I have a HP ProLiant DL580 Gen 8 Server with an iLO Card giving me an "Error 270 – Unable to communicate with iLO firmware". So I am attempting to connect to the iLO port to upgrade/reflash the firmware but am having trouble connecting since the card does not give me a web interface or show up in Linux. Is there some way to connect to the iLO Card without an IP Address or even reflash the card without connecting at all?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
Edit:
The output of lsmod | grep ipmi is:
ipmi_si 59965 0
ipmi_devintf 17459 0
ipmi_msghandler 56728 2 ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si
The output of ipmi in dmesg is:
[ 22.664142] ipmi_si: IPMI System Interface driver
[ 22.667628] ipmi_si dmi-ipmi-si.0: probing via SMBIOS
[ 22.668668] ipmi_platform: ipmi_si: SMBIOS: io 0xca2 regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
[ 22.668675] ipmi_si: Adding SMBIOS-specified kcs state machine
[ 22.675631] ipmi_si IPI0001:00: probing via ACPI
[ 22.679063] ipmi_si IPI0001:00: [io 0x0ca2-0x0ca3] regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
[ 22.679593] ipmi_si dmi-ipmi-si.0: Removing SMBIOS-specified kcs state machine in favor of ACPI
[ 22.737049] ipmi_si: Adding ACPI-specified kcs state machine
[ 22.757657] ipmi_si: Trying ACPI-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x20, irq 0
[ 22.757669] ipmi_si IPI0001:00: Interface detection failed
Edit:
The output of running the command dmesg | grep hpilo is as follows:
[geek@geekserver ~]$ dmesg | grep hpilo
[ 87.717656] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.727853] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.739278] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.750622] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.762020] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.772910] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.783734] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.796155] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.806400] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.818259] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.829745] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.841088] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.851992] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.863278] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.875723] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 87.886720] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 117.896935] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 117.907968] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 117.918400] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 117.928718] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 117.939963] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 117.951204] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 117.961535] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 117.971841] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 117.982877] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 117.993143] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 118.004062] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 118.014426] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 118.024998] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 118.036891] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 118.047279] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 118.057745] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.068697] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.080446] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.090693] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.101694] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.111935] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.122970] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.133202] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.144305] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.154549] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.166109] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.177431] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.188509] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.200271] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.210513] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.220775] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 148.231031] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.843807] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.855360] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.866443] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.878822] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.891445] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.901802] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.912156] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.923296] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.933581] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.944703] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.955724] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.966785] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.978467] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 170.990357] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 171.000659] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 171.011671] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.024190] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.034618] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.045038] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.055421] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.065722] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.077786] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.088093] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.098369] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.108609] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.119653] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.129894] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.141077] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.151289] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.162286] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.172489] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 201.183520] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.194412] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.205426] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.215671] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.225926] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.236885] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.247999] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.258969] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.269165] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.280608] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.290806] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.301702] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.311896] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.323642] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.333849] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.344792] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
[ 231.355017] hpilo 0000:01:00.2: Open could not dequeue a packet
Best Answer
In this instance I managed to fix it.
The way I did was to reflash the firmware through the iLO ports FTP service.
Anyone interested do the following:
Grab the iLO firmware .exe file from: (Be sure to get the right file for your iLO version) https://support.hpe.com/connect/s/softwaredetails?softwareId=MTX_ad5c5b7896424a6e8a110ef7cf
Extract the .bin file it by following the "Obtaining the iLO firmware image file" instructions found here: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=sf000046896en_us
Using FTP transfer the file to the server, by following: look for the "iLO network Failed Flash Recovery" section (page 355) in the iLO 4 User Guide https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/377263a.pdf
Hope this helps someone else.