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Scheduled Switch on to HP server

We have a few HP Proliant Servers (HP DL380 G4 and HP DL360 G5)
At present we run a daily scheduled task to switch the servers off at night to save costs on running. In order to switch the servers back on we need to either manually switch it on or connect to the ILO to Remote switch on the servers. From my understanding you can run a script that communicates to the HP ILO that will switch the servers on automatically. I would appreciate if someone can assist me with such a script and how to deploy it. Thank you.

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Various ways, there's a telnet example and a RIBCL example of powering the server on in the guide at http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02237707.pdf

One caveat however, you can't run the telnet from the shut-down server obviously so you'll have to do it through a scheduled task on another machine that's still running.

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Thanks for your advice. I will telnet from another machine on the network that can communicate to the ILO Servers that are shut down. For example if server 1's ILO IP was 192.168.100.50 and the ILO username was "admin" with the password of "pass123" what would be the telnet statement I would need to run? I tried to work it out by reviewing the link supplied but am confused. Thanks

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