Fixing ILOM command errors

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I have recently seen a number of our systems onsite where access to the ILOM is none responsive via the web interface and ssh timeout or painfully sluggish, and at times it appears the console is simply in a hung state. When trying to reboot the SP I get the following error:

$ ssh root@10.1.1.10
Password:

Sun(TM) Integrated Lights Out Manager

Version 2.0.2.6

Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.

Warning: password is set to factory default.-> reset /SP
Are you sure you want to reset /SP (y/n)? y
Performing hard reset on /SP failed
reset: No such inventory

-> exit
Connection to 10.1.1.10 closed.

Or when you try to reset the ILOM password or any other command, you get the error:

Set: No such object value

To resolve either of these issues log onto the ILOM as user sunservice and reboot the ILOM with the reboot command.

$ ssh sunservice@10.1.1.10
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:

Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.

WARNING: The “sunservice” account is provided solely to allow
Sun Services to perform diagnosis and recovery tasks. Customer use of
the “sunservice” account may interfere with the correct operation of
ILOM and is not supported other than to perform recovery procedures as
documented by Sun Microsystems. Normal ILOM operations should always be
performed using the root account. Further usage of the “sunservice”
account implies your agreement with these terms.

[(flash)root@SUNSP001:~]# /sbin/reboot
Read from remote host 10.1.1.10: Connection reset by peer
Connection to 10.1.1.10 closed.

ILOM v3

The sunservice account does not exist anymore with ILOM v3.0 and my colleagues in engineering suggest that you should upgrade to the latest ILOM firmware. But you could try the following:

-> ilomconfig modify network --state=disabled
-> ilomconfig modify network --state=enabled

You may need to install the Oracle hardware management pack

Brute force & ignorance

The following steps could be used as a last resort:

  • Shutdown the Solaris OS system: 
    init 5
  • at the ILOM prompt, type: 
    stop /SYS
  • Once the server has powered off, type: 
    reset /SP