When the account creation is successful, a message similar to this one displays: AOM username
aom-admin successfully set and enabled. Note that the AOM network must be
configured via the AOM menu.
6. (Optional) V
erify that the AOM admin user account is enabled and set up correctly.
aom_setup_user -l
A message similar to this one displays: Current AOM username: aom-admin (enabled)
Configure the AOM management network
You can assign a management IP address, netmask, and gateway to access AOM either manually or with
DHCP.
1. Connect to the system using the serial console.
2. Open the AOM Command Menu.
Esc (
3. Type n to open the AOM management network configurator.
4. Assign a management IP address, netmask, and gateway:
• To use DHCP to assign the addresses, type y when prompted about using DHCP.
• To manually assign the addresses, type n when prompted about using DHCP. At the prompts, type
values for IP address (required), netmask (required), and gateway (optional).
A confirmation message displays the configured management IP address, netmask, and gateway.
5. (Optional) Type i to verify the assigned addresses.
Access the AOM Command Menu using SSH
Before you access the AOM Command Menu using SSH, you must assign a management IP address,
netmask, and gateway for AOM. You can assign the addresses manually or with DHCP. You must also
create an AOM admin user account.
You can access the AOM Command Menu remotely using SSH from a management workstation that is
connected to the same subnet as the platform's management (MGMT) interface.
Note: On this platform, AOM allows only one SSH connection at a time.
1. Open an SSH session, where <aom-username> is the AOM admin user account that you configured
for the system, and <ip-addr> is the IP address that you configured for AOM.
ssh <aom-username>@<ip-addr>
2. T
ype the previously configured AOM user password.
3. Open the AOM Command Menu.
Esc (
Set an SSH idle session timeout
You can specify a timeout value (in seconds) for idle AOM SSH sessions. You can access the AOM
Command Menu using either a serial console or SSH.
1. Connect to the system using the serial console.
2. Open the AOM Command Menu.
Esc (
3. Type s to configure a timeout value for idle SSH sessions.
4. Type a timeout value.
The default value is 0 (no timeout). Available values are 0, or between 30 and 86400 (one day).
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