Sun Microsystems manual Managing the Sun Fire V100 Server From the lom Prompt

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Managing the Sun Fire V100 Server From the lom> 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.

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