# ilo2ctl: rebuilding the HP iLO 2 remote console and controls

> ilo2ctl rebuilds HP iLO 2 remote-console and management controls in C++, including DVC video decoding, keyboard and mouse input, RIBCL power and health operations, and ISO virtual media. The author reports comparing ported applet components byte for byte with recorded outputs from HP's Java classes.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App · Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/centlakestefan/ilo2ctl>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/centlakestefan/ilo2ctl/blob/0cdc8661e9402299b77a769396dd3869cfd0d4dc/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ilo2ctl-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ilo2ctl-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ilo2ctl-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An HP iLO 2 is needed for live control; captured DVC streams can be replayed without hardware.
- **Prerequisites:** Builds on Windows with MinGW and on Linux; the optional GUI needs SDL3 and Dear ImGui.
- **Prerequisites:** Regenerating the Java comparison recordings requires JDK 17 and a user-supplied HP applet JAR.
- **License:** Apache-2.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/centlakestefan/ilo2ctl/blob/0cdc8661e9402299b77a769396dd3869cfd0d4dc/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/centlakestefan/ilo2ctl/blob/0cdc8661e9402299b77a769396dd3869cfd0d4dc/tests/oracle/README.md>

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