Setting Up Provisionable Servers

Before you can use the N1 System Manager to discover provisionable servers, each provisionable server must be set up as follows:

• An IP address must be assigned to the provisionable server's management port

• The management processor credentials must be configured:

  • A Secure Shell (SSH) account must be created, and a password assigned to the account

  • The management processor Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) account must be configured and enabled where applicable

  Discovery will fail if any of the above conditions are not met.

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  Tip –

  Install the operating system and the N1 System Manager software on your management server while you set up the provisionable servers.

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Refer to your provisionable server documentation for procedures for assigning a management port IP address and for configuring the management processor credentials. You can also locate the server documentation at http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/.

If you do not specify the Secure Shell (SSH) and Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) accounts and passwords, the discovery process assumes that the following credentials are configured on the provisionable servers:

• Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers

  • SSH user = root

  • SSH password = changeme

  • IMPI user = root

  • IMPI password = changeme

• Sun Fire V20z and V40z servers

  • SSH login = admin

  • SSH password = admin

  • IMPI login = Null

  • IMPI password= admin

  • SNMP read community string = public

• Sun Fire V210, V240, V440 servers

  • Telnet login = admin

  • Telnet password = admin

Automatic configuration of credentials is supported for Sun Fire V20z and V40z servers if they are in the factory default state.

If you do specify the login accounts and passwords for discovery, the discovery process configures the provisionable server using the user-specified credentials. If only one credential is specified, the missing credential is configured with one of the defaults specified above.