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CHAPTER 8
Managing the Server From the lom>Prompt
This chapter introduces the LOM Lights-Out Management facilities available for the
Sun Fire V120 and Netra 120 servers and tells you how to use the /usr/sbin/lom
utility which provides a user interface to the device.
The chapter contains the following sections:
■Section 8.1, “Introductionto Lights-Out Management” on page 8-2
■Section 8.2, “Powering On or Resetting the Server Fromthe LOM Shell” on
page8-3
■Section 8.3, “Monitoring the Server Fromthe LOM Shell” on page 8-8
■Section 8.4, “Setting Up LOM Privileges for Named Users” on page8-13
■Section 8.5,“Setting the LOM Device’s Configurable Variables” on page 8-17
■Section 8.6, “Separating the LOM Fromthe Console on the Serial A/LOM Port”
on page 8-19
■Section 8.7,“Viewing the Event Reports That the LOM Sends to syslogd” on
page8-20
■Section 8.8, “The LOM Shell Command List” on page8-21
■Section 8.9,“Checking the Status of the Server’s Fans” on page 8-23
Note – For information about configuring the LOM device to restart the server
automatically in the event of a lockup, see Chapter 9.
Note – For information about how to configure the LOM device-driver,see
Appendix C.