18.8 Activate the Storage Appliance

To activate the storage appliance included in your Exalogic machine, complete the following steps:

  1. Ensure that you have a valid My Oracle Support Account.
  2. Ensure that you can connect to the Internet from your storage appliance using either a direct connection or a web proxy.
  3. In a web browser, enter the IP address or host name you assigned to the NET0 port of either storage head as follows:

    https://ipaddress:215

    or

    https://hostname:215

    The login screen appears.

  4. Type root into the Username field and the administrative password that you entered into the appliance shell kit interface and press the Enter key. The Welcome screen is displayed.
  5. Click the Configuration tab, and click SERVICES. On the left navigation pane, click Services to display the list of services.
  6. Click Phone Home, as shown in Figure 18-1.

    Figure 18-1 Phone Home Tab on the List of Services

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    Description of "Figure 18-1 Phone Home Tab on the List of Services"

    When you click Phone Home, the Phone Home page is displayed, as shown in Figure 18-2.

    Figure 18-2 Phone Home Settings Page

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    Description of "Figure 18-2 Phone Home Settings Page"
  7. In the My Oracle Support Username field, enter your username.
  8. In the Password field, enter the password for your My Oracle Support account.
  9. If you are using a web proxy to connect to the Internet from the storage appliance, select the Use web proxy option, and enter the following information:

    • In the Host: port field, enter the complete host name of your web proxy server and the port.

    • In the Username field, enter your user name for the accessing the web proxy server.

    • In the Password field, enter your password.

  10. Click the Apply button.
  11. When the Service Enable / Disable popup is presented, select the Enable option.

Note:

For information about network configuration for the storage appliance, see Network Configuration Options.

ASR activation for the storage appliance covers ILOM on the storage server heads.