Preface

This Sun Blade X6450 Server Module Operating System Installation Guide contains detailed procedures for installing operating systems on the server module.


Product Updates

For product updates that you can download for the Sun Blade X6450 server module, please visit the following Web site:

http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/downloads.jsp

The site contains updates for firmware and drivers, as well as CD-ROM ISO images.


Related Documentation

For a description of the document set for the Sun Blade X6450 server module, see the Where To Find Documentation sheet that is packed with your system and also posted at the product's documentation site. Go to the following URL, then navigate to your product.

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/blade.x6450

Translated versions of some of these documents are available on the web site described above in Simplified Chinese, French, and Japanese. English documentation is revised more frequently and might be more up-to-date than the translated documentation.

For Solaristrademark and other documentation, go to:

http://docs.sun.com


Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:


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Typographic Conventions


Typeface[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; onscreen computer output

Use dir to list all files.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with onscreen computer output

> ipconfig

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must have administrator privileges to do this.

To delete a file, type del filename.

AaBbCc123

Titles of dialog boxes, text in dialog boxes, options, menu items and buttons.

1. On the File menu, click Extract All.



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