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Using the WebGUI
This chapter describes how to use the ILOM WebGUI.
The sections include:
The graphical user interface (GUI) enables you to monitor and manage local and remote systems. Using a standard Internet browser, you can expect to be up and running the WebGUI in less than five minutes.
One of the most powerful features of ILOM is the ability to redirect the server's graphical console to a remote workstation or laptop system. When you redirect the host console, you can configure the remote system's keyboard and mouse to act as the server's mouse and keyboard. You can also configure the diskette drive or CD-ROM drive on the remote system as a device virtually connected to the Sun server. You can also redirect diskette images (.img) and CD-ROM images (.iso) for remote access.
The WebGUI has been tested successfully with recently released Mozilla, Firefox, and Internet Explorer web browsers, and may be compatible with other web browsers.
The ILOM product comes preinstalled on the Sun server. However, you need Java software on the client to perform redirection, as described in Chapter 8.
After you log in to the WebGUI, you can perform basic software provisioning, Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) tasks, and system monitoring.
ILOM user accounts include a role which defines what you can do. The roles are:
For more information on users, including how to manage user accounts using the WebGUI, see Chapter 7.
Some of the common tasks you can perform using the WebGUI include:
A WebGUI page is shown below.
Each WebGUI page has three main sections: the masthead, the navigation bar, and the content area.
The masthead provides the following buttons and fields on all pages of the WebGUI:
The navigation bar provides tabs that you can click to open a specific WebGUI page. When you click a main tab, subcategories of tabs are displayed, providing you with further options to choose. Select the tabs to open the appropriate WebGUI pages.
The content area of the WebGUI page is where you find information about the specific topic or operation you chose using the tabs. The content area displays such things as logs, status indicators, task wizards, and command buttons to execute an operation.
This section explains how to log in to and out of the WebGUI.
Note - The ILOM boots automatically when the Sun server is cabled appropriately and plugged in to an AC supply, usually within one minute. However, if the management Ethernet is not connected or if the ILOM's Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) process fails due to the absence of a DHCP server on the management network, the ILOM might take a few minutes to boot.
Disabling the use of the browser proxy server (if one is used) for access to the management network might make the WebGUI response time faster.
You need the IP address of the ILOM. The ILOM's IP address is provided in the BIOS Setup screen. You can also observe the DHCP server issue the IP address when the ILOM boots, or look up the ILOM's MAC address-to-IP address mapping in the DHCP server's logs or lease file.
1. To log in to the WebGUI, type the IP address of the ILOM into your web browser.
The login screen appears.
2. Type your user name and password.
When you first try to access the WebGUI, it prompts you to type the default user name and password. The default user name and password are:
The default user name and password are in lowercase characters.
One local user ID is predefined with the user name root with the role Administrator. You cannot delete this user ID or change its role attributes. The initial password changeme also is provided. This password is required for log in on the serial port, Secure Shell (SSH), and the WebGUI. To increase secure access to the ILOM, change the default password to a new, unique password. See Section 5.4, Viewing Replaceable Component Information.
3. Click Log In.
The WebGUI appears.
To log out of the WebGUI, click the Log Out button at the top right of the WebGUI.
The log out screen appears.
Do not use the Log Out button in your web browser to log out from the WebGUI.