Assign Serial Port Ownership Using the CLI

Before You Begin

Set up a network connection to the SP before attempting to change the serial port owner to the host server. If the network is not set up, and you switch the serial port owner to the host server, you will be unable to connect using the CLI or web interface to change the serial port owner back to the SP.

To return the serial port owner setting back to the SP, use the network connection to Oracle ILOM.

1. Open an SSH session and at the command line log in to the SP Oracle ILOM CLI.

   Log in as a user with root or administrator privileges. For example:

   ssh root@ipadress

   where ipadress is the IP address of the server SP.

   For more information, refer to the Oracle X5 Series Servers Administration Guide at http://www.oracle.com/goto/x86AdminDiag/docs.

   The Oracle ILOM CLI prompt appears:

   ->

2. To set the serial port owner to the host, type:

   -> set /SP/serial/portsharing owner=host

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   Note -  The serial port sharing value by default is owner=SP.

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3. To set the serial port owner back to the SP, type:

   -> set /SP/serial/portsharing owner=sp

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   Note -  If you inadvertently changed ownership of the serial management port (SER MGT) before setting up a network connection to Oracle ILOM, refer to the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.2 Documentation Library at: http://www.oracle.com/goto/ilom/docs for details about restoring access to the serial management port on your server.

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4. To log out of Oracle ILOM, type:

   -> exit