4.2 Resetting a Non-Responsive ILOM

When Oracle Exadata System Software detects that the ILOM is unresponsive, it automatically resets the ILOM Service Processor.

Also, as a proactive measure, the ILOM is reset automatically every 90 days. To help predict the next automatic reset, you can retrieve the ILOM up-time by querying the ILOM directly or using ipmitool. For example:

• Using ILOM:

  -> show /SP/clock uptime
  
  /SP/clock
  Properties:
  uptime = 54 days, 15:41:51

• Using ipmitool:

  # ipmitool sunoem getval /SP/clock/uptime
  Target Value: 54 days, 15:41:51

You can also manually reset the ILOM Service Processor using various methods:

• Resetting the ILOM Using SSH
  
• Resetting the ILOM Using the ILOM Remote Console
  
• Resetting the ILOM Using IPMItool
  
• Resetting the ILOM Using the SP Reset Pin on Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 Servers and Exadata Storage Servers
  
• Removing the SP from Sun Fire X4800 Oracle Database Servers and Sun Server X2-8 Oracle Database Servers
  If you could not reset the ILOM on the Sun Fire X4800 Oracle Database Server or Sun Server X2-8 Oracle Database Server using SSH, the remote console or IPMItool, then remove the service processor (SP) from the server, and put it back.
• Unplugging the ILOM Power Supply
  

See Also:

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Documentation at http://www.oracle.com/goto/ilom/docs