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a. Ensure that the server hardware is installed and cables are inserted.
b. Verify that your terminal, laptop, PC, or terminal server is operational.
c. Configure the terminal device or the terminal emulation software running on
a laptop or PC to the following settings:
■ 8,N,1: eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit
■ 9600 baud
■ Disable hardware flow control (CTS/RTS)
■ Disable software flow control (XON/XOFF)
d. Connect a null serial modem cable from the server’s back panel SER
MGT/RJ-45 port to the terminal device (if not connected already).
See
FIGURE 4-1 and FIGURE 4-2 for the SER MGT/RJ-45 port location.
e. Press Enter on the terminal device to establish a connection between the
terminal device and the ILOM SP.
ILOM displays a login prompt, after a short wait.
login:
f. Type the default user name, and the default password to log in to the ILOM
SP.
Username: root
Password: changeme
ILOM displays a default command prompt (
-> ), indicating that you have
successfully logged in to ILOM.
3. Use a nonconductive stylus such as a pencil, or other pointed object, to press
and release the recessed Power button on the server front panel.
When main power is applied to the server, the green Power/OK LED next to the
Power button lights and remains lit.
4. To display a screen for installing the preinstalled Solaris or OpenSolaris OS
from the server SER MGT port, type:
-> start /SP/console
5. To install and configure the preinstalled Solaris or OpenSolaris OS software,
proceed to “Configuring the Preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System” on page 87
or “Configuring the Preinstalled OpenSolaris Operating System” on page 103.
Note – To return to the ILOM command-line interface from the serial console, press
ESC ( , depending on your keyboard (U.S.A. or international).
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