Remote management with ILOM

ILOM is a management interface for X64-based sun server. You can even power off or power on the machine or make some BIOS / OpenFirmware setups. You can also access ILOM via http with a nice webgui. The management Ethernet interface is also for a java virtual screen or remote CDROM.

Default password

SUNSP00188FBC8AA5 login: root
Password: changeme

Power

start /SYS               # power on
stop /SYS                # power off
reset /SYS               # reset

Console

start /SP/console        # login into console

Escape sequence

You can exit the serial console type ESC (

Setting up an IP for the Ethernet interface (WebGUI)

cd /SP/network
set pendingipaddress=10.2.3.4
set pendingipnetmask=255.255.255.0
set pendingipgateway=10.2.3.1
set pendingipdiscovery=static
set commitpending=true

Afterwards https://10.2.3.4

Other commands

-> help -o verbose
The help command is used to view information about commands and targets
 
Usage: help [-o|-output terse|verbose] [<command>|legal|targets]
 
Special characters used in the help command are
[]   encloses optional keywords or options
<>   encloses a description of the keyword
     (If <> is not present, an actual keyword is indicated)
|    indicates a choice of keywords or options
 
help targets  displays a list of targets
help legal    displays the product legal notice
 
Commands are:
cd
create
delete
exit
help
load
reset
set
show
start
stop
version
 
Available options for this command:
 -output (-o) terse : display usage information only
 -output (-o) verbose : display extensive information
 (If -output is not specified, usage and summary information is displayed)
 
Available options for all commands:
 -examine (-x) : test the command syntax without executing the command
 -help (-h) : display information about meaning and usage
 
 
Use the show command to display valid targets for a command

Reset ILOM Password

Befor ILOM-Linux-Boot type xyzzy than you can reset the ILOM-settings.

U-Boot 1.1.4
custom GRASP U-Boot  1.3 (Dec 13 2009 - 08:12:00) r36803
[...]
Booting linux in 3 seconds...
xyzzy
 
DORADO_ONE>setenv bootretry=-1
DORADO_ONE>setenv preserve_conf no
DORADO_ONE>saveenv
DORADO_ONE>reset

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