Host-to-ILOM Interconnect

Host-to–ILOM Interconnect is a new feature from Management Pack 2.1 that provides an interface to the host, which allows the host to communicate with Oracle ILOM over a high-speed channel. In some versions of the Oracle ILOM interface, this feature is referred to as ”Local Host Interconnect”. In some versions of the Oracle Hardware Management Pack interface, this feature is referred to as the ”Local ILOM Interconnect”.

The assignment of the IP address for the internal USB Ethernet device (host IP address) can be automatically configured when you install the Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.1 or later. Alternatively, you can configure the host interconnect IP address at any time using the ilomconfig tool.

See the following documentation for more information on enabling the Host-to–ILOM Interconnect between the Oracle ILOM service processor and the host OS:

• For further information on this feature and instructions on enabling it during the Oracle Hardware Management Pack installation, see Enabling the Host-to-ILOM Interconnect in Oracle Hardware Management Pack Installation Guide .

• Refer to the Oracle ILOM Host-to-ILOM Interconnect (Local Host Interface) documentation to enable this feature in Oracle ILOM. This feature must be enabled in Oracle ILOM in order for the Management Pack (or ilomconfig commands) to automatically configure the network connections points between the service processor and the host OS.

  If you choose not to use the Management Pack (or the ilomconfig commands) to automatically configure the Host-to-ILOM Interconnect, you can manually configure the connection points between the Oracle ILOM service processor and the host OS. For more information, see guidelines for setting up the local interconnect in the Oracle ILOM documentation.

• For instructions on manually configuring Host-to-ILOM Interconnect using ilomconfig commands, see Host-to-ILOM Interconnect Configuration Commands.

OS-Specific Notes

The following notes relate to running and installing Host-to-ILOM Interconnect on specific operating systems:

• On servers running the Oracle Solaris 11 OS with Oracle ILOM 3.0.12.x or later, the Host-to–ILOM Interconnect is automatically enabled by default during OS installation.

• Oracle VM 3.0.3 does not have the drivers needed to support the Host-to-ILOM Interconnect.