Setting up Oracle ILOM on Sparc T4 server

ILOM boots to command prompt after the server powered on. You can connect to it via serial port if you do not have DHCP configured on ILO segment. Teraterm works OK for connecting via serial port.

WARNING: if you switch to console using the commands, recommended in installation booklet you can't go back to prompt:

-> start /SYS
Are you sure you want to start /SYS (y/n)? y
Starting /SYS

-> start /HOST/console
Are you sure you want to start /HOST/console (y/n)? y

Not that you completly can't get  get back to ILOM prompt ">"  but it does represents a challenge. You can get to ILO command prompt only by logging via alternative interface (if you are looged via HTTPS, you can log in using ssh,  Also you can power off the server. Oracle support recommended to use Esc ( to break back to ILOM prompt) but it does not work for me. 

Setting static IP via serial console

Via serial interface you need to set the following five parameters:

1. IPv4 address (obligatory step)
2. DNS servers (optional, can be done via GUI interface)
3. ILOM host name (optional, can be done via GUI interface)
4. ILOM date and time (optional, can be done via GUI interface)
5. NTP server (optional, can be done via GUI interface)

Steps:

• Attach a "CISCO" type serial cable between your workstation or nearby server to which you have an access and the SER MGT port on the server. This physical connection provides your initial communication with the service processor (SP).
• Start the terminal emulator (for example Teraterm) and set the terminal device communication properties to these values: 9600 baud, 8 bit, no parity, 1 stop bit.
• Start the server using power button
• Press Enter on the terminal device to create a connection between the terminal device and the Oracle ILOM SP or CMM.

Enter commands to configure IP and optionally other parameters:

1. Configure static IPv4 address

   set /SP/network pendingipdiscovery=static pendingipaddress=address 
      pendingipnetmask=netmask pendingipgateway=address
      set /SP/network commitpending=true

   For example

   set /SP/network pendingipdiscovery=static pendingipaddress=10.194.54.77 pendingipnetmask=255.255.255.224 pendingipgateway=10.194.54.70
   set /SP/network commitpending=true
   

2. Set DNS servers:

   set /SP/clients/dns auto_dns=disabled
   nameserver=nameserver1,nameserver2 searchpath=searchpath1,searchpath2

3. Set ILO host name

   set /SP hostname=hostname

   for example

   set /SP hostname=nti47-rm

4. Set the Oracle ILOM date and time

   set /SP/clock datetime=MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss

5. Configure an NTP server

   set /SP/clients/ntp/server/1 address=address
   set /SP/clock usentpserver=enabled

Check setup

• Show SP IP address:
  • correct: show /SP/network

    for example:

  ->   show /SP/network
  
   /SP/network
      Targets:
          interconnect
          ipv6
          test
  
      Properties:
          commitpending = (Cannot show property)
          dhcp_server_ip = none
          ipaddress = 10.194.54.77
          ipdiscovery = static
          ipgateway = 10.194.54.70
          ipnetmask = 255.255.255.224
          macaddress = 00:10:E0:2D:53:5B
          managementport = /SYS/MB/SP/NETMGMT
          outofbandmacaddress = 00:10:E0:2D:53:5B
          pendingipaddress = 10.194.54.77
          pendingipdiscovery = static
          pendingipgateway = 10.194.54.70
          pendingipnetmask = 255.255.255.224
          pendingmanagementport = /SYS/MB/SP/NETMGMT
          sidebandmacaddress = 00:10:E0:2D:53:5A
          state = enabled
  
      Commands:
          cd
          set
          show
  	

  • Incorrect show /System ilom_address
• Show SP MAC address: show /System ilom_mac_address
• Show host MAC address: show /System host_primary_mac_address

Turn on or turn off the Locator LED

set /System locator_indicator=on|off

Force boot to CD-ROM or DVD on the next boot (x86 only)

 set /HOST boot_device=cdrom

Show network configuration show /SP/network

Note: I did noit found how to escape from ILOM serial console to ILOM ">" interface. But the following trick works if you have physical access to the server.

If you were connected via IP interface, connect via serial and issue the command:

stop /SYS/conole

NEWS CONTENTS

• 200102 : Booting Solaris 10 DVD from ILOM on T4 server ( Booting Solaris 10 DVD from ILOM on T4 server, )
• 200102 : Mandatory Setup Tasks - Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 HTML Documentation Collection ( Mandatory Setup Tasks - Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 HTML Documentation Collection, )

Old News ;-)

Booting Solaris 10 DVD from ILOM on T4 server

May 24, 2013 My Oracle Support Community

User:

Hi Solaris gurus,

Just got our first T4 servers. Can't find the answer in docs for the question:

On T4 server after I got to console mode (ILOM) using

start /SYS
start /HOST/console

How to get back to ILOM prompt ?

Also what is the correct command for booting Solaris DVD on T4 (we need to install Solaris 10 1/13 instead of Solarius 11 with which the box came).

In Quick Ref they said that the command

set /HOST boot_device=cdrom

is only for X86 servers.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Pascal Kreyer

Re: Booting Solaris 10 DVD from ILOM on T4 server, May 24, 2013

The escape sequence is ESC and (

To boot on DVD, you can still go in the domain, send a break and from OBP prompt run "boot cdrom"

Mandatory Setup Tasks - Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 HTML Documentation Collection

1.Local Serial Management Connection Procedure

a. Attach a serial cable between a console (workstation or terminal) and the SER MGT port on the server or the Sun blade chassis monitoring module (CMM). This physical connection provides your initial communication with the service processor (SP). You must set the terminal device communication properties to these values: 9600 baud, 8 bit, no parity, 1 stop bit.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note - If the transmit and receive signals are reversed (crossed over) for DTE to DTE communications, a null modem configuration will be required. Use the adapter cable that is supplied with your system to achieve a null modem configuration.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

b.Press Enter on the terminal device to create a connection between the terminal device and the Oracle ILOM SP or CMM.

2.Network Management Connection Procedure a.Attach an Ethernet cable between the network switch and the NET MGT port on the server or CMM. Oracle ILOM automatically learns the network address of the Sun server SP or the CMM from both the IPv4 DHCP server and the IPv6 router on your network. If you need to modify these network settings, see Modify Default Network Settings .

b.Determine the IP address assigned to the server SP or the CMM. To determine the IP address assigned, establish a local serial management (SER MGT) connection to the ILOM SP or CMM, log in to ILOM, and then view the network properties under the /network and /networkipv6 targets using the show command.

It is also possible to determine the IP address from the DHCP server on your network.

To log in to Oracle ILOM, perform one of the following procedures based on the physical management connection established to Oracle ILOM:

• Local serial management connection – Login Procedure 1
• Web browser-based network management connection – Login Procedure 2
• Command-line SSH network management connection – Login Procedure 3

---

Note - The following procedure assumes that you will use the root account to initially log in to ILOM. This account provides built-in administrative privileges (read and write) for all Oracle ILOM features, functions, and commands. To prevent unauthorized access to system, you should change the root account password (changeme) on each service processor (SP) or chassis monitoring module (CMM).

---

1. Local Serial Management Connection – Login Procedure
   • At the Oracle ILOM login prompt (->), type root for the account and changeme for the password.

1. Add New Local User Accounts – Web Procedure
   1. In the Oracle ILOM web interface, click User Management --> User Accounts.
   2. In the Users table, click Add.

      The Add User dialog appears.

   3. In the Add User dialog, specify a name and new password for the user account, and then select a user role profile.

      Oracle ILOM enables you to select one of three user role profiles from the web interface: Administrator, Operator, and Advanced. For a description of each user role profile, see Oracle ILOM User Role Descriptions.

   4. Click Save to add the user account properties.

Recommended Links

Softpanorama Recommended

Top articles

Sites

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Product Library Documentation

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Daily Management – Concepts Guide

Etc

Society

Groupthink : Two Party System as Polyarchy : Corruption of Regulators : Bureaucracies : Understanding Micromanagers and Control Freaks : Toxic Managers :   Harvard Mafia : Diplomatic Communication : Surviving a Bad Performance Review : Insufficient Retirement Funds as Immanent Problem of Neoliberal Regime : PseudoScience : Who Rules America : Neoliberalism  : The Iron Law of Oligarchy : Libertarian Philosophy

Quotes

War and Peace : Skeptical Finance : John Kenneth Galbraith :Talleyrand : Oscar Wilde : Otto Von Bismarck : Keynes : George Carlin : Skeptics : Propaganda  : SE quotes : Language Design and Programming Quotes : Random IT-related quotes :  Somerset Maugham : Marcus Aurelius : Kurt Vonnegut : Eric Hoffer : Winston Churchill : Napoleon Bonaparte : Ambrose Bierce :  Bernard Shaw : Mark Twain Quotes

Bulletin:

Vol 25, No.12 (December, 2013) Rational Fools vs. Efficient Crooks The efficient markets hypothesis : Political Skeptic Bulletin, 2013 : Unemployment Bulletin, 2010 :  Vol 23, No.10 (October, 2011) An observation about corporate security departments : Slightly Skeptical Euromaydan Chronicles, June 2014 : Greenspan legacy bulletin, 2008 : Vol 25, No.10 (October, 2013) Cryptolocker Trojan (Win32/Crilock.A) : Vol 25, No.08 (August, 2013) Cloud providers as intelligence collection hubs : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2010 : Inequality Bulletin, 2009 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2008 : Copyleft Problems Bulletin, 2004 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2011 : Energy Bulletin, 2010 : Malware Protection Bulletin, 2010 : Vol 26, No.1 (January, 2013) Object-Oriented Cult : Political Skeptic Bulletin, 2011 : Vol 23, No.11 (November, 2011) Softpanorama classification of sysadmin horror stories : Vol 25, No.05 (May, 2013) Corporate bullshit as a communication method  : Vol 25, No.06 (June, 2013) A Note on the Relationship of Brooks Law and Conway Law

History:

Fifty glorious years (1950-2000): the triumph of the US computer engineering : Donald Knuth : TAoCP and its Influence of Computer Science : Richard Stallman : Linus Torvalds  : Larry Wall  : John K. Ousterhout : CTSS : Multix OS Unix History : Unix shell history : VI editor : History of pipes concept : Solaris : MS DOS :  Programming Languages History : PL/1 : Simula 67 : C : History of GCC development :  Scripting Languages : Perl history   : OS History : Mail : DNS : SSH : CPU Instruction Sets : SPARC systems 1987-2006 : Norton Commander : Norton Utilities : Norton Ghost : Frontpage history : Malware Defense History : GNU Screen : OSS early history

Classic books:

The Peter Principle : Parkinson Law : 1984 : The Mythical Man-Month :  How to Solve It by George Polya : The Art of Computer Programming : The Elements of Programming Style : The Unix Hater’s Handbook : The Jargon file : The True Believer : Programming Pearls : The Good Soldier Svejk : The Power Elite

Most popular humor pages:

Manifest of the Softpanorama IT Slacker Society : Ten Commandments of the IT Slackers Society : Computer Humor Collection : BSD Logo Story : The Cuckoo's Egg : IT Slang : C++ Humor : ARE YOU A BBS ADDICT? : The Perl Purity Test : Object oriented programmers of all nations : Financial Humor : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2008 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2010 : The Most Comprehensive Collection of Editor-related Humor : Programming Language Humor : Goldman Sachs related humor : Greenspan humor : C Humor : Scripting Humor : Real Programmers Humor : Web Humor : GPL-related Humor : OFM Humor : Politically Incorrect Humor : IDS Humor : "Linux Sucks" Humor : Russian Musical Humor : Best Russian Programmer Humor : Microsoft plans to buy Catholic Church : Richard Stallman Related Humor : Admin Humor : Perl-related Humor : Linus Torvalds Related humor : PseudoScience Related Humor : Networking Humor : Shell Humor : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2011 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2012 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2013 : Java Humor : Software Engineering Humor : Sun Solaris Related Humor : Education Humor : IBM Humor : Assembler-related Humor : VIM Humor : Computer Viruses Humor : Bright tomorrow is rescheduled to a day after tomorrow : Classic Computer Humor

The Last but not Least Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage and those who manage what they do not understand ~Archibald Putt. Ph.D

The statements, views and opinions presented on this web page are those of the author (or referenced source) and are not endorsed by, nor do they necessarily reflect, the opinions of the Softpanorama society. We do not warrant the correctness of the information provided or its fitness for any purpose. The site uses AdSense so you need to be aware of Google privacy policy. You you do not want to be tracked by Google please disable Javascript for this site. This site is perfectly usable without Javascript.

Last modified: March, 12, 2019