Most Sun/Oracle servers have an integrated BMC known as Integrated Lights Out Management (ILOM) or occasionally Advanced Lights Out Management (ALOM)
This page provides a cheat-sheet of commands you might commonly use having connected to the ILOM via SSH
Virtual Serial Port -------------------- Start a session: start /SP/console List active sessions: show /SP/sessions Kill existing sessions: stop /SP/console System Power Control --------------------- Power on the server: start /SYS Power off the server: stop /SYS Force power off the server (i.e. disconnect power): stop -force /SYS Show current power status: show /SYS Reset power: reset /SYS Reset ILOM: reset /SP Send Break action to OS: set /HOST send_break_action=break Reset Central Management Module (blade Chassis only) reset /CMM System hardware Info ---------------------- List CPUs: show -level all -output table /SYS type=='Host Processor' Show DIMMS: show -level all -output table /SYS type==DIMM Show Disks: show -l all /SYS type=='Hard Disk' LEDs ----- Enable: set /SYS LOCATE=on Disable: set /SYS LOCATE=off Network Config --------------- Show Config: show /SP/network Set Network config: set pendingipdiscovery=static set pendingipaddress=x.x.x.x set pendingipnetmask=x.x.x.x set pendingipgateway=x.x.x.x set commitpending=true Show ILOM mac address: show /SP/network macaddress Get Central Mgmt Module IP: show /CMM/network Users ------ List All: show /SP/users Show specific user: show /SP/user/admin Create user: create /SP/users/user_name password=PWD role=[administrator|operator] Delete user: delete /SP/users/username Set user role: set /SP/users/newadmin role=administrator Set/Change user password: set /SP/users/newadmin Logs ----- ILOM event log: show /SP/logs/event/list Hardware fault list: show -level all -output table /SP/faultmgmt Temperature sensor readings (change the type for other stats): show -level all -output table /SYS type==Temperature value