Sun X4100 0915ALEB30-HD 0915ALEB30 User Manual
Product codes
0915ALEB30
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
ILOM Software
ILOM is an IPMI 2.0-compliant Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) which implements Lights Out Management (LOM) including
“Remote Keyboard, Video, Mouse, and Storage” (KVMS), a Web management interface, a command line interface (CLI) and SNMP.
ILOM software includes the following:
• Embedded, hardened Linux OS
• IPMI 2.0 BMC
• Platform Control agents diagnostics software
• RKVMS
• IPMI 2.0 BMC
• Platform Control agents diagnostics software
• RKVMS
The ILOM and BIOS firmware are easily upgraded using a single 11 Mb file to upgrade both. The firmware upgrade can be performed
either by command line interface or Web interface.
In-Band Server Management Interfaces
Server management through the platform operating system in a Sun Fire X4100 M2 or X4200 M2 server is possible using either IPMI
with a Keyboard Controller Style (KCS) inteface and an IPMI kernel driver or by using SNMP OS-resident agents. IPMI 2.0 and SNMP
v1, v2c, and v3 are the supported standards to perform autonomous platform management functions.
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
ILOM and its controlling firmware are together referred to as the Base Management Controller (BMC), which is the core of the IPMI
structure. Tightly integrating an IPMI BMC and management software with platform firmware facilitates a total management solu-
tion.
Out-of-Band Server Management Interfaces
Server management through the ILOM service processor in a Sun Fire X4100 M2 or X4200 M2 server is possible through serial port
access or dedicated Ethernet connection. Serial port connectivity to ILOM provides direct console access to the command line inter-
face (CLI)and to the system console stream via serial port redirection, i.e., serial-over-LAN. The dedicated Ethernet interface offers
ILOM connectivity by Web interface, CLI via SSH, IPMI 2.0, and SNMP v1, v2c, and v3.
Command Line Interface (CLI)
The ILOM command line interface is accessible either by connection to the serial port or the dedicated Ethernet connection via
Secure Shell (SSH) on a Sun Fire X4100 M2 or X4200 M2 server. The CLI is designed to follow the Distributed Management Task Force
(DMTF) Command Line Protocol (CLP).
The DMTF CLP is based on these concepts:
• Object namespace—There is a large namespace of objects to describe the targets for each command. Examples of objects are
a CLI user, an SNMP trap, or an alert rule.
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