diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/hpblade b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/hpblade
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index 000000000..eb572075d
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+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/hpblade
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# 
+# © Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+# EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# Revision history:
+#   August, 2009	blade adapted to generate hpblade
+#
+use Fcntl qw(:DEFAULT :flock);
+sub get_lock {
+    unless (flock(LOCKHANDLE,LOCK_EX|LOCK_NB)) {
+        $| = 1;
+        print "Acquiring startup lock...";
+        flock(LOCKHANDLE,LOCK_EX) or die "Error trying to secure a startup lock";
+        print "done\n";
+    }
+    truncate(LOCKHANDLE,0);
+    print LOCKHANDLE $$."\n";
+}
+
+sub release_lock {
+    truncate(LOCKHANDLE,0);
+    flock(LOCKHANDLE,LOCK_UN);
+}
+
+BEGIN
+{
+    use Time::HiRes qw(sleep);
+    use File::Path;
+    use Fcntl qw(:DEFAULT :flock);
+    $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
+    umask 0077;
+    mkpath("/tmp/xcat/");
+    unless (sysopen(LOCKHANDLE,"/tmp/xcat/consolelock",O_WRONLY | O_CREAT)) {
+        sleep 15;
+        print "Unable to open lock file";
+        exit 0;
+    }
+    get_lock();
+    #my $sleepint=int(rand(10)); #Stagger start to avoid overwhelming conserver/xCATd
+    #print "Opening console in ".(2+(0.5*$sleepint))." seconds...\n";
+    #sleep $sleepint;
+}
+my $sleepint=int(rand(10)); #Stagger start to avoid overwhelming conserver/xCATd
+use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
+$ENV{HOME}='/root/';
+require xCAT::Client;
+
+require File::Basename;
+import File::Basename;
+my $scriptname = $0;
+
+#$mptab = xCAT::Table->new('mp');
+#unless ($mptab) {
+  #sleep 5; #Try not to overwhelm logfiles...
+#  die "mp table must be configured";
+#}
+#$mpatab = xCAT::Table->new('mpa');
+#$passtab = xCAT::Table->new('passwd');
+
+my $username = "admin";
+my $passsword = "PASSW0RD";
+my $mm;
+my $slot;
+#my $dba;
+#if ($passtab) {
+#  ($dba) = $passtab->getAttribs({key=>blade},qw(username password));
+#  if ($dba->{username}) {
+#    $username = $dba->{username};
+#  }
+#  if ($dba->{password}) {
+#    $password = $dba->{password};
+#  }
+#}
+
+#$dba = $mptab->getNodeAttribs($ARGV[0],[qw(mpa id)]);
+#$mm = $dba->{mpa};
+#$slot = $dba->{id};
+#if ($mpatab) {
+#  ($dba) = $mpatab->getAttribs({mpa=>$mm},qw(username password));
+#  if ($dba) {
+#    if ($dba->{username}) { $username = $dba->{username}; }
+#    if ($dba->{password}) { $password = $dba->{password}; }
+#  }
+#}
+#xCAT::Utils::close_all_dbhs;
+#sleep 5; #Slow start, I know, but with exec, can't return
+sub getans {
+    my $rsp = shift; 
+    if ($rsp->{node}) {
+        $mm = $rsp->{node}->[0]->{mm}->[0];
+        $username = $rsp->{node}->[0]->{username}->[0];
+        $slot = $rsp->{node}->[0]->{slot}->[0];
+    }
+}
+my $cmdref={
+    command=>"gethpbladecons",
+    arg=>"text",
+    noderange=>$ARGV[0]
+};
+xCAT::Client::submit_request($cmdref,\&getans);
+until ($mm and $username and $slot) {
+    release_lock(); #Let other clients have a go
+    $sleepint=10+int(rand(20)); #Stagger to minimize lock collisions, but no big deal when it does happen
+    print "Console not ready, retrying in $sleepint seconds (Hit Ctrl-E,c,o to skip delay)\n";
+    sleep $sleepint;
+    get_lock();
+    xCAT::Client::submit_request($cmdref,\&getans);
+}
+release_lock(); #done with xcatd, can run with near impunity
+$sleepint=10+int(rand(30)); #Stagger sleep to take it easy on AMM/hosting server
+exec "ssh -t $username"."@"."$mm";
+my $pathtochild= dirname($scriptname). "/";
+#exec $pathtochild."hpblade.expect";
+  
+#SECURITY:  In this case, the authentication is expected to be done  using the script user's ssh keys.  As such,
+#this script does not receive any particularly sensitive data from the xCAT server.
+
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/hpblade.expect b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/hpblade.expect
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..99ff947bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/hpblade.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/expect -f
+# 
+# © Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+# EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+
+set send_slow {1 0.02}
+
+expect "</<hpiLO->"
+sleep 5
+
+send -s "vsp"
+sleep 1
+
+send "\r"
+
+exit 0