6.4 Connecting to ILOM via a Serial Connection

You can connect to ILOM via a serial connection if you are unable to access ILOM via the network due to any of the following problems:

• Misconfiguration of the network

• Misconfiguration of ILOM IP addresses

Note:

You can reconfigure network access after connecting to ILOM via a serial connection. For more information, see Configuring Network Access.

To connect to ILOM using a serial connection, complete the following steps:

1. Attach a serial cable from a terminal or a PC running terminal emulation software to the SER MGT port of your Oracle Business Intelligence Machine. The cable should be of length 15 feet or less.
2. Verify that your terminal or laptop is operational.
3. Configure the terminal device or the terminal emulation software to use the following settings:

   • 8N1: eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit

   • 9600 baud (default, but can be set to any standard rate up to 115200)

   • Disable software flow control (XON/XOFF)

   • Disable hardware control

4. Verify that power is supplied to either PSU.

   If there is power applied to either PSU, then ILOM will be functional regardless of the power state of compute nodes.

5. Press Enter on the terminal device. A connection between the terminal device and the ILOM is established.

   The ILOM login prompt is displayed.

6. Log in to the CLI using the default user name and the password (root and welcome1).

   The ILOM default command prompt is displayed.