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Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 2.0 Supplement for Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers • March 2009
Resetting the Root Password to the
Factory Default
The default password for the ILOM
root
account is
changeme
. Sun recommends
that you change this password to secure your server. If you forget the changed
password, you can use the ILOM Preboot Menu to reset the password to the default.
For instructions, refer to “Resetting the Root Password to the Factory Default” in the
Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Service Manual
(820-5830).
ILOM Sideband Management
By default, you connect to the server’s service processor (SP) using the out-of-band
network management port (NET MGT). The ILOM sideband management feature
enables you to select either the NET MGT port or one of the server’s Gigabit
Ethernet ports (NET 0, 1, 2, 3), which are in-band ports, to send and receive ILOM
commands to and from the server SP. In-band ports are also called sideband ports.
The advantage of using a sideband management port to manage the server’s SP is
that one less cable connection and one less network switch port is needed. In
configurations where a great number of servers are being managed, such as data
centers, sideband management can represent a significant savings in hardware and
network utilization.
Note –
Connectivity to the server SP might be lost when the SP management port
configuration is changed while you are connected to the SP using a network
connection, such as SSH, web, or Sun ILOM Remote Console.
Note –
Server host power cycles will cause a brief interruption of network
connectivity for server Gigabit Ethernet ports (NET 0, 1, 2, 3) that are configured for
sideband management. Additionally, adjacent switch/bridge ports should be
configured as
host ports
, since ports that are configured as
switch ports
and that
participate in the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) may experience longer outages due
to spanning tree recalculation.
You can configure sideband management using either the web interface, the
command-line interface (CLI), the BIOS, or IPMI. For instructions, see the following
sections:
