Enabling Lom And Lom Users - Cisco 7010 Installation Manual

Setting Up Lights-Out Management
Before you can connect to a 7000 Series device using SOL, you must disable Spanning Tree Protocol
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(STP) on any third-party switching equipment connected to the device's management interface.
In some power cycle scenarios, the baseboard management controller (BMC) of a Firepower 7050
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connected to the network via the management interface could lose the IP address assigned to it by the
DHCP server. Because of this, Cisco recommends you configure the Firepower 7050 BMC with a static
IP address. Alternately, you can disconnect the network cable and reconnect it, or remove and restore
power to the device to force renegotiation of the link.
Before you can restore an appliance using LOM, you must enable LOM for both the appliance and the
user who will perform the restore. Then, use a third-party Intelligent Platform Management Interface
(IPMI) utility to access the appliance. You must also make sure you redirect the appliance's console
output to the serial port.
For more information, see the following sections:
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Enabling LOM and LOM Users

Before you can use LOM to restore an appliance, you must enable and configure the feature. You must
also explicitly grant LOM permissions to users who will use the feature.
You configure LOM and LOM users on a per-appliance basis using each appliance's local web interface.
That is, you cannot use the Management Center to configure LOM on a Firepower device. Similarly,
because users are managed independently per appliance, enabling or creating a LOM-enabled user on
the Management Center does not transfer that capability to users on Firepower devices.
LOM users also have the following restrictions:
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For detailed instructions on the following tasks, see the Configuring Appliance Settings chapter in the
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Firepower Management Center Configuration Guide.
To enable LOM:
Select
Step 1
Your next step depends on your appliance model:
Step 2
Firepower 7000 and 8000 Series Installation Guide
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Enabling LOM and LOM Users, page 8-16
Installing an IPMI Utility, page 8-17
Access: Admin
You must assign the Administrator role to the user.
The user name may have up to 16 alphanumeric characters. Hyphens and longer user names are not
supported for LOM users.
The password may have up to 20 alphanumeric characters. Longer passwords are not supported for
LOM users. A user's LOM password is the same as that user's system password.
Management Centers and 8000 Series devices can have up to 13 LOM users. 7000 Series devices
can have up to eight LOM users.
, then click
System > Configuration
Chapter 8 Restoring a Firepower System Appliance to Factory Defaults
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Console Configuration