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Introduction to lights-out management, Managing the sun fire v100 server from the, Chapter 5 – Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V100 User Manual

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C H A P T E R

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Managing the Sun Fire V100 Server
From the

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Prompt

This chapter introduces the Lights-Out Management (LOM) facilities available for
the Sun Fire V100 server and describes how to use the

/usr/sbin/lom

utility,

which provides a user interface to the device. The chapter contains the following
sections:

“Introduction to Lights-Out Management” on page 43

“Powering On or Resetting the Server From the LOM Shell” on page 45

“Monitoring the Server From the LOM Shell” on page 49

“Setting Up LOM Privileges for Named Users” on page 54

“Setting the LOM Configurable Variables” on page 58

“Separating LOM From the Console on the Serial A/LOM Port” on page 60

“Viewing Event Reports That LOM Sends to syslogd” on page 61

“LOM Shell Command List” on page 62

Note –

For information about how to configure the LOM device-driver, see

Appendix B.

Introduction to Lights-Out Management

Lights-Out Management (LOM) commands allow you to remotely manage a server
that is deployed in a “lights-out” environment. You can also use LOM commands to
perform quick onsite management tasks at a locally connected terminal.