The physical connection is an Ethernet port that can be found on most ProLiant servers and microservers[1] of the 300 and above series.
iLO makes it possible to perform activities on a Compaq, HP or HPE server from a remote location.
The original was the Remote Insight Board (RIB), which was available as an EISA or PCI expansion card.
[7] As of June 2018 the most recent Chassis Manager Firmware available is version 1.56 which was released as part of the Moonshot Component Pack 2018.02.0.
[9] iLO includes updatable firmware, for which HP periodically releases new versions.
In December 2021 Iranian researchers at Amnpardaz security firm have discovered rootkits in HPE's iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) management modules.