6.1 ILOM Overview

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) provides advanced service processor (SP) hardware and software that you can use to manage and monitor your Oracle Business Intelligence Machine.

ILOM enables you to actively manage and monitor your Oracle Business Intelligence Machine independently of the operating system state, providing you with a reliable Lights Out Management (LOM) system.

With ILOM, you can proactively:

  • Learn about hardware errors and faults as they occur

  • Remotely control the power state of your compute node

  • View the graphical and non-graphical consoles for the host

  • View the current status of sensors and indicators on the system

  • Determine the hardware configuration of your system

  • Receive generated alerts about system events in advance via IPMI PETs, SNMP Traps, or E-mail Alerts.

The ILOM service processor (SP) runs its own embedded operating system and has a dedicated Ethernet port, which together provide out-of-band management capability. In addition, you can access ILOM from the operating system (Oracle Linux) installed on the Oracle Business Intelligence Machine. Using ILOM, you can remotely manage your compute node as if you were using a locally attached keyboard, monitor, and mouse.

ILOM automatically initializes as soon as power is applied to your compute node. It provides a full-featured, browser-based web interface and has an equivalent command-line interface (CLI).

6.1.1 ILOM Interfaces

ILOM supports multiple interfaces for accessing its features and functions. You can choose to use a browser-based web interface or a command-line interface.

6.1.1.1 Web Interface

The web interface provides an easy-to-use browser interface that enables you to log in to the SP, then to perform system management and monitoring.

6.1.1.2 Command-Line Interface

The command-line interface enables you to operate ILOM using keyboard commands and adheres to industry-standard DMTF-style CLI and scripting protocols. ILOM supports SSH v2.0 and v3.0 for secure access to the CLI. Using the CLI, you can reuse existing scripts with Sun systems, and automate tasks using familiar interfaces.