You can initially configure your virtual machines externally without connecting to the virtual machine console. This is done using Oracle VM Guest Additions by passing key-value pairs to the virtual machine. Use the oakcli modify vm -s command to pass parameters to the virtual machine:
# oakcli modify vm vmname-s 'key1:value1;key2:value2...'
Example
The following example has two value pairs:
oakcli modify vm vmo16u3 -s 'com.oracle.linux.network.device.0:eth0;com.oracle.linux.network.ipaddr.0:192.1.2.18'
Note:
Refer to the section "Using the Oracle VM Guest Additions" in the Oracle VM Utilities Guide for x86 for more information about Oracle VM Guest Additions.
Refer to the whitepaper Oracle Database Appliance: Automated Virtual Machine Provisioning for more information.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-appliance/overview/oda-automatedvmprovisioning-2348232.pdf