Server Management

Multiple Server Management Tools

If you are managing multiple servers, you can use Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center.

For information, refer to product information. For documentation, refer to Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Documentation

Single Server Management Tools

The following table lists the tools available for managing a single server:

Tool/Link	Type and Environment	Function
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM)	Preinstalled service processor (SP) with integrated firmware. No installation required. Some initial configuration is required. Operates independently of the host. Provides a web interface and a command-line interface (CLI).	Configure and manage server components locally or remotely. Connect to a dedicated network port, a sideband port, or a local serial port. Refer to Oracle Integrated Lights Out Management (ILOM) 5.1 documentation at: Servers Documentation Systems Management
Oracle Hardware Management Pack	Provides commands and agents that operate at the operating system level, and can be used across multiple systems. Is available as a standalone product for supported operating systems. Refer to the support matrix for specific information.	Monitor hardware through the host operating system, either remotely using SNMP or locally using command-line interface tools. Refer to Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.4 Documentation at: Servers Documentation Systems Management
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)	Accessed by booting the system and interrupting the boot process. Provides a simple graphical user interface.	Provides hardware-level management of system functionality.

Tool/Link

Type and Environment

Function

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM)

Preinstalled service processor (SP) with integrated firmware. No installation required. Some initial configuration is required.
Operates independently of the host.
Provides a web interface and a command-line interface (CLI).

Configure and manage server components locally or remotely.
Connect to a dedicated network port, a sideband port, or a local serial port.

Refer to Oracle Integrated Lights Out Management (ILOM) 5.1 documentation at: Servers Documentation Systems Management

Oracle Hardware Management Pack

Provides commands and agents that operate at the operating system level, and can be used across multiple systems.
Is available as a standalone product for supported operating systems. Refer to the support matrix for specific information.

Monitor hardware through the host operating system, either remotely using SNMP or locally using command-line interface tools.

Refer to Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.4 Documentation at: Servers Documentation Systems Management

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

Accessed by booting the system and interrupting the boot process. Provides a simple graphical user interface.

Provides hardware-level management of system functionality.

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM)

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) enables you to connect to the server service processor (SP) and then manage Oracle Server X9-2 or Oracle Server X9-2L. The servers are shipped initially with the latest version of Oracle ILOM. Oracle ILOM software resides on the server SP and allows you to monitor and manage server components.

Oracle ILOM software functions include:

Configuring network information
Viewing and editing hardware configurations for the SP
Monitoring vital system information and viewing logged events
Managing Oracle ILOM user accounts

You can access the server SP in either of the following ways:

For more information, refer to product information. Refer to Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 5.1 Documentation at: Servers Documentation Systems Management

Oracle Hardware Management Pack

Oracle Hardware Management Pack provides command-line interface (CLI) tools for managing your servers, and an SNMP monitoring agent.

Oracle Hardware Management Pack CLI
- Allows you to configure Oracle servers
- Works with supported operating systems
- You can script the tools to support multiple servers, if the servers are the same type
Hardware Management Agent SNMP Plugins
- Allows you to use SNMP to monitor Oracle servers from the operating system using a single host IP address
- Connect to two management points (Oracle ILOM and the host) with only one connection

For more information, refer to product information. Refer to Oracle Hardware Management Pack Documentation at: Servers Documentation Systems Management

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

Oracle Server X9-2 and Oracle Server X9-2L both support the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). UEFI provides an interface between system firmware and all supported operating systems. With UEFI BIOS, you can configure platform-specific information, and some of the run-time and boot-time characteristics of your system using a simple graphical interface.

For Oracle Server X9-2 instructions on accessing and using UEFI BIOS Setup Utility, refer to Oracle Server X9-2 Documentation Oracle Server X9-2 Service Manual - Using UEFI BIOS.

For Oracle Server X9-2L instructions on accessing and using UEFI BIOS Setup Utility, refer to Oracle Server X9-2L Documentation Oracle Server X9-2L Service Manual - Using UEFI BIOS.