Short tip: Find out HP Managepent Processor IP address

calendar Jun 28, 2018 · 1 min read · hp kurztipp  ·
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Recently I needed access to a HP Management Processor (MP) without knowing the appropriate IP address.

A possibility is to utilize a serial connection to the MP - but this is kinda complicated if you don't have any physical system access.

A smarter approach is to find out the IP address using the running operating system (HP-UX). For this, you will need to have the additional software product SFM-CORE (HPUX System Fault Management) installed. The following command checks whether the product is installed:

1# swlist -l product SFM-CORE
2# Initializing...
3# Contacting target "GIERTZ"...
4#
5# Target:  GIERTZ:/
6#
7
8 SFM-CORE                      B.07.02.02     HPUX System Fault Management

If the tool is installed, the following command is sufficient to retrieve MP detail information including the IP address:

 1# /opt/sfm/bin/CIMUtil -e root/cimv2 HP_ManagementProcessor
 2Instance 0 :
 3UniqueIdentifier : 0.21.185.123.267.123
 4ControllerType : 3
 5OtherControllerType :
 6IPAddress : 10.22.10.11
 7URL : http://10.22.10.11
 8Dedicated : 14
 9CreationClassName : HP_ManagementProcessor
10Name : Management Processor
11EnabledState :  2
12OperationalStatus :  2
13FirmwareRevision :  F.002.026.000
14LEDColour :  0
15LEDBlinkRate:   0
16NICCondition :  2

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