I know this isn't the best place for this question, but I don't where is so I'm hoping someone here can direct me. I've had a ZTP type of automation solution for provisioning Cisco UCS rack mount servers which has worked fairly well over the past year. However, this last batch of servers we got appears to have a change in behavior that I'm unable to find documented anywhere and haven't found a workaround for yet.
The solution entails a python based provisioning script for the servers that uses CIMC's xml API to login, change the default password, assign a hostname, change the network management mode, and provision drives. The problem with this latest batch which shipped with firmware 4.2(3b) is that logging in via the API now gives me the following error:
Error: '563': 'Default credentials were used for login. Administrator password needs to be changed to access the services for security purposes.'
The message itself is not unusual, as it was presented to the user when using SSH or web interface to login and it forced a password change. That's not the problem, the problem is the behavior is now extended to the API and I can't seem to figure out how to change the password from that state. I'm happy and willing to change the password, but how can I do it over xml?
