SPARC ILOM Tips

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.

If you switch to console using the commands, recommended in installation booklet

-> 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

To get back to ILOM prompt ">" represents a challenge.

• Use "#." sequence (two symbols: # then immeduatly dot) to break back to ILOM prompt from serial console. 
• You can get to ILO command prompt by logging via alternative interface (if you are logged via HTTPS, you can log in using ssh,  Also you can power off the server.

Accounts are convenient to set from the command line

set /SP/users/username role=aucr password=xxxxxxx

set /CMM/users/username role=aucr

From Oracle ILOM Quick Reference for CLI Commands Firmware Release 3.2.1

• System Information and Management – CLI Commands
  • Show Oracle ILOM version version
  • Show system information show /System model part_number serial_number
  • Show x86 BIOS version (legacy BIOS platforms)

     show /System/Firmware/Other_Firmware/Firmware_1 version 

  • Show x86 BIOS version (UEFI BIOS platforms) show /System/BIOS version
  • Show SPARC system firmware version show /System system_fw_version
  • Show SP IP address 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
• Host and System Control – CLI Commands
  • Power on the server start /System
  • Power off the server stop [-force] /System
  • Power cycle the server reset /System
  • Redirect host console stream to Oracle ILOM start /HOST/console
  • Force PXE boot on next boot (x86 only) set /HOST boot_device=pxe
  • Force boot to CD-ROM or DVD on the next boot (x86 only) set /HOST boot_device=cdrom
  • Enable x86 diagnostics to run at next boot set /HOST/diag state=enabled
  • Enable SPARC diagnostics to run at system power on

    set /HOST/diag trigger=power-on-reset mode=normal 

• Oracle ILOM Initial Setup – CLI Commands
  • Show network configuration show /SP/network
  • Configure static IPv4 address

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

  • Configure static IPv6 address
    set /SP/network/ipv6 state=enabled pending_static_ipaddress=ipv6address
    set /SP/network commitpending=true
  • Enable DHCP set /SP/network pendingipdiscovery=dynamic commitpending=true
  • Set the Oracle ILOM host name set /SP hostname=hostname
  • Set the system identifier set /SP system_identifier=identifier
  • Create user account with all privileges
     create /SP/users/newusername role=aucro [password=password]
  • Create user account with host operator privileges
     create /SP/users/newusername role=cro [password=password]
  • Create read-only user account create /SP/users/newusername role=o [password=password]
  • Delete user account delete /SP/users/username
  • Override DNS servers retrieved from DHCP set /SP/clients/dns auto_dns=disabled nameserver=nameserver1,nameserver2 searchpath=searchpath1,searchpath2
  • Set the Oracle ILOM date and time set /SP/clock datetime=MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss
  • Configure an NTP server set /SP/clients/ntp/server/1 address=address set /SP/clock usentpserver=enabled
  • Change the external serial port speed set /SP/serial/external pendingspeed=9600|19200|38400|57600|115200 commitpending=true
• System Monitoring and Status – CLI Commands
  • Check the overall system health show /System health
  • List all open hardware problems show /System/Open_Problems
  • Show the Oracle ILOM System Log show /System/Logs/list
  • Show cooling summary information show /System/Cooling
  • Show actual system power consumption show /System actual_power_consumption
  • Show the Oracle ILOM Event Log show /SP/logs/event/list
  • Show the Oracle ILOM Audit Log show /SP/logs/audit/list
  • Configure an SNMP trap destination set /SP/alertmgmt/rules/1 type=snmptrap snmp_version=1 destination=ipaddress destination_port=port community_or_username=community
• System Inventory – CLI Commands
  • List information about all DIMMs show -level all -output table /System/Memory/DIMMs
  • List information about all CPUs show -level all -output table /System/Processors/CPUs
  • List information about all power supplies show -level all -output table /System/Power/Power_Supplies
  • List information about all hard disks show -level all -output table /System/Storage/Disks
• Oracle ILOM Maintenance – CLI Commands
  • Update Oracle ILOM firmware load -source URI /SP/firmware
  • Reset Oracle ILOM SP reset /SP
• Oracle ILOM Configuration Management
  • Reset Oracle ILOM configuration to factory defaults set /SP reset_to_defaults=all
  • Backup Oracle ILOM configuration to a file dump -destination URI /SP/config
  • Restore Oracle ILOM configuration from a file load -source URI /SP/config

NEWS CONTENTS

• 20130528 : Switching console from one interface to another (for example from ssh to serial, or vise versa ( May 28, 2013 )
• 20130528 : Verify that the host is powered off. ( May 28, 2013 )
• 20130528 : Verify that the parameter keyswitch_state is set to normal . ( May 28, 2013 )

Old News ;-)

[May 28, 2013] Switching console from one interface to another (for example from ssh to serial, or vise versa

To stop console

stop /HOST/console

After that you can start console from new interface using

start /HOST/console

[May 28, 2013] Verify that the host is powered off.

a. Type the following command:

show /SYS power_state

b. If the host is not powered off, type the following command:

stop /SYS

[May 28, 2013] Verify that the parameter keyswitch_state is set to normal.

Type the following command:

show /SYS keyswitch_state

Reference

Service-Related Oracle ILOM Commands

The following table describes the Oracle ILOM shell commands most frequently used when performing service related tasks.

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