Log In to Oracle ILOM Through a Local Serial Connection
Log In to Oracle ILOM Through a Local Serial
Connection
Note - Oracle ILOM is shipped with a default administrator account and password that allows
first-time login and access. The default account is root and the password is changeme. To build
a secure environment and to enforce user authentication, you must change the default password
for this account. If this default Administrator account has since been changed, contact your
system administrator for an Oracle ILOM user account with Administrator privileges.
Note - To prevent unauthorized access to Oracle ILOM, create user accounts for each user. For
details, see “Adding Oracle ILOM User Accounts” on page 70.
1.
Connect a terminal or a terminal emulator to the serial management (SER MGT)
port.
For details, see “Cable the Server to Connect to Oracle ILOM” on page 23.
2.
Set the terminal device to 9600 baud, 8 bit, no parity, 1 stop bit (9600/8-N-1).
3.
At the Oracle ILOM login prompt, type your user name, and then press Enter.
4.
At the password prompt, type the password associated with your user name,
and then press Enter.
Oracle ILOM displays a default command prompt (->).
Launching Remote KVMS Redirection Sessions
To help you manage the server remotely, Oracle ILOM enables you to redirect a server's
keyboard, video, mouse, and storage (KVMS) devices through any of the following redirection
methods:
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Serial remote console redirection: View a text-based version of the host console. You can
use the serial remote console to interrupt the boot process and configure server settings in
the BIOS Setup Utility, navigate the operating system file system, or enter commands from
the operating system command-line application.
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Graphical remote console redirection: View a graphical version of the host console using
the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus application. You can use the graphical
remote console to interrupt the boot process and configure server settings in the BIOS Setup
Utility, view the operating system desktop, or enter commands from the operating system
command-line application.
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