Howto configure network on ILOM

The following steps will configure the network settings for the ILOM.
1 Connect a terminal to the ILOM serial management port.
2 Power up the server.
3 When prompted, login into the ILOM as root:
login: root
password: changeme (this should be the default password and can be confirmed by
consulting the documentation shipped with the server).
4 Set the network details for the ILOM:
> set /SP/network pendingipaddress=
> set /SP/network pendingipdiscovery=static
> set /SP/network pendingipgateway=
> set /SP/network pendingipnetmask=
> set /SP/network commitpending=true
5 Try opening an SSH connection to the ILOM in order to confirm that the setup
was successful.

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