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Set Up Lights-Out Management
• Redirect console output to the serial port. See
Procedure
Step 1 Locate the serial port on the FMC rear panel, item 4 in the diagram
b e l o w .
Step 2
Use the RJ-45 to DB-9 console cable supplied with the appliance (Cisco part number 72-3383-XX) to connect
a local computer to the FMC serial port.
Step 3
Use terminal emulation software (such as HyperTerminal or XModem) on the local computer to interact with
the FMC. Set the terminal emulator for 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control.
Set Up Lights-Out Management
The Lights-Out Management (LOM) feature allows you to perform a limited set of actions on a Firepower
Management Center using a Serial over LAN (SOL) connection. With LOM, you use a CLI on an out-of-band
management connection to perform tasks such as viewing the chassis serial number, or monitoring conditions
such as fan speed and temperature. Note that you can use Lights-Out Management on the CIMC interface
only.
If you need to restore a Firepower Management Center to factory defaults and do not have physical access to
the appliance, you can use Lights-Out Management (LOM) to perform the restore process.
Caution
The restore process resets the LOM settings on the device; you cannot access a newly restored appliance using
LOM. When restoring a device to factory settings using LOM, if you do not have physical access to the
appliance and you delete the license and network settings, you will be unable to access the appliance after the
restore.
Note
Other Firepower appliances also support LOM. You configure LOM and LOM users for each appliance using
each appliance's local web interface. That is, you cannot use the Firepower Management Center to configure
LOM on a Firepower device. Similarly, because users are managed independently for each appliance, enabling
or creating an LOM-enabled user on the Firepower Management Center does not transfer that capability to
users on Firepower devices.
For more information on Lights-Out Management, see "Remote Console Access Mangement" in the
Management Center Configuration Guide
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