1. Installation and Administration Guide
  2. Install the KMA
  3. Initial ILOM Configuration

Initial ILOM Configuration

Use the ILOM to initially setup the T8-1 or T7-1 KMAs.

As soon as you apply power to the KMA—by plugging the server in to the power source—and after a one or two minute boot period, the ILOM provides a remote connection to the console.

Note:

This section has some basic ILOM commands to configure the server. Refer to the Integrated Lights Out Manager Administration Guide for more information.
  1. Configure your laptop before accessing ILOM.
  2. IMPORTANT: Do not connect the power cord to the server. Wait until instructed below. The ILOM starts as soon as you connect power, even if the server is powered-off. This is why you prepare and connect the laptop before connecting the power cord.
  3. Obtain the IP address for the ILOM.
  4. Using the table below as a reference, connect all cables as required.

    Table 2-1 KMA Network Connections - T8-1 and T7‐1

    Port Connects To Description

    SER MGT

    Service Rep Laptop

    Serial connection to the ILOM. The ILOM IP address is most easily configured using this connection.

    NET MGT

    ILOM

    Optional Ethernet connection to the ILOM. This port is not available until you configure the ILOM IP address.

    NET 0

    Management Network

    Required connection to the Management Network (a switch) and to other KMAs in the cluster. The Management Network can be local, remote, or a combination of both. Customers are expected to provide the management network.

    NET 2

    Service Network

    Required connection to the Service Network. This network connects the server to encryption agents, such as tape drives, either directly, or through Ethernet switches.

    NET 3

    Aggregate Network

    Optional connection to the Aggregated Network and provides aggregation with NET 2.
  5. Connect a null modem serial cable to the SER MGT port. Connect the other end to a laptop PC serial port.
  6. Start a HyperTerminal session on the laptop. This allows you to watch the boot process.
  7. Verify the default settings are:
    • 8-bits
    • No Parity
    • 1 stop-bit
    • 9600 baud rate
    • Disable both hardware (CTS/RTS) and software (XON/XOFF) flow control
  8. Connect the server power cord to the power source. Do not power-on the server. The ILOM starts as soon as you connect power.
  9. Once the boot completes, press [Enter] a few times to get to the ILOM login prompt. Log in as the system root user. See ILOM Security Hardening for details about this user.
  10. Configure the ILOM IP address.
  11. Enter the following commands. These commands are case sensitive.
    show /SP/networkset /SP/network/ pendingipdiscovery=staticset /SP/network/ pendingipaddress=ipaddressset /SP/network/
pendingipnetmask=netmaskset /SP/network/ pendingipgateway=gatewayset /SP/network/ commitpending=true
  12. On a SPARC T8-1 or SPARC T7‐1 server, enter the following commands to set the auto-boot property. There is a space after the question mark but not before it. These commands are case sensitive.
    show /HOST/bootmodeset /HOST/bootmode script="setenv auto-boot? true"show /HOST/bootmode
  13. Log off of the ILOM and exit.
  14. Go to Launch the QuickStart from the ILOM Web Interface to continue the installation.