Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (Alom); Email Delivery Alerts - Sun Microsystems Fire V210 Administration Manual

3.1 Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager
(ALOM)
Both the Sun Fire V210 server and the Sun Fire V240 server are shipped with Sun
Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) 1.5.4 or a subsequently compatible version
of ALOM software preinstalled. The system console is directed to ALOM by default
and is configured to show server console information on startup.
For the latest up-to-date documentation about ALOM see the following web sites:
http://www.sun.com/server
http://docs.sun.com
Always download and use the latest version of ALOM that is compatible with the
version of OpenBoot PROM you are using.
ALOM enables you to monitor and control your server through a serial connection
(using the SERIAL MGT port), or Ethernet connection (using the NET MGT port).
Note – The ALOM serial port, labelled SERIAL MGT, is for server management
only. If you need a general purpose serial port, use the serial port labeled 10101.
Note – If you use ALOM to reset the server and the diag-switch? is set to true,
the bootscript command is not executed when the server reboots. If you use
OpenBoot PROM to reset the server, bootscript executes correctly.
ALOM can be configured to send email notification of hardware failures and other
events related to the server or to ALOM.
3.1.1

Email Delivery Alerts

If you have alerts configured for email delivery, ALOM waits for success or failure
confirmation from email delivery before sending the next alert. This affects event
alerts sent to the ALOM shell and to syslog. If mail alerts are incorrectly
configured, this could result in significant delays. These delays do not occur if email
alerts are not configured.
If you are experiencing delays in alerts, check to see that the values you entered for
the mgt_mailhost and mgt_mailalert configuration variables are correct. For
more information refer to ALOM online help.
3-2 Sun Fire V210 and V240 Servers Administration Guide • December 2005