How to connect over VNC to server ILO Remote Console

So, I've found the answer, as a result of another answer that was totally condescending and really upset me (and was deleted), but forced me to dig and dig to figure out how to do this. The answer lies within x11vnc, which was apparently created partly for this purpose. Luckily, Xen actually installs x11vnc for me, so I don't even have to install it. Just run:

sudo x11vnc -rawfb console

and blammo, vnc to the console. Like a KVM, but requires network. There are a million options for x11vnc, and I haven't explored them all yet, but this is perfect and exactly what I need. To run it in the background, add a bg flag:

sudo x11vnc -bg -rawfb console

Note that you cannot connect to the remote computer using an empty password via SMB or RPC unless it is Windows XP Home Edition or Windows 2000. All newer Windows versions will require a non-empty password for any account trying to log on either through SMB, RPC or even RDP by default. A VNC login is somewhat of an exception as it is regarded a "local console logon" by the system and thus circumvents the "no empty passwords for non-console logons" policy.

So unless you can come up with an account which has a password and is able to do administrative tasks, you are somewhat out of luck.

On the other hand, if you happen to have a password-protected administrative account, you have a multitude of options:

• using sc.exe, shutdown.exe or accessing the remote scheduled tasks via the MMC snapin and creating and running a task with the commands of your choice in the security context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
• using psexec, psshutdown or psservice
• using regedit to enable remote desktop by setting fDenyTSConnections

If the host happens to be part of a domain, you also could do some wizardry in terms of enabling stuff, changing firewall settings or even setting up a scheduled task with Group Policy Preferences.