Resetting ILOM root password on Sun Blade 6000 chassis
So, I inherited Sun Blade 6000 chassis with a few blades. Of course, without password to get into ILOM or anything else. No problem, reset will take care of it.
I did a quick search and came up with Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Installation Guide. No joy. Then I found Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Product Notes. Cool.
Apparently, the procedure was omitted from Installation Guide. Fair enough. So, off I go, remove CMM, looking for jumper J1101 as Product Notes document above suggested. Well, there is J1101, except there are no PIN’s soldered to the PCB. So much for documentation.
Finally, I found the procedure in Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.1 Documentation Collection.
- Hook up to serial console on CMM module and open terminal
- Login using default account
- Press locator button on CMM module
- Use defaultpassword to login
- Reset root password
SUNCMM-1111111111 login: default
Press and release the physical presence button.
Press return when this is completed...
Password:
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-> set /CMM/users/root password
Enter new password again: ********
New password was successfully set for user /CMM/users/root
->
Apparently, there is one more method described here, which I have not tried. It involves interrupting SP boot process and typing xyzzy at certain point during boot process.