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Oracle ILOM 3.0 Feature Sets

This chapter provides a brief overview about Oracle ILOM, as well as defines the purpose of Oracle ILOM’s common and platform features offered in Oracle ILOM 3.0. The following topics are discussed in this chapter:


Oracle ILOM Overview

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) is system management firmware that is preinstalled on all of Oracle’s x86-based servers and some SPARC servers. Oracle ILOM enables you to actively manage and monitor components installed in your server. Oracle ILOM provides a browser-based interface and a command-line interface, as well as SNMP and IPMI interfaces.

Oracle ILOM 3.0 Common Feature Set and Server Specific Features

Oracle’s Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers support the entire Oracle ILOM feature set provided in Oracle ILOM 3.0. In addition, the servers support Oracle ILOM features that are specific to the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers.

For details on how to use the features that are common to all server platforms, refer to the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Documentation Collection (formerly called Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 3.0 Documentation Collection). For a detailed description of the guides comprising the Oracle ILOM 3.0 Documentation Collection, see Oracle ILOM 3.0 Common Feature Set Documentation Collection.

For details on the Oracle ILOM features that are specific to the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers, see Chapter 2.

Oracle ILOM 3.0 Common Feature Set Documentation Collection

TABLE 1-1 identifies the guides in the Oracle ILOM 3.0 Documentation Collection. Refer to these guides for information about using Oracle ILOM features that are common to all server platforms.


TABLE 1-1 Oracle ILOM 3.0 Common Feature Set Documentation Collection

Title

Content

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Feature Updates and Release Notes

For each point release after Oracle ILOM 3.0, this guide provides information about:

  • New Oracle ILOM 3.0.x features
  • Known issues and workarounds
  • Fixed issues

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Getting Started Guide

This guide provides easy-to-use setup and configuration procedures that enable you to start using Oracle ILOM.

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Concepts Guide

This guide provides conceptual information for all common features available in Oracle ILOM 3.0.

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Web Interface Procedures Guide

This guide provides procedural information for all common web-based features available in Oracle ILOM 3.0.

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 CLI Procedures Guide

This guide provides procedural information for all common command-line features available in Oracle ILOM 3.0.

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Management Protocols Reference Guide

This guide provides information about accessing Oracle ILOM functions when using management protocols such as:

  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
  • Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
  • Web Service Management (WS-Man) and Common Information Model (CIM)

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) CMM Administration Guide for Sun Blade 6000 and Sun Blade 6048 Modular Systems

This guide provides instructions for managing the Sun Blade Modular System Chassis using a modified version of the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) called the chassis monitoring module (CMM).


You can view and download the guides in the Oracle ILOM 3.0 Documentation Collection at:

http://www.oracle.com/documentation