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Getting Started With ILOM |
Review the ILOM getting started process and prerequisites, choose an interface, and plan your ILOM setup |
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Oracle ILOM 3.0 Getting Started Guide provides easy-to-use setup and configuration procedures that will enable you to start using ILOM even before your host system is powered on.
With ILOM, you can remotely monitor and manage your Oracle Sun server platform without consuming operating system resources. ILOM provides fully featured interfaces, including a browser-based web interface, a command-line interface, an SNMP interface, and an IPMI interface. These interfaces are based on industry standards and are intuitive to use.
The getting started procedures describe how to connect your system to ILOM and how to configure the required initial ILOM settings. The procedures to verify and update the ILOM firmware version are also provided. You can find more in-depth descriptions of ILOM’s features and functions in the other documents that comprise the ILOM 3.0 Documentation Collection. For a list of those documents, see Related Documentation.
You can use ILOM’s default configuration and settings to access many of ILOM’s features, or you can customize certain ILOM settings to work in your specific environment. Before you begin the initial setup of ILOM, determine how you want to access ILOM and how to configure ILOM for your system and data center environment.
TABLE 1-1 presents some tasks to consider when you start to use ILOM for the first time. Each task is described in more detail in the procedures that follow.
Connect your system to ILOM, choose to use either the ILOM web interface or the CLI, then learn about the preconfigured root user account |
You can connect to ILOM using an Ethernet connection or a serial connection. As of ILOM 3.0.12 and later releases, you can use a dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 network environment. You can set up ILOM for the first time using either the web interface or the command-line interface (CLI). For initial login, you will use the preconfigured root user account. |
Connecting Your System to ILOM |
ILOM boots automatically when power is applied to your Oracle Sun server platform. ILOM is preconfigured with the root user account and its password. You can use this special account for initial login and account setup. |
Logging In to ILOM for the First Time Using the Web Interface |
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You can accept the default dual-stack IPv4 (DHCPv4) and IPv6 (stateless) settings that are provided, or you can change the settings using the ILOM web interface or command-line interface (CLI). If your network only supports IPv4, you can also change the default IPv4 settings from the host operating system using the BIOS utility or IPMItool. |
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Create Local User Accounts or Use a Directory Service Note - You can choose either to create a local user account or to configure a directory service. |
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After you have logged in to ILOM, you can create and configure up to 10 local user accounts. |
Adding User Accounts or Configuring a Directory Service (web) Adding User Accounts or Configuring a Directory Service (CLI) |
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Before you can use Active Directory, you need to enter basic data, such as primary server, port number, and certificate mode, and optional data, such as alternate server and event or severity levels. |
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ILOM can use LDAP and can be an LDAP client for authentication purposes. To use LDAP authentication, you need to create a user account on your LDAP server that ILOM can authenticate with, or bind to, so that the client has permission to search the proper directory on the LDAP server. |
Configure LDAP Server (web) Configure ILOM for LDAP (CLI) |
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To configure LDAP with Secure Socket Layer (SSL), you need to enter basic data, such as primary server, port number, and certificate mode, and optional data such as alternate server and event or severity levels. |
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To use RADIUS authentication, you must first set the IP address and port number of the RADIUS server, as well as set the shared secret, which you use to access the RADIUS server. |
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Once you have created a local user account or configured a directory service, log in to ILOM using that local, administrative user account. |
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You can log out of your ILOM session while preserving your configuration settings. |
Log Out of ILOM (web) Log Out of ILOM (CLI) |
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You can quickly identify which version of ILOM is running on the service processor or chassis monitoring module. |
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You can easily update your ILOM firmware to the latest version. |
You can connect your system to ILOM without a network connection using the serial port, or you can connect your system to ILOM over a network using the network management port.
If your network infrastructure uses a firewall, or non-standard ports for common services, you should review the default network port assignments that are documented in the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Concepts Guide.
As of ILOM 3.0.12, new network configuration settings have been added to the ILOM web interface and CLI to support the configuration of a dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 network environment. For information about dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 networks, refer to the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Concepts Guide.
Prior to performing the procedures for logging in to ILOM and configuring network settings, you should ensure that the following requirements are met.
You can access ILOM’s features and functions using either the web interface or the command-line interface (CLI), as well as using an SNMP interface or IPMI interface. You can complete all ILOM tasks in either the web interface or the CLI.
The getting started procedures in this guide are divided into two chapters. Chapter 2 explains how to perform the initial setup and configuration tasks using the web interface. Chapter 3 explains how to perform the same tasks, but using the CLI. Before you begin the setup and configuration, choose one of the interfaces and follow the respective procedures.
ILOM 3.0 provides the preconfigured root user account. You will use the root account for initial login to ILOM. This root user account will be familiar to users who are migrating from ILOM 2.x to ILOM 3.0 and who know how to log in using the root user account.
The root user account is persistent and is available on all interfaces (web interface, CLI, SSH, serial console, and IPMI) unless you choose to delete the root account. The root account provides built-in administrative privileges (read and write) for all ILOM features, functions, and commands.
To log in to ILOM using the root account:
To prevent unauthorized access to your system, you should change the root password (changeme) on each service processor (SP) or chassis monitoring module (CMM) in your system. Alternatively, you can delete the root account to secure access to your system. However, before you delete the root account, you must set up a new user account or configure a directory service in order to log in to ILOM.
If you delete the root account before you have configured a new user account or directory service to log in to ILOM, you can use another preconfigured account, the default user account, as an alternative way to log in and re-create the root account. For information about the default user account, refer to the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Concepts Guide.
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