Okt 28
Once you have setup a fix IP address for your iLOM SP and you have no more access to the web interface it is necessary to configure iLOM to use dhcp from the serial console.
First connect to the serial port of your SP with a kermit, HyperTerminal or your preferred application. The connection parameters are: 8N1 (eight data bits, no parity, no stop bit), 9600 baud, CTS/RTS (disable hardware flow control). Enter the following commands for setting up the iLOM network to use dhcp.
Sun(TM) Integrated Lights Out Manager
Version 2.0.2.16
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> cd /SP/network
/SP/network
> set pendingipdiscovery=dhcp
Set 'pendingipdiscovery' to 'dhcp'
> set commitpending=true
> exit
written by phi.mic
\\ tags: iLOM
Feb 04
Basically it is a good idea to setup the iLOM network outside the public network. Up to this date iLOM has no feature to setup a firewall to prevent unauthorized login attempts from outside the world. In my case i put all my iLOMs in a seperate private network 10.5.1.x / 255.255.255.0. Usually iLOMs network factory settings are set to dhcp, but i decide to give the SP a fix IP address. Thus i have to reconfigure the iLOM network settings through the serial console. Below i will explain how to setup the network of the iLOM SP with a serial console connection.
First you have to establish a serial connection to the SER MGT connector (use the ethernet-to-serial connector which is shipped with the SUN machine). Be sure that all setting in minicom are correct (8N1, 9600 baud, Disable Hardware Flow Control, CTS / RTS) and login to iLOM with your root account and your password (the factory password for the iLOM SP is changeme). The following code sequence let you change the network settings to a fix IP address in a private network (in my example i will use 10.5.1.x / 24).
cd /SP/console
start
cd /SP/network
set pendingipaddress=10.5.1.111
set pendingipnetmask=255.255.255.0
set pendingipgateway=10.5.1.254
set commitpending=true
Thats all. Now you can use the assigned IP address to login on the iLOMs WebGUI or directly connect to iLOM via SSH.
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written by phi.mic
\\ tags: iLOM, SUN Fire X4200
