Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4200 - Manual (Page 100)

8-2 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers System Management Guide • December 2005
8.1.1 Browser and Software Requirements
The ILOM product comes preinstalled on the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200
server. There are no operating system installation or Java™ software requirements to
run the ILOM web GUI when you are not redirecting the console. The ILOM web
GUI has been tested successfully with Mozilla 1.7.5, Firefox 1.0, and Internet
Explorer 6.0 web browsers, and may be compatible with other web browsers.
The ILOM web GUI is organized as a group of web pages that enable you to manage
the SP functions. The base web server supports both secure (HTTPS) and non-secure
(HTTP) access. Secure access is enabled by default. Non-secure access is disabled by
default. The SP can have up to 10 active sessions, including serial, Secure Shell
(SSH), and the ILOM web GUI.
When you install Solaris™, Linux, or Microsoft Windows software on the Sun Fire
X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server, the installation manager also copies operating
system-specific drivers and applications from the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200
Resource CD to the system hard drive. To enable console redirection, the ILOM web
GUI launches the Java Remote Console application. The Remote Console application
is a piece of layered software that enables remote clients to view the graphical
console of the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server as though they were
connected directly to the video, mouse, and keyboard of the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun
Fire X4200 server. Remote Console software is implemented using an OS-specific
Java application that is invoked by Java Web Start. You need to install the Java
runtime environment Version 5.0 or later on the remote client to enable the client to
run Java Remote Console. You can download the Java runtime environment at
http://www.java.com .
8.1.2 Common Tasks Performed With the ILOM Web
GUI
After you log in to the ILOM web GUI, you can perform basic software provisioning,
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) tasks, and system monitoring.
There can be up to 10 user accounts on the SP. However, you cannot delete the root
or anonymous accounts. Therefore, you can configure eight accounts for the SP. Each
account has an associated user name and role. Using the GUI, you can define a user
account role as an Administrator, which provides access to all SP functionality and
commands, or as an Operator, which provides limited access to the SP functionality
and commands.
Some of the common tasks you can perform using the ILOM web GUI include:
■ Redirect the system's graphical console to a remote client browser.
■ Connect a remote floppy disk drive or floppy disk image to the system as a
virtual floppy disk drive.