C H A P T E R 4 |
Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System |
This chapter provides instruction for installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system (OS) on a Sun Blade X6450 server module. It includes three methods for installing the SUSE Linux OS on your server:
For a list of supported operating systems, see TABLE 1-1.
This chapter contains the following sections:
This section provides reference information for supported versions of SUSE Linux. These include:
The Sun Installation Assistant (SIA) is a convenient, front-end application designed to assist you in installing supported versions of Linux on your server. SIA supplements the standard installation utilities and procedures that ship with your operating system; it does not replace them. For more on the SIA, see Chapter 2 and the Sun Installation Assistant for Windows and Linux User’s Guide (820-3357), and http://www.sun.com/systemmanagement/sia.jsp.
TABLE 4-1 lists resources to help you install SUSE Linux on your server.
Use the table below to identify the installation task and the relevant procedure.
Sun Installation Assistant for Windows and Linux User's Guide |
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SUSE Linux provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for installing and configuring the operating system. Whether you are using distribution CDs to install SUSE Linux from a locally attached CD/DVD drive or from a remote CD/DVD drive attached via KVMS, the installation procedure is fundamentally the same.
To Install SUSE Linux |
1. Connect your CD/DVD device.
a. Connect the USB CD/DVD drive into the USB port of the dongle.
b. Insert the RHEL Distribution CD 1 into the DVD/CD drive connected to the server module.
a. Press F8 during POST to enter the BBS Pop-up.
b. Select the CD/DVD device from the boot list.
The server boots from the selected media and displays a boot: menu.
3. Follow the installation instructions provided with the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation and Administration Guide to complete the installation of the system software.
4. Update the operating system.
See Updating the Server-Specific Software Using the Tools and Drivers CD.
If the installation process does not recognize the CD inserted, please refer to the Sun Blade X6450 Server Module Product Notes.
This procedure describes the final step of installing the SUSE Linux boot image on your server module.
Before you configure your server to install SUSE Linux from a PXE server, you need to do the following:
To Install SUSE Linux From a PXE Server |
1. Connect the server module to the same network as the PXE server, and power on the server module.
2. During POST, press the F12 key.
The PXE client connects to the PXE server and attempts to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server.
3. When prompted, press the F8 key to begin downloading the PXE boot image.
4. At the boot: prompt, type the label you gave the image when you installed a SUSE Linux image on the PXE server.
For information about how to configure your SUSE Linux server, refer to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation and Administration Guide on SLES 10 CD 1.
This procedure describes how to update the SUSE operating system.
Because software is constantly being updated, your distribution media might not contain the most up-to-date versions of the operating system.
Follow this procedure after your operating system is installed.
To Update Your SUSE Linux Operating System Online |
2. Type the following command to run the YaST Online Update:
# you
Note - YaST can operate in both text and graphical modes. These directions apply to both. |
3. If you are behind a network firewall and need to use a proxy server to access the Internet, you must first configure YaST with the correct proxy information.
a. Select the Network Services tab on the left, then the Proxy screen on the right. Enter the correct proxy URLs in both the HTTP and HTTPS fields.
Note - For the online update service to function correctly through a network HTTP proxy, the following additional configuration step must be performed. |
b. Exit the YaST utility and type the following command:
rug set-prefs proxy-url proxy URL
where proxy-url is the fully qualified URL of your proxy server (for example, http://proxy.yourdomain:3128/).
c. After successfully running the command, launch YaST again.
4. Register with the Novell Customer Center. Select the Software tab on the left. Then select Novell Customer Center Configuration and follow the directions.
You need your Novell Customer Center user name and password, as well as a SUSE Linux product activation code.
5. After you are registered, select the Online Update tab to perform the software update.
This section describes how to install server-specific software from the Tools and Drivers CD.
The following procedures assume that you have already installed the SUSE Linux OS and updates.
All files are located on the Tools and Drivers CD.
Note - This utility is only required for server modules equipped with a Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion Module. |
cd /mnt/linux/tools/ASM/name/manager
where name is x86 for 32-bit, or x86_64 for 64-bit.
rpm -ihv StorMan-5.50.i386.rpm
rpm -ihv StorMan-5.50.x86_64.rpm
When the rpm command is done, you can start and use the SSTRM utility.
cd /mnt/linux/drivers/video cp lxdrv.tar.gz /tmp tar -zxf /tmp/lxdrv.tar.gz
2. Follow the instruction in README.txt to install the drivers.
3. When you are done, reboot the system to initialize the new driver:
reboot
To Install the LSI Driver |
Note - This driver is only only required for server modules equipped with a Sun Blade RAID 0/1 G2 Expansion Module. |
cd /mnt/linux/drivers/lsi
rpm -ivh mptlinux-sles9.0-3.13.04.00-1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh mptlinux-4.00.42.00-1-sles10.x86_64.rpm
2. When the rpm command is done, reboot the system to initialize the new driver:
reboot
To Install the MegaRAID Storage Manager |
Note - This utility is only required for server modules equipped with a Sun Blade RAID 0/1 G2 Expansion Module |
cp MSM_linux_installer-2.35-01.tar.gz /tmp
tar -zxf /tmp/MSM_linux_installer-2.35-01.tar.gz
2. Follow the instruction in README.txt to install the drivers.
When you are done, you can start and use the MSM utility.
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