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Using This Documentation

Hardware Installation

Operating System Installation

Linux

Introduction to Linux Installation

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Task Overview

Obtaining Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS

How to Erase Your Boot Hard Disk

Creating a Virtual Disk

How to Create a Virtual Disk

How to Set the Boot Drive

Selecting a Media Delivery Method

Local Installation By Accessing the Console Using the Serial or Video Port

How to Configure the Serial Port

Remote Installation By Accessing the Console Using ILOM

How to Access the Server Console Using the Server's ILOM Web Interface

How to Access the Server Console Using the Server's ILOM CLI Interface

Installing Oracle Linux

Installing Oracle Linux from Distribution Media

How to Download Oracle Linux Media

How to Install Oracle Linux From Distribution Media

Updating Oracle Linux

How to Update the Oracle Linux Operating System

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Installing RHEL From Distribution Media

How to Download RHEL Media Kits

How to Install RHEL From Distribution Media

Updating RHEL

How to Update the RHEL Operating System

How to Update the RHEL Drivers

Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Installing SLES From Distribution Media

How to Download SLES Media Kits

How to Install SLES From Distribution Media

Updating SLES

How to Update the SLES Operating System

How to Update the SLES Drivers

Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE Installation

Overview of PXE

How to Install and Configure a DHCP Server for PXE

How to Install Portmap on Your PXE Server

How to Configure the TFTP Service on Your PXE Server

How to Configure PXELINUX on Your PXE Server

How to Configure the NFS Service on Your PXE Server

Disabling the Firewall

How to Disable the Firewall for SUSE Linux

How to Disable the Firewall for Oracle or Red Hat Enterprise Linux

How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Oracle Linux

How to Create a PXE Installation Image for RHEL

How to Create a PXE Installation Image for SLES

How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Oracle VM

How to Install Linux From a PXE Server

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration

How to Identify Installed Network Ports

How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing Oracle Linux or RHEL

How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing SLES

Administration, Diagnostics, and Service

Index

Selecting a Media Delivery Method

In this section, you need to select a method for providing the Linux installation media. The procedures for installing Linux differ depending on your media delivery method.

Media Delivery Method
Additional Requirements
Using the Serial or Video Ports and a Local DVD: Uses a physical CD/DVD drive connected to the server and a terminal connected to the server's serial or video port.
Uses a USB CD/DVD drive directly connected to the server's USB dongle port, and access to the server console through the serial or video port. To install Linux, refer to Local Installation By Accessing the Console Using the Serial or Video Port.
Using ILOM and a Remote DVD or ISO image: Uses a redirected physical CD/DVD drive or ISO image file on a remote system running JavaRConsole.
A remote system with a browser, an attached physical CD/DVD drive, a Linux distribution DVD, and network access to the server's management port. To set up this method, refer to Remote Installation By Accessing the Console Using ILOM.
Using a PXE image: Uses a customized image available through the PXE environment.
A server setup and running PXE and a image customized for your server, refer to Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE Installation.
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