Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) Commands

Asset ID:	1-71-1006084.1
Update Date:	2018-04-11
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Solution 1006084.1 : Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) Commands

Applies to:

Sun Fire V210 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire V240 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire V215 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire V245 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire V445 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
All Platforms

Goal

Become familiar with ALOM commands to assist with troubleshooting

Fix

Description

This document lists and describes all Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) commands.

Also provided is the Solaris ' scadm ' command help menu.

Steps to Follow
ALOM Commands

Commands	Options	Descriptions
poweron	None	Applies power to the managed system
poweroff	-y, -f	Shuts down the managed system to the powered off state
reset	-y, -x	Resets the managed system
break	-y	Causes the SC to send a break to the managed system OS which causes Solaris OE to drop into either kadb or OBP depending on the mode in which Solaris OE was booted.
bootmode	normal	Provides control over the managed system OBP firmware behavior during system initialization
	reset_nvram
	diag
	skip_diag
console	-f	Connects this user session to the managed system.
consolehistory	-b lines	Displays the contents of the selected OS console output buffer for the managed system.
	-e lines
	-g lines
	-v
	boot\|run
showlogs	-b lines	Displays the contents of the managed system eventlog
	-e lines
	-g lines
	-v
setlocator	on, off	Causes SC to turn the managed system locator indicator on or off
showlocator	None	Displays the managed system locator indicator current state
showenvironment	-v	Displays the environmental status information available to the SC for the managed system
showfru	None	Prints out the FRU-ID data stored in the FRU PROM
showplatform	-v	Displays the details from the SC of the hardware configuration of the platform and whether that hardware is providing service
showsc	-v, param	Displays the details of the SC software configuration
shownetwork	-v	Displays the current network configuration parameters
setsc	param, value	Allows the user to individually configure SC parameters
showdate	None	Display the current SC date and time
setdate	mmdd\|HHMM	Allows the user to set the current SC date and time
	mmddHHMM
	cc\|yy
	.SS
resetsc	-y	Reset the SC that is active and to which the user is interacting through the CLI
flashupdate	-s IPaddr	Downloads a new firmware image to the active SC
	-f pathname
	-v
setdefaults	-y	Sets all the user settable SC configuration parameters to their default value as they were set when the system was shipped out
useradd	username	Adds a new user to the SC's user database
userdel	username	Removes an exsisting user from the SC's user database
usershow	username	Displays the configuration details for a user account, if no argument is supplied, the details for all accounts in the database ars displyed
userpassword	username	Allows an administrator to set an initial password for a user or to change an existing password without knowing the existing password.
userperm	username c, u, a, r	Sets the permissions for the specified user for the managed system.
password	None	Allows user to change their own login password
showusers	None	Displays a list of users currently logged into the SC
logout	None	Logs the current user out from his session with the CLI and presents the login prompt over the interface
help	None	Provides assistance to the user of the CLI by listing the commands available and their syntax and also by providing a short description of the capabilities of each command.

Solaris "scadm" command:

Note: The 'scadm' command is not available on the SUN4v systems.

# /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/scadm help

USAGE: scadm <command> [options]
For a list of commands, type "scadm help"

scadm - COMMANDS SUPPORTED
help, date, set, show, resetrsc, download, send_event, modem_setup,
useradd, userdel, usershow, userpassword, userperm, shownetwork,
consolehistory, fruhistory, loghistory, version

scadm - COMMAND DETAILS
scadm help => this message
scadm date [-s] | [[mmdd]HHMM | mmddHHMM[cc]yy][.SS] => print or set date
scadm set <variable> <value> => set variable to value
scadm show [variable] => show variable(s)
scadm resetrsc [-s] => reset SC (-s soft reset)
scadm download [boot] <file> => program firmware or [boot] monitor
scadm send_event [-c] "message" => send message as event (-c CRITICAL)
scadm modem_setup => connect to modem port
scadm useradd <username> => add SC user account
scadm userdel <username> => delete SC user account
scadm usershow [username] => show user details
scadm userpassword <username> => set user password
scadm userperm <username> [cuar] => set user permissions
scadm shownetwork => show network configuration
scadm consolehistory [-a] => show SC console log
scadm fruhistory [-a] => show SC FRU log
scadm loghistory [-a] => show SC event log
scadm version [-v] => show SC version (-v verbose)

Product
System Management
Lights Out Management Module

Internal Comments
joesph.bilinkiewicz@sun.com

ALOM, Lights out Management, Administration, Diagnostics, command
Previously Published As
51703

Change History
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