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title: "Change the HPE iLO Password for an Edge Filer"
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# Change the HPE iLO Password for an Edge Filer

Sometimes you need to reset the ILO Administrator password for an HPE based H series edge filer.

Note

CTERA recommends using the iLO documentation in preference to the procedure outlined below.

## Step-by-step guide

### To change the iLO password:

1. Log in to the VMware Host Client for the H series ESXi.
2. Right-click **Host** in the navigation pane and select **Services > Enable Secure Shell (SSH)**.
3. Using an SSH tool such as PuTTY, log on to the ESXi host.
4. Enter the user and password that you used to access VMware Host Client.
5. Change the directory to **/opt/hp/tools or /opt/tools**.
6. Use vi to open a file called **pwreset.xml**.
7. Press **i** to switch to insert mode and enter the following:  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-65AOIOHL.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A43%3A36Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A43%3A36Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Grn%2Bq6bzUyGPBD%2FWBhQq5DXzR8%2FTip%2Fk0za7snpxacw%3D)  

where new_password is the new password you want to use to access iLO.
8. Press **ESC** and then **:wq** at the bottom of the editor and press **Enter** to save the file and quit vi.
9. Enter the following command to reset the password: **./hponcfg -f pwreset.xml.**

The iLO password is changed to new_password. 10. Quit the SSH session.