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Sun Fire X4140, X4240, and X4440 Servers Linux, ESX, and Solaris OS Installation Guide

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Contents

Preface

1. Overview

About Installing an Operating System on Your Sun Fire Server

Supported Operating Systems

Installation Prerequisites

Installation Instructions

Related Documentation

Installing an OS on the Server

Things You Must Decide

What to Do Next

2. Using the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)

About the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)

Features and Benefits

How to Get Started Using SIA

3. Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

About the SLES 11 Linux Installation

SLES 11 Installation and Configuration Documentation

Task Map for SLES 11 Installation

Installing SLES 11 From Distribution Media

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install SLES 11 from Distribution Media

Installing SLES 11 Using the Remote Console Application

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install SLES 11 from the Remote Console

Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of SLES 11

Required Items

Copying Files From the Tools and Drivers CD

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Copy Files From the Tools and Drivers CD

Configuring a DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure a DHCP Server

Installing Portmap

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Portmap

Configuring the TFTP Service

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the TFTP Service

Configuring Syslinux

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure Syslinux

Configuring the NFS Service

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the NFS Service

Disabling the Firewall

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable the Firewall

Installing SLES 11 Using PXE

Required Items

Before You Begin

Creating a SLES 11 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a SLES 11 Image on Your PXE Server

procedure iconsmall spaceSet Up and Copy SLES 11 Software to a Directory

procedure iconsmall spaceSet Up PXE Files

Installing SLES 11 From a PXE Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install SLES 11 From a PXE Server

Updating the SLES 11 OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update Your SLES OS

Updating the SLES SCSI Drivers

4. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

To Mirror Your OS

About the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation

Red Hat Installation and Administration Documentation

Task Map for RHEL Installation

Preparing to Install RHEL

Additional Software Updates or Patches

Obtaining Updated Media Kits

Installing RHEL From Distribution Media

Before You Begin

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install RHEL From Local Media

Installing the RHEL OS Using the Remote Console Application

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Using the ILOM Remote Console Application

Red Hat Enterprise Linux and PXE

Task Map

Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of RHEL

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure a DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Portmap on Your DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the TFTP Service on Your DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure Syslinux

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the NFS Service on Your DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable the Firewall

Installing RHEL From the Network

Creating a PXE Install Image on the PXE Server

Before You Begin

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a RHEL Image on Your PXE Install Server

Installing RHEL From a PXE Server

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install RHEL from a PXE Server

Updating a RHEL OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the RHEL 4 Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the RHEL 5 Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the RHEL SCSI Drivers

5. Installing Solaris 10

Before You Begin

Minimum System Requirements

Additional Software Information

Installation Methods

Where to Find Solaris 10 Information

Task Map for Initial Solaris OS Installation

Preparing to Install the Solaris OS

Installation Prerequisites

Booting a Server in a GRUB-Based Environment

Booting a Server Over the Network by Using PXE

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Boot a Server Over the Network Using PXE

Installing the Solaris OS From Distribution Media

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install the Solaris OS From Distribution Media

Using a Serial Console to Install the Solaris OS

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Use a Serial Console to Install the Solaris OS

Power Management

6. OpenSolaris Installation

OpenSolaris Installation Overview

Installation Methods

Installing Using a Local Drive

Installing Using the ILOM Remote Console

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Using the ILOM Remote Console

Installing OpenSolaris OS Using Local or Remote Media

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceInstall OpenSolaris OS Using Local or Remote Media

Post OpenSolaris Installation Tasks

Install System Device Drivers to Support Additional Hardware

Install Support Repository Updates

Enable the Option for Wake On LAN

7. Installing VMware

Before You Begin

Task Map for VMware ESX Server 3 Installation

VMware Installation and Administration Documentation

Planning Network Interfaces

Select an Installation Method

VMware ESX Server 3 Installation Overview

Downloading the VMWare ESX Server ISO Image

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Download the VMware ESX Server ISO Image

Installing the VMware ESX Server OS Using the Remote Console Application

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Using the ILOM Remote Console Application

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install VMware ESX Server 3 From a Local CD/DVD Drive

VMware Updates and Patches

8. Installing VMware ESXi Installable

About VMware

VMware Installation and Administration Documentation

Task Map for VMware ESXi Installable Installation

Installing VMware ESXi Installable from CD-ROM

Before You Begin

What to Do

VMware ESXi Installable Installation Requirements

How To Install From Local Media

VMware Updates and Patches

A. How to Make Your Server’s BIOS See Your Disks If You Use the Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA

If you Use the Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA, Your BIOS Does Not See Disks by Default

Using the Adaptec BIOS Utility

Configuring Adaptec RAID for Any Operating System from the BIOS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a RAID Array

B. Configuring LSI RAID for Any Operating System from the BIOS

C. Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a SUSE Linux OS

procedure iconsmall spaceLaunch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a RHEL Linux OS

procedure iconsmall spaceLaunch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces

D. Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for a Pre-installed Solaris OS

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a Solaris OS

procedure iconsmall spaceLaunch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces

Index