Opening HP ILO2 with MS Edge

Mr. Sonnie Ardhianto
3 min readDec 11, 2023

Background
This article was written on 11-Dec-2023.
I have one old HP G5 server with ILO2 and I have decommissioned all of my old servers or desktop, hence I am left with MS Edge.
HP ILO2 is still using TLS 1.0, so Firefox will not be able to connect to it.

Precautions
There is no precaution at this time

Prerequisites
HP ILO2 powered and connected.
Known IP, Username and password.
MS Edge browser

Process
Open MS Edge and open your ILO web interface address using “http” only.
Do not use “https”.
Press OK on the notification.

Notification on browser version

Login to ILO

Login to ILO

Edge will switch to “https” and “SSL issue” is shown.

Add your ILO address to Edge compatibility setting.

Add into IE mode

Add the following URL example into IE mode pages https://[your ilo ip]/login.htm
and click internet option

Disable TLS 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3

Disable newer TLS

Then press reload button, another “site not secure” page is still shown.
Click more and go on to the webpage.

ignore and go

Another security warning appears, just click yes

Another security warning

Then you are presented with a login screen again. Please proceed.

Login screen

Then by Allah will, your ILO2 console will show up.

ILO2 console on MS Edge

Even remote console will work.

ILO2 remote console

Allright, good luck with your old HP ILO2 !

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