Connecting to the ELOM

C H A P T E R 2

This chapter details the ways to connect to and communicate with your Sun Fire server. It contains the following sections:

About Connection Tasks

Connecting Using a Serial Connection

Connecting Using Ethernet

Note - You must install your server and configure the ELOM before communicating with the server. Information about installing the server and configuring the ELOM is available in the server installation guide.

About Connection Tasks

You have two methods to connect to the ELOM in your server:

Serial/Local

Ethernet/Remote

Both methods require making physical cable connections to the server and logging in to the ELOM; refer to TABLE 2-1.

TABLE 2-1 Methods of Connecting to the ELOM
Connection Method	Supported Interface	Required Cable	Comments/Description
Serial, direct	CLI only	RJ-45 serial (supplied)	Connect directly to the serial management port the on server with a terminal or laptop running terminal emulation software.
Ethernet	CLI and Web browser	Ethernet LAN	You must know the ELOM’s Ethernet address. Note: This is the only method that supports web browser access.

Note - The ELOM supports a maximum of 10 active sessions, including serial, SSH, and web browser sessions.

Connecting Using a Serial Connection

You access the ELOM CLI by connecting a terminal or a PC running terminal emulation software to the RJ-45 serial port on the server using the supplied cable.

To Connect Using a Serial Connection

1. Verify that your terminal, laptop, or terminal server is operational.

2. Configure the terminal device or terminal emulation software to use the following settings:

8,N,1: eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit.

9600 baud (default, can be set to any standard rate up to 57600).

Disable software flow control (XON/XOFF).

3. Connect a serial cable to the RJ-45 connection on the back of the server.

4. Connect the other end to the terminal or laptop.

5. Press Enter on the terminal device.

This action establishes the connection between the terminal device and the ELOM. When the server has booted, the ELOM displays its login prompt:

SUNSPnnnnnnnnnn login:

The first string in the prompt is the default host name. It consists of the prefix SUNSP and the ELOM’s MAC address. The MAC address for each ELOM is unique.

6. Log in to the CLI.

Accounts created using the web browser are available for the CLI. If this is the first login, you will need to use the preconfigured default account:

User name: root.

Password: changeme.

Once you have successfully logged in, the default command prompt appears:

->

You can now run CLI commands (Chapter 7 describes how to use the CLI).

To log out of the CLI

Enter the following command:

-> exit

Connecting Using Ethernet

Ethernet connectivity provides full access to both the ELOM command-line interface (CLI) and the web GUI. Both connection options allow you to manage, maintain, and configure the server remotely. This section contains the following two connection procedures:

Connecting to the CLI. See Connecting to the CLI.

Connecting to the web GUI. See Connecting to the Web GUI.

Note - You will need the IP address of your ELOM, which you obtained during the setup and installation of your server (see the server installation guide).

Connecting to the CLI

Be sure that you have connected a LAN to the NET MGT 0 port on the server, and that you have an SSH client installed on your remote system.

To Connect to the CLI

1. If necessary start your SSH client.

2. To log in to the ELOM, enter the following command:

$ ssh username@ipaddress

username The user ID and ipaddress is the IP address of the ELOM. Accounts created using the web browser are available for the CLI. If this is the first login, you will need to use the preconfigured default account. For example,

$ ssh root@ipaddress

3. When prompted, enter the password for the username used in Step 2.

The password for root is changeme.

The CLI command prompt appears:

For information about managing the server using the CLI, see Chapter 7. For information about the default account, see About the Preconfigured Administrator Account.

To Log Out of the CLI:

Enter the following command:

-> exit

Connecting to the Web GUI

Be sure that you have connected a LAN to the NET MGT 0 port on the server.

To Connect to the Web GUI

1. Type the IP address of the ELOM into your web browser.

The login screen appears.

2. Type a user name and password.

Accounts created using the CLI are available for the web GUI. If this is the first login, you will need to use the preconfigured default account:

Default user name: root

Default password: changeme

For more information about the default account, see About the Preconfigured Administrator Account.