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Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server Operating System Installation Guide

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Contents

Preface

1. Operating System Installation Overview

1.1 Supported Operating Systems

1.2 OS Installation Tasks

1.3 Preparing for OS Installation

1.3.1 Accessing the Server Output During Installation

1.3.2 Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk

1.3.3 Setting up the BIOS for OS Installation

1.3.3.1 Setting Up the BIOS for a Solaris 10 or a Linux OS Installation

1.3.3.2 Setting Up the BIOS for Windows Server 2003 OS Installation

1.3.4 Configuring Your System for RAID

1.3.4.1 RAID Support Using the Nvidia NVRAID

1.3.4.2 RAID Support Using LSI SAS3041E-R PCIe Card

1.4 Choosing an OS Installation Method

1.4.1 Installing an OS Using a CD/DVD Drive

1.4.2 Installing an OS Using Network Installation (PXE/Jumpstart/RIS)

1.4.3 Installing an OS Using Remote KVMS With Virtual CD-ROM

1.4.4 Installing an OS Using Serial Redirection

2. Solaris 10 OS Installation

2.1 Installing the Solaris 10 OS

2.1.1 OS Installation Overview

2.1.2 Configuring Your Solaris 10 OS System for RAID

2.1.3 OS Installation Methods

2.1.3.1 Installing the Solaris 10 OS Using the Direct Installation Method

2.1.3.2 Installing the Solaris 10 OS Using the Jumpstart Network Installation Method

2.1.3.3 Installing Solaris 10 OS Using Remote KVMS

2.2 Installing System-Specific Drivers

2.2.1 Installing the Drivers Using RKVMS

2.2.2 Installing Drivers Using the Direct Method

3. Linux OS Installation

3.1 Installing the OS

3.1.1 OS Installation Overview

3.1.2 Configuring Your Linux OS System for RAID

3.1.3 OS Installation Methods

3.1.3.1 Installing the Linux OS Using the Direct Installation Method

3.1.3.2 Installing the Linux OS Using the PXE Network Installation Method

3.1.3.3 Installing Linux Using RKVMS

3.1.3.4 Installing Linux Using Serial Redirection and an Installation Server

3.2 Installing the System-Specific Drivers

3.2.1 Installing the Drivers Using KVMS

3.2.2 Installing Drivers Directly Onto the Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server

3.3 Running Update Utilities

3.3.1 Running the up2date Utility for the RHEL OS

3.3.2 Running the SuSEWatcher Utility for the SLES OS

4. Windows Server 2003 Operating System Installation

4.1 Installing the Windows OS

4.1.1 Windows OS Installation Overview

4.1.2 Windows OS Installation Methods

4.1.2.1 Direct Installation Using DVD or CD-ROM Media

4.1.2.2 Network Installation Using RIS

4.1.2.3 Installing Windows Using RKVMS

4.1.2.4 Installing Windows Using Serial Redirection and an PXE Installation Server

4.2 Running Windows Update

4.3 Installing Windows Server 2003 for a RAID Configuration

4.3.1 Installing Windows Server 2003 Server With NVRAID Drivers

4.3.2 Creating a 2003Reburn CD using a Solaris or Linux OS-Based System

4.3.3 Installing NVRAID Drivers With Windows Using a Boot Diskette

4.3.4 Installing Windows 2003 Server With LSI RAID Drivers

4.3.5 Creating a 2003Reburn CD Using Solaris or Linux

4.3.6 Installing LSI RAID Drivers With Windows Using a Boot Diskette

4.4 Installing the Ethernet and Chipset Drivers

5. Installing VMware

5.1 About VMware

5.1.1 VMware Installation and Administration Documentation

5.1.2 Task Map for VMware ESX Server Installation

5.2 Planning Network Interfaces

5.3 Installing VMware ESX Server From a CD/DVD

5.3.1 Before You Begin

5.4 Installing VMware ESX Server From Local Media

5.4.1 VMware Updates and Patches

A. Redirecting the Solaris OS Output to the Serial Port

B. Performing a Windows RIS Installation

B.0.1 Installing Windows Server 2003 SP1 32-Bit Using RIS

B.0.2 Installing Windows Server 2003 SP1 64-Bit Using RIS

C. Network Interface Configuration

C.0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.3

C.0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.7

C.0.3 Solaris 10 6/06 (Build 9a)

C.0.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP 3

Index