Skip to main content
Question

HPE iLO 5 + Veeam Appliance keyboard issue (Enter/Ctrl+X not working)

  • July 8, 2026
  • 1 comment
  • 10 views

Forum|alt.badge.img+1

Hi everyone,

I'm running into a strange issue with a Veeam Backup & Replication Appliance v13.0.2.29 on a physical HPE Gen10 server with iLO 5 (firmware 3.13).

The appliance boots normally and displays the Veeam Host Management screen, but I can't access the network configuration because the keyboard input doesn't seem to work correctly.
ENTER to change the network config!

What I've tried:

  • HTML5 Remote Console
  • Java Integrated Remote Console (v252)
  • Different browsers
  • Hotkey programming
  • Ctrl+X
  • Ctrl+Shift+X
  • Fn combinations
  • Java updated to the latest version

The problem is that Enter does not activate the "Sign in" button, so I can't get into the Host Management menu to change the appliance IP address. The appliance currently has an incorrect IP configured, so I can't access the web interface or SSH.

The server is in a remote datacenter, so connecting a physical keyboard isn't an easy option.

Has anyone experienced this with the Veeam Appliance or iLO 5?

  • Is there a known workaround to get Enter/Ctrl+X working in the remote console?
  • Is there another supported way to change the appliance network configuration without accessing the TUI?
  • Has anyone seen this specific issue with the Java or HTML5 iLO console?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

1 comment

Forum|alt.badge.img+1
  • Author
  • Comes here often
  • July 20, 2026

We got this resolved. If anyone else runs into this issue, make sure to install Officer to enable SSH and shell access. Otherwise, you'll be stuck like we were for a couple of weeks.