HP DL 165 G7 and P800 RAID Controller

I'm actually quite happy to be able to post this success :)
I have a client where they have an MSA 60(HP Storage works) in combination with the P800 Array Controller, All worked fine in an old ML350.

But now I had to try and make it work with the new HP DL 165 G7 Server they bought for running ESX.

I've encountered various problems, but I'll spare the most of them. Also I didn't note all the steps taken in detail, so just bear with me.

Problem 1:

The server comes with a p410 controller built-in, to be able to use the P800 (which is HUGE) you need to lose that controller. The P800's PCI connection is much smaller then the one on the mobo, but don't mind that and shove it in.
But then you cannot use the internal disks the server has. The workaround is to order a special SAS cable from amazon or something, to connect the disks to the P800's internal SAS Connector


Problem 2:

The BIOS does NOT give any note of the controller during the POST so there is no way to configure it. You need to download the "Offline Array Configuration Utility" from HP. You need to use the HP Usb creator, or burn it to a bootable CD.
Now you are able to use the ACU to configure the disks/volumes.
ESX DOES NOT SUPPORT LUNS OVER 2TB -512 Bytes


Actually, those were the 2 major problems...
After that , I was able to install ESX on the MSA and boot from it as well...
One thing to note: You can install the ACU and HP Management agents on the server, IF you install ESX , if you install ESXi there is no way to do this!!!

Reset HP ILO Password

Here's how to easily reset the HP Integrated Lights Out password without needing to access the console.(tested only with ILO2!!)
Please note this will only work if the server is online and if the hp management tools are installed in the OS. If they are not then refer to this:

1. Install SNMP on the windows server (neede by HP Insight Management Agents.)
2. Ddowloaded and install the HP Insight Management Agents.
3. Download and install HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility.

Ok now that everything is in place, open a notepad file and enter the following :

<ribcl VERSION="2.0">
<login USER_LOGIN="Administrator" PASSWORD="somerandompassword">
  <user_INFO MODE="write">
   <mod_USER USER_LOGIN="Administrator">
    <password value="yournewpassword"/>
   </mod_USER>
  </user_INFO>
</login>
</ribcl>
Now save the file as yourfile.XML , and copy it to your hp\hponcfg directory (normally under prog. files)
When done that open a command prompt , navigate to c:\program files\hp\hponcfg directory and issue the following command:

HPONCFG.exe /f yourfile.xml
Now it should successfully reset the password, but please note that the min. password length is 8 characters.