Chapter 3
Powering On and Configuring the Server
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To Display the ALOM Prompt
1. Type the default keystroke sequence:
Note –
When you switch to the ALOM prompt after initial power on, you will be
logged in as the
admin
user and prompted to set a password. You must set this
password in order to execute certain commands.
2. If you are prompted to do so, set a password for the
admin
user.
The password must:
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Contain at least two alphabetic characters
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Contain at least one numeric or one special character
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Be at least six characters long
After you set the password, the admin user has full permissions and can execute all
ALOM CLI commands.
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To Display the Console Prompt
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Type:
More than one ALOM user can be connected to the server console stream at a time,
but only one user is permitted to type input characters to the console.
If another user is logged on and has write capability, you will see the message below
after issuing the
console
command:
#
#.
sc>
console
sc> Console session already in use. [view mode]
