidecode – best usages [updated]
Check Hyper-threading (Virtualization) available or not # dmidecode -t processor | grep HTT HTT (Multi-threading) HTT (Multi-threading) Check if its …

UNIX / Linux shutdown Commands
Shutdown the machine immediately # shutdown -h now Reboot the machine immediately # shutdown -r now Shutdown the machine with user defined message # …
Check MD5 in windows using fciv
The File Checksum Integrity Verifier (FCIV) is a command-prompt utility that computes and verifies cryptographic hash values of files. FCIV can …

How to find the Bladecenter/Enclosure name of Blade
You got a blade server details to work with and you need to find the enclosure name and details, the blade installed in, how ?...

How to find iLO MAC address for BladeCenter/Enclosure
Open the iLO console (HP here in example) goto to the menu as described in the screenshot.
Gineesh Madapparambath
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