C H A P T E R 6 |
This chapter describes how to configure the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) that is preinstalled on your Sun Netra X4450.
Read this section before you set up the Solaris OS.
To configure the preinstalled Solaris OS, you can select a delivery option in the GRUB menu that allows you to choose a delivery method:
Solaris uses a GRUB boot loader with a GRUB menu. When you start the Solaris OS, a GRUB-level menu appears. The GRUB menu enables you to select to direct output to either the serial port or video port.
If you do not select an output within 10 seconds at the GRUB menu, the system boots using the default output (serial management port ttyb). Serial redirection requires a connection to the serial management port.
Fill in TABLE 6-1 with information you need to configure the preinstalled Solaris 10 OS for the server. Collect only the information that applies to your system.
Use the procedures in this section to configure the preinstalled image of the Solaris OS.
Log in to the service processor as an administrator. For example:
Follow the Solaris 10 preinstallation onscreen instructions.
Type the system and network information when prompted.
See TABLE 6-1 for collected information.
The displayed screens can vary, depending on how you chose to assign network information to the server (DHCP or static IP address).
After the system configuration information has been entered, the OS installation continues.
On completion, the system reboots and displays the Solaris OS login.
You must be logged in to the service processor before you can redirect the console output to the video port. This procedure is optional.
The preinstalled Solaris 10 OS image directs console output to the serial port by default. After the initial configuration of the preinstalled Solaris OS is complete, you can modify the Solaris 10 GRUB menu to direct output to the video port by default.
After you configure the Solaris OS, you might need to configure the RAID drives.
The Sun Netra X4450 has two optional RAID host bus adapter (HBA) cards. You can access RAID configuration through the HBA card BIOS.
RAID HBA Cards | Press for BIOS |
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Sun StorageTek | Ctrl-A |
LSI 3081E | Ctrl-C |
The system has the preinstalled OS on HD0. When the Solaris OS installation is completed, the option to upgrade your single-disk OS to a mirrored RAID solution is available.
The configuration procedure is different for each supported controller card. For example, a Sun StorageTek HBA card has many more options for RAID configuration than an LSI HBA card.
The Solaris OS supports hardware RAID and cannot be installed on an existing array if one has been created.
If you choose the preinstalled Solaris OS and want to make the OS part of a RAID set, and if you are using LSI RAID only, perform the following procedure to update the preinstalled Solaris OS to a mirrored RAID set. Only IM (Integrated Mirror) allows data on the primary hard disk drive (HDD) to be preserved or merged into an array of disks.
This example allows the creation of a mirror before or after the Solaris installation. The server has 2 disks: HDD0 (with the OS) and HDD1 (which is blank).
The Sun StorageTek card enables you to choose from many RAID configurations. How you configure your system depends on your system requirements and the available hard disk drives in the system. The following example shows how to mirror the preinstalled Solaris OS. This is the recommended option, and all remaining disks (should there be more than 2) are incorporated into a DATA RAID set using the available options.
Using your Solaris Server, log in and start X server.
This graphical user interface is required for StorageTek Software Management.
From the supplied Tools & Drivers image, copy the StorMan.ds application, located in the /mount-point/RAIDmgmt/StorageTEK/Solaris directory, to a new directory you choose on your Solaris server, for example, mkdir /StorMan.
Change the permissions of the new directory and StorMan application:
Double-click the local machine (it is displayed by IP Address of the Primary ENET connection).
At the prompt, log in as root, using the OS password that was assigned during installation.
Click the SUN STK RAID Controller.
All attached hard disk drives on Enclosure 0 and 1 appear.
To mirror the OS, right-click Logical Device 1 and choose Expand or Change Logical Device.
Choose the appropriate RAID option (in this example, RAID 1 for Mirror).
Choose a disk to mirror the OS with, from the physical disk list.
After you select the HDD, click Next, and then view the configuration summary.
Click Apply to start the mirroring process.
You can also click Schedule to perform the mirroring process at a later time.
One more confirmation screen is displayed, and when confirmed, the OS will begin to mirror. Mirroring may take several hours, depending on the amount of data and the HDD size.
This section provides pointers to information about the Solaris 10 OS.
You can access the various collections of the Solaris 10 OS user documentation at:
If you need to install the Solaris 10 OS or reinstall the OS after removing it, you can download the CD or DVD image from the following URL:
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