C H A P T E R 5 |
SIA Issues |
This chapter describes issues related to the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA).
SIA supports the following operating systems:
You cannot install Windows 2003 on compact flash using SIA.
This is fixed in SIA 2.3.10.0, which is included in SW3.1.
Installing Windows 2003 on external storage using the 4Gb FC Dual Port PCI EM card SG-XPCIE2FC-EB4-Z (Emulex) is not supported with SIA.
You can use a different card, the 4Gb FC Dual Port PCI EM card SG-XPCIE2FC-QB4-Z (Qlogic), to install Windows 2003 on external storage.
When installing Red Hat or SLES on external storage with a compact flash in the blade, the boot loader is written by default to the compact flash.
If you prefer to have the boot loader on the external disk, you can choose one of two alternative workarounds:
Remove the compact flash from the server blade. Then the Master Boot Record (MBR) is written to external storage by default.
Configure the MBR during Linux installation.
Example configuration for Red Hat:
1. In the Boot Loader Configuration window:
a. Check the Configure advanced boot loader options check box on the bottom of the page.
2. Click the Change Drive Order button in the next window.
3. Use the arrow keys to move the boot disk device you want to the top of the list and then choose OK.
4. In the Install Boot Loader record on: list, select the Master Boot Record (MBR) device, click Next, and then follow the installation instructions.
Example configuration for Sles10 SP1:
1. In the Installation Settings dialog box, choose the Expert tab.
2. Check the Partition section check box and change the configuration, if needed.
3. Select Booting section for Boot Loader Settings. Choose the Boot Loader Installation tab and click the Other button. Select Edit Configuration Files.
4. In the Contents section of /boot/grub/device.map, change the order of the devices by changing the number in hd<x>. For example, edit hd0 and change it to hd1 for /dev/hda; edit hd1 and change it to hd0 for /dev/sda. Then, save the configuration.
5. Next, click Filename list and select the file /boot/grub/menu.lst. Change all hd0 and hd1 entries in the file according to the new /boot/grub/device.map (for example, to hd1 and hd0).
6. Save the new configuration and proceed with the OS installation.
If a Sun monitor is directly attached to a system on which SIA is being used to install SLES 10 SP1, that monitor might shut down with "out of frequency" after the first boot and YaST starts. Once YaST is completed and it boots with the regular login screen, the monitor comes back.
Use RKVM to view the screen output.
When installing Red Hat 4.7, kudzu might display a screen asking you to configure one of the following:
FIGURE 5-1 shows an example of a this screen for a keyboard.
Note - This problem is fixed in SIA 2.2.15.0, which is included in SW3.0. |
None needed. The kudzu configuration is problem-free. In any case, Red Hat boots normally even if no configuration is done.
SIA does not install tools (SSTRM, Intel NIC Teaming, and Sun IPMITool) during post install.
Use the Tools and Driver DVD to install tools, as described in the Sun Blade X6450 Operating System Installation Guide.
Using SIA to install Windows 2008 from an ISO file on a network (the Network Share method) does not work.
This issue is fixed in SIA 2.3.10.0, which is included in SW3.1.
When installing SLES 10 SP1, the driver for the Sun Dual 10GbE Fabric Expansion Module driver is not installed.
Download the driver from the sun website and install manually after SLES installation finished.
The selection “System BIOS and ILOM Upgrade (uses inband interface)” does not work.
This is a new SIA 2.3 feature that is not functional in SW 3.1 (SIA 2.3.10.0).
Select " System BIOS and ILOM Upgrade (uses network)" to upgrade BIOS and ILOM.
This is a new SIA 2.3 feature, but it is not functional in SW 3.1 (SIA 2.3.10.0).
Use the Tools & Drivers DVD to recover BIOS and ILOM. See the PDF in the firmware directory for instructions
The System Information page can take a long time to display its information. If you click the Next button while waiting, the SIA CD hangs and the Next button fails to respond.
Don't click any buttons until the System Information page has displayed all its information.
If the system hangs, reboot it.
If you insert a CF card into the CF slot, then remove other storage and launch SIA, the Storage Device section on the System Information page is empty.
There is no workaround at this time.
While doing an OS installation, after SIA identifies the OS and lists the option cards, when you click Next, it can take a long time to display the next page.
Reboot the system and try again.
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