Preface

The Sun Blade X6450 Embedded Lights Out Manager Administration Guide provides instructions for using the Sun Blade X6450 Server Module service processor’s Embedded Lights Out Manager (ELOM).


How This Document Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the ELOM and lists the tasks that can be accomplished with the management software.

Chapter 2 details how to connect to and communicate with your server module.

Chapter 3 describes how to use the ELOM’s web GUI to monitor your server and view server-specific information.

Chapter 4 provides information about using the web GUI to manage, configure, and maintain the server module.

Chapter 5 describes how to use the remote console through a web browser.

Chapter 6 describes how to manage your server using the ELOM’s command-line interface (CLI).

Chapter 7 describes how to use the CLI to configure, manage, and maintain the server.

Chapter 8 describes how to use the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), independent of the operating system, to manage field replaceable units (FRUs) and monitor the health of your system.

Chapter 9 helps you understand the basics of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

Appendix A gives you a quick reference to CLI commands.

Appendix B provides a U.S. keyboard map to help you translate the key combinations described in this manual.


Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:


Typographic Conventions


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Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; onscreen computer output.

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with onscreen computer output.

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be a superuser to do this.

To delete a file, enter rm filename.



Related Documentation

For the most up-to-date information about the Sun Blade X6450 server module, navigate to your blade server document collection at:

http://docs.sun.com/

Translated Documentation

After the product’s world-wide release date, translated versions of some of these documents might be available at docs.sun.com. To access translated documentation, select a language from the drop-down list, and navigate to the Sun Blade X6450 Server Module document collection using the High-End Servers and Blade Servers category link. Available translations for the Sun Blade X6450 server module include Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Japanese, and Korean

The English documentation is revised more frequently, and therefore might be more up-to-date than the translated documentation.


Sun Support, and Training


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URL

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http://www.sun.com/support/

Training

http://www.sun.com/training/



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