How to recover from lost ILOM 3.1 password

Asset ID:	1-79-1564766.1
Update Date:	2017-04-03
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Solution Type Predictive Self-Healing Sure

Solution 1564766.1 : How to recover from lost ILOM 3.1 password

Applies to:

Sun Server X3-2L - Version Not Applicable and later
Big Data Appliance X3-2 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

How to recover from lost ILOM 3.1 password

Details

Password Recovery for root Account

If necessary, system administrators can recover the preconfigured Oracle ILOM local root account or the password for the local root account by using the preconfigured Oracle ILOM default user account password. For further recovery instructions, see the following table.

Table 12: Recover Preconfigured root Account or root Account Password (CLI only)

Prerequisites

Local Serial Management Connection to Oracle ILOM
Physical presence at managed server, if Physical Presence State is enabled (default)

Instructions

Establish a local serial management connection to Oracle ILOM and log in to Oracle ILOM using the default user account. For example:

SUNSP-0000000000 login: default Press and release the physical presence button. Press return when this is completed...

Prove physical presence at your server.

Refer to the server hardware documentation for instructions on how to prove physical presence.

Note: Generally speaking the 'physical presence button' is the 'locate button' that is physically on the front and/or rear of the system chassis. For security, to prove you are physically present at the node, go press and release the button when prompted.

Return to your serial console and press Enter.

You will be prompted for a password.

Type the password for the default user account: defaultpassword.
Reset the account password or re-create the root account.

Refer to the Related Information section of this table for topics for creating or modifying user accounts or passwords.

Related Information

The information in this document is pulled directly from the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.1 Documentation Collection

While these two MOS docs appear similar, they do contains different direct links to different ILOM documentation:
How to recover from lost ILOM 3.0 password ID 1564770.1
How to recover from lost ILOM 3.1 password IN 1564766.1

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