Sun Microsystems Fire X4540, Administration Manual

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Chapter 2 Software and Operating Environment 13
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Create and Manage Volumes
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Take a Snapshot of a File System or Volume
For more information about ZFS, and for an example of creating a file system, refer
to the
ZFS Administration Guide , (819-5461).
Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM
Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) is an Intelligent Platform Management
Interface (IPMI) 2.0-compliant Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that
implements Lights Out Management (LOM), including Remote Keyboard, Video,
Mouse, and Storage (RKVMS); a Web management interface; a command line
interface (CLI); and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
The ILOM software includes the following:
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Embedded, hardened Linux OS
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IPMI 2.0 BMC
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Platform Control agents diagnostics software
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RKVMS
Lights Out Management is performed on the Sun Fire X4500 server through
IPMItool, a command-line utility for controlling IPMI-enabled devices. For more
information about Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM, refer to the
Integrated
Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Administration Guide , (819-1160).
Intelligent Platform Management (IPMI)
Intelligent Platform Management (IPMI) refers to the autonomous monitoring,
logging, recovery, and inventory control features implemented in hardware and
firmware. There are two major components of platform management: the Service
Processor (or BMC) and System Management Software (SMS). Platform status
information can be obtained and recovery actions initiated under situations in which
system management software and normal in-band management mechanisms are
unavailable.
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a network management protocol
used almost exclusively in TCP/IP networks. It provides remote access by
SNMP-compliant entities to monitor and control network devices and to manage
configurations, statistics collection, performance, and security on a network