Netra CT Server Installation Guide

This chapter provides instructions for installing the Solaris OS and Netra CT server software on a Netra CT server. You will be installing software from Solaris OS CDs or DVD.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Installing the Solaris Operating System
• Preparing Network Installations of the Solaris Operating System
• Installing Diskless Clients

If you have a Netra CT 810 server and a DVD-ROM drive installed in or connected to the server, you can install the software using the instructions in To Install the Solaris Operating System. Also, you can install the software onto a Netra CT 410 server using these instructions, but only if you have an external DVD-ROM drive connected to your server; there is no internal DVD-ROM drive available for a Netra CT 410 server.

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Installing the Solaris Operating System

This section explains how:

• To Prepare for the Solaris Operating System Installation
• To Install the Solaris Operating System

Before installing the Solaris OS, review TABLE 1 to prepare for the installation.

1. Power on the Netra CT server.

See Powering On a Server for instructions.

2. Make the necessary connections to the TTY A port on the host rear transition module on your server.

See Connecting a Terminal Console to a Server.

3. Verify that you are at the OpenBoot (ok) prompt.

• If you are at the ok prompt, go to Step 4.
• If you are not at the ok prompt, at the system console, enter:


# cd / # shutdown -i0 -g0 -y

When the server is finished shutting down, the ok prompt is displayed.

4. Insert the Solaris OS DVD or CD 1 of 2 into the applicable drive.

5. At the ok prompt, enter the following command to boot from the Solaris OS DVD or CD:

ok boot cdrom

6. If the boot cdrom command does not work on your system (device cannot be located), use the probe command to locate the device, then enter the boot command with the device name and path, as in the following example.

ok probe-scsi-all

/pci@1f,700000/scsi@2

Target 6

  Unit 0   Removable Read Only device  

ok boot /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2/disk@6,0:f 

7. Follow the prompts and enter your system information.

After entering configuration information, you are asked if you want to go through a Default Install or a Custom Install.

8. Choose Custom Install.

At the product selection portion of the installation process, you see the following screen:

Select the products you would like to install.

 [ ]  0  Solaris 9 Documentation 1of2    0.0 MB

 [ ]  1  Solaris 9 Documentation 2of2    0.0 MB

 [ ]  2  Solaris 9 Extra Value Software    0.0 MB

 [ ]  3  Solaris 9 Software Supplement CD    0.0 MB

 [ ]  4  Solaris Software Companion CD    0.0 MB

9. Choose at least the Solaris 9 Software Supplement CD selection in this screen.

You can choose any of the remaining selections in this screen as well.

At the product component portion of the installation process, you see a screen display such as the following:

Select which product components to install with the system. 

Components marked with an [X] will be installed.

 [ ]  1     Solaris 9 Software Supplement CD    0.0 MB

 [ ]  1.0   Java3D 1.3.1    24.7 MB

 [ ]  1.1   OpenGL 1.3    105.7 MB

 [ ]  1.2   RSC 2.2.3    8.8 MB

 [ ]  1.3   Solaris On Sun Hardware Documentation    91.6 MB

 [ ]  1.4   SunATM 5.1    9.1 MB

 [ ]  1.5   Sun Fire B10n Load Balancing Blade 1.1    0.2 MB

 [ ]  1.6   SunForum 3.2    27.3 MB

 [ ]  1.7   SunHSI PCI 3.0    0.5 MB

 [ ]  1.8   SunVTS 5.1 PS10    122.4 MB

 [ ]  1.9   SSP 3.5    32.5 MB

 [ ]  1.10  Capacity on Demand 1.0    1.1 MB

 [ ]  1.11  Netra ct Platform 1.0    4.1 MB

 [ ]  1.12  Lights Out Management 2.0    0.7 MB

 [ ]  1.13  Netra t11xx Alarms 2.0    0.3 MB 

   Enter the number corresponding to a component to view its information.

   Enter n when finished [n] 

10. Choose at least 1.8 (SunVTS 5.1) and 1.11 (Netra ct Platform 1.0) from this screen.

The remaining product components listed for the Netra CT server are optional.

At the available Solaris software groups portion of the installation process, you see the following screen:

Available Solaris Software groups:

1. Entire Group Plus OEM (2005.8 MB)

2. Entire Group (1935.9 MB)

3. Developer Group (1513.1 MB)

4. End User Group (1068.0 MB)

5. Core Group (308.5 MB)

   Select the number corresponding to the desired Solaris software group [1]

11. Choose the first selection (Entire Group plus OEM) on this screen.

After you choose the Entire Group plus OEM selection, you see the following screen:

The Entire Solaris Software Group Plus OEM Support consists of the Entire

Solaris Software Group plus additional hardware drivers, including drivers for

hardware not present at the time of installation.

Please indicate if you want the Default Packages for the Entire Group Plus OEM

or if you want to select Custom Packages. Selecting Custom Packages allows you

to add or remove packages from the selected Solaris Software Group. When

selecting which packages to add or remove, you will need to know about software

dependencies and how Solaris software is packaged.

1. Default Packages

2. Custom Packages

   Default Packages or Custom Packages [1] 

12. Choose the first selection (Default Packages) in this screen.

13. Through the TTY A port on the host rear transition module, install the Solaris OS on every server in the chassis.

You must install the Solaris OS on every Netra CT server that is installed in the chassis, for each server to function. Refer to the documentation that you received with the Solaris OS for installation instructions.

14. Download and install additional patches.

Refer to the Netra CT Server Release Notes (819-2739) for the latest information on the patches available for the Netra CT server and the board firmware. You can download the document from the following web site:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Servers/

Follow the instructions in the "Applying Patches to a Boot Disk" section of the Netra CT Server Release Notes to download and install the patches.

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Preparing Network Installations of the Solaris Operating System

The following procedures describe how to create a network installation server.

• If you are creating a patched network image using the Solaris DVD, continue with To Create a Network Installation Image Using the Solaris 9 DVD.
• If you are creating a patched network image using the Solaris CDs, continue with To Create a Network Installation Image Using the Solaris 9 CDs.

1. Become superuser.

2. Insert the Solaris 9 DVD in a DVD-ROM drive accessible to the installation server.

3. Change directories to the Tools directory on the Solaris 9 DVD.

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_9/Tools

4. Run the setup_install_server script to create an install image on the server:

# ./setup_install_server image_directory

In place of image_directory, enter the directory on the server where you want to create the Solaris 9 installation image.

5. Change directories to the root directory.

# cd /

6. Eject the Solaris 9 DVD.

7. Continue with the standard Solaris network installation procedure.

For more information, refer to the "Preparing to Install Solaris Software Over the Network" chapter in the Solaris Advanced Installation Guide, which is included in the Solaris Media Kit and can be viewed at the Solaris documentation web site:

http://docs.sun.com

1. Become superuser.

2. Insert the Solaris 9 Software 1 of 2 CD in a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive accessible to the installation server.

3. Change directories to the Tools directory on the Solaris 9 CD 1 of 2.

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_9/Tools

4. Run the setup_install_server script to create an install image on the server:

# ./setup_install_server image_directory

In place of image_directory, enter the directory on the server where you want to create the Solaris 9 installation image.

5. Change directories to the root directory.

# cd /

6. Eject the Solaris 9 Software 1 of 2 CD.

# eject cdrom

7. Insert the Solaris 9 Software 2 of 2 CD in a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive accessible to the installation server.

8. Change directories to the Tools directory on the Solaris 9 CD 2 of 2.

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_9/Tools

9. Run the add_to_install_server script to add the Solaris 9 Software 2 of 2 CD software to the install image:

# ./add_to_install_server image_directory

In place of image_directory, enter the Solaris 9 install image directory.

10. Change directories to the root directory of the CD.

# cd /

11. Eject the Solaris 9 Software 2 of 2 CD.

# eject cdrom

12. Continue with the standard Solaris network installation procedure.

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Installing Diskless Clients

The following procedures describe how to create a boot server for diskless clients and how to add new diskless clients to the patched boot server. For additional instructions on installing diskless clients, refer to the Solaris 9 documentation, which you can find on the http://docs.sun.com web site.

1. Prepare a patched network installation server using the Solaris 9 Media Kit software.

Follow the procedures in Preparing Network Installations of the Solaris Operating System to create a patched network installation server.

2. Log into the network server as superuser and change directories to the /usr/sadm/bin directory.

# cd /usr/sadm/bin

3. Use the smosservice command to add boot services to the installation server.

# ./smosservice add -u root -p root_password -- -x mediapath=image_directory -x platform=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_9 -x cluster=SUNWCXall -x locale=locale 

Where:

• root_password is the superuser password for the installation server
• image_directory is the path to the directory where the Solaris 9 install image is stored
• locale is the locale that you want to use

Refer to the smosservice(1M) man page for more information and options.

For example, if the following entries were used for each variable, the command would appear as follows.

• root_password = root_password
• image_directory = /export/install
• locale = en_US


# ./smosservice add -u root -p root_password -- -x mediapath=/export/install -x platform=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8 -x cluster=SUNWCXall -x locale=en_US

4. Place the Solaris Supplement CD in the DVD-ROM drive again.

5. Create the file /tmp/usr_admin with the following contents for the usr space package:

mail=
instance=unique
partial=nocheck
runlevel=nocheck
idepend=nocheck
rdepend=nocheck
space=nocheck
setuid=nocheck
conflict=nocheck
action=nocheck
basedir=/usr_sparc.all

6. Enter the following command to add the usr space package to the usr area of the boot service.

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -S -M -R /export/Solaris_9 -d /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/SW_Supp_CD/Netra_ct_Platform_1.0/Product -a /tmp/usr_admin -n SUNWctac

7. Create the file /tmp/root_admin with the following contents for the root space packages:

mail=
instance=unique
partial=nocheck
runlevel=nocheck
idepend=nocheck
rdepend=nocheck
space=nocheck
setuid=nocheck
conflict=nocheck
action=nocheck
basedir=/opt

8. Enter the following commands to add the root space packages to the clone area:

# mkdir '/export/root/templates/Solaris_9/SUNWctmgx_1.0,REV=2000.11.22.10.47_sparc.all'

# mkdir '/export/root/templates/Solaris_9/SUNW2jdrt_4.1_all'

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/SW_Supp_CD/Netra_ct_Platform_1.0/Product

# tar cvf - ./SUNW2jdrt | ( cd '/export/root/templates/Solaris_9/SUNW2jdrt_4.1_all' ; tar xvf - )

# tar cvf - ./SUNWctmgx | ( cd '/export/root/templates/Solaris_9/SUNWctmgx_1.0,REV=2000.11.22.10.47_sparc.all' ; tar xvf - )

9. Apply the root space packages to the clone area:

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -S -n -a /tmp/root_admin -R /export/root/clone/Solaris_9/sun4u -d /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/SW_Supp_CD/Netra_ct_Platform_1.0/Product SUNW2jdrt

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -S -n -a /tmp/root_admin -R /export/root/clone/Solaris_9/sun4u -d /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/SW_Supp_CD/Netra_ct_Platform_1.0/Product SUNWctmgx

10. Download and install additional patches.

Refer to the Netra CT Server Release Notes for the latest information on the patches available for the Netra CT server. The document can be downloaded from the following web site:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Servers

Follow the instructions in the "Applying Patches to a Diskless Service" section of the Netra CT Server Release Notes to download and install the patches.

11. After the patches are installed, follow the procedure in To Add a Diskless Client.

1. Prepare a boot server for the diskless clients.

If you have not created a boot server for the diskless clients, follow the steps in To Create a Boot Server For Diskless Clients before continuing with the following procedure.

2. Log into the patched boot server as superuser.

3. Verify that the IP addresses for all other network interfaces on the boot server have corresponding hostnames in the Hosts database.

The smdiskless command fails if IP addresses of any network interfaces on the boot server do not have a corresponding hostname in the Hosts databases.

4. Collect the following information for the diskless client you are adding:

• the client's IP address
• the client's Ethernet address
• the client's host name

5. Change directories to the /usr/sadm/bin directory.

# cd /usr/sadm/bin

6. Set up the diskless clients.

For each diskless client, type the following command as superuser:

# ./smdiskless add -- -i ip_address -e ethernet_address -n host_name -x os=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8 -x root=/export/root/host_name -x swap=/export/swap/host_name -x swapsize=swap_size -x tz=time_zone -x locale=locale -x ns=name_service -x nameserver=name_server

Where:

• ip_address is the client's IP address
• ethernet_address is the client's Ethernet address
• host_name is the client's host name
• swap_size is the size of the swap space that you are using. (The default is 24, however, your swap space should be the same amount as your memory. The maximum is 999.)
• time_zone is the client's time zone
• locale is the client's locale
• name_service is the client's nameservice
• name_server is the nameserver's hostname

Refer to the smdiskless(1M) man page for more information and options.

For example, if the following entries were used for each variable, the command would appear as follows.

• ip_address = 192.168.1.2
• ethernet_address = 8:0:20:22:b3:aa
• host_name = client_host
• swap_size = 128
• time_zone = US/Pacific
• locale = en_US
• name_service = NIS
• name_server = nameserver_host:


# ./smdiskless add -- -i 192.168.1.2 -e 8:0:20:22:b3:aa -n client_host -x os=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8 -x root=/export/root/client_host -x swap=/export/swap/client_host -x swapsize=128 -x tz=US/Pacific -x locale=en_US -x ns=NIS -x nameserver=nameserver_host

You must type your superuser password again after typing this command. The installation process takes about 5 minutes per client and about 15-30 minutes for the OS service to install; however, no progress is displayed on screen while the process is running. Do not cancel or kill the process until the process is successfully completed.

Messages similar to the following are displayed after a few moments, confirming that the command went through successfully the second time:

Login to client_host as user root was successful.

Download of com.sun.admin.osservermgr.cli.OsServerMgrCli from client_host was 

successful.

7. Boot the diskless client.

1. If you installed I/O boards, perform any board-specific software configuration procedures.

Refer to the documentation that came with your I/O board for more information.

2. Install and configure any additional disk management software.

Refer to the documentation that came with your disk management software for more information.

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