How to Change Root's Ilom Password

ILOM:

ILOM is the system Service Processor Sun includes with Sun x64 systems.ILOM, can also be accessed via an integrated HTTPS server, meaning that a user friendly graphical user interface is available. Currently the servers below use ILOM.

Sun Fire[TM]  X4100
Sun Fire[TM]  X4200
Sun Fire[TM]  X4500
Sun Fire[TM]  X4600
Sun Fire[TM]  X4100 M2
Sun Fire[TM]  X4200 M2
Sun Fire[TM]  X4600 M2
Sun Blade[TM] 6000
Sun Blade[TM] 8000
Sun Netra[TM] X4200 M2
Sun SPARC[TM] Enterprise T5120
Sun SPARC[TM] Enterprise T5220


The default root password for the ILOM is changeme. This is a Sun default and you should make sure that you modify this when you are setting up your new server.

Below is the procedure.

1. Connect and Login to your Serial Management port.
2. cd /SP/users
3. type "set /SP/users/root password", and voila

Changing password for user /SP/users/root...
Enter new password: ********
Enter new password again: ********
New password was successfully set for user /SP/users/root

Comments

[SR]

I didn't find this answer in Sun's official documentation for this server.
But Google found it on your site!

Thanks