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Accessing Oracle ILOM

You can connect to Oracle ILOM using one of these methods:

  • Serial remote host console – Access the host console remotely

  • Serial connection to SER MGT port (CLI only) – Oracle ILOM command-line interface (CLI) locally using the RJ-45 serial management port (SER MGT)

  • Dedicated remote network management connection – Oracle ILOM CLI or Oracle ILOM web interface remotely using a network port on the server (NET MGT)

  • Sideband network management connection – Refer to "Sideband Network Management Connection" in Oracle ILOM Administrator's Guide for Configuration and Maintenance.

  • Host-to-ILOM interconnect – Refer to "Dedicated Interconnect SP Management" in Oracle ILOM Administrator's Guide for Configuration and Maintenance.

Oracle ILOM Documentation

Prerequisites: You need to know the IP address or host name of the service processor (SP) to log in to Oracle ILOM CLI or web interface remotely using one of the network ports on the server.

Note:

To enable first time login and access to Oracle ILOM, a default Administrator account and its password are provided with the system. To build a secure environment, change the default password (changeme) for the default Administrator account (root) after your initial login. If this default Administrator account has since been changed, contact your system administrator for an Oracle ILOM user account with Administrator privileges.

To prevent unauthorized access to Oracle ILOM, create user accounts for each user. For procedures to change the root password and create user accounts, refer to Oracle ILOM Documentation.

If you do not know the IP address of the SP, reset the Oracle ILOM SP. See Manually Resetting a Server's Service Processor. Two issues might occur on the Oracle ILOM service processor (SP):

  • You need to reset the Oracle ILOM SP to complete an upgrade or to clear an error. Resetting the server SP automatically disconnects any current Oracle ILOM sessions and renders the SP unmanageable until the reset process is complete.

  • As the system administrator, you forgot the root account password and need to recover it.

Access Serial Remote Host Console

To access the host console remotely.

  1. Configure serial host console properties in Oracle ILOM as required.

    Before you access the host console, you can configure properties in Oracle ILOM to make the serial host console easier to view and to enable logging. Refer to the Oracle ILOM Administrator's Guide for Configuration and Maintenance and Configuring Serial Port Sharing.

  2. Establish a connection to the Oracle ILOM CLI. Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI using an account with Administrator privileges.

    1. Ensure that the server is cabled for a local serial connection to Oracle ILOM. See Back Panel Connector Locations.

    2. Press Enter on the terminal device that is connected to the server.

    3. At the Oracle ILOM login prompt, type your user name, and press Enter.

    4. At the password prompt, type the password associated with your user name, and press Enter.

      Oracle ILOM displays a default command prompt (->), indicating that you successfully logged in.

  3. At the Oracle ILOM command prompt (->), type: start /HOST/console

    The serial console output appears on the screen.

    Note:

    If the serial console is in use, stop and restart it using the stop /HOST/console command followed by the start /HOST/console command.

  4. To return to the Oracle ILOM console, press Esc and then press Shift 9 to enter the open parenthesis ( character.

Oracle ILOM command-line interface (CLI)

To establish a connection to the Oracle ILOM CLI locally using the RJ-45 serial management port (SER MGT):

  1. Ensure that the server is cabled for a local serial connection to Oracle ILOM. See Back Panel Connector Locations.

  2. Press Enter on the terminal device that is connected to the server.

  3. At the Oracle ILOM login prompt, type your user name, and press Enter.

  4. At the password prompt, type the password associated with your user name, and press Enter.

    Oracle ILOM displays a default command prompt (->), indicating that you successfully logged in.

Oracle ILOM CLI remotely using a server network port

To establish a connection to the Oracle ILOM CLI:

  1. Ensure that the server is cabled for a remote network management connection to Oracle ILOM. See Reconnect Power and Data Cables.

  2. From the command line, initiate a secure shell session, type: ssh username@hostname

    Where username is the user name of an Oracle ILOM account with Administrator privileges, and hostname is either the IP address or hostname (when using DNS) of the server SP.

    The Oracle ILOM password prompt appears. Password:

  3. At the Oracle ILOM password prompt, type your password and press Enter. For example: Password: changeme

    Oracle ILOM displays the default command prompt ->, indicating that you successfully logged in to the Oracle ILOM CLI.

Oracle ILOM web interface remotely using a server network port

To establish a connection to the Oracle ILOM web interface:

  1. Type the IP address of the server in the address field of your web browser and press Enter.

  2. On the Oracle ILOM login screen, type your user name and password, and click Log In.

    The Summary Information page appears, indicating that you successfully logged in to the Oracle ILOM web interface.