Preface

The Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Windows Operating System Installation Guide contains operating system installation for the Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 operating systems and initial software configuration procedures for bringing the server to a configurable and usable state.

This document is written for technicians, system administrators, authorized service providers (ASPs), and users who have experience with installing operating systems.

Product Updates

For product updates that you can download for the Sun Fire X4170, X4175, and X4275 Servers, visit the following web site:

http://www.sun.com/download/index.jsp

Find the Hardware Drivers section and click x64 Servers & Workstations. The Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers sites contain updates for firmware and drivers, as well as CD-ROM .iso images.

Related Documentation

The related documents listed in the following table are available online at:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4170#hic http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4270#hic http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4275#hic

Title	Content	Part Number	Format
Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Product Notes	Late-breaking information about the server	820-5831	PDF HTML
Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Getting Started Guide	Basic installation information for setting up the server	820-5833	PDF Print
Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Installation Guide	Detailed installation information for setting up the server	820-5827	PDF HTML Print option
Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Solaris and Linux Operating Systems Installation Guide	Installation instructions for the Linux, VMware, and Solaris operating systems	820-5828	PDF HTML
Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Windows Operating System Installation Guide	Installation instructions for the Windows Server operating system	820-5829	PDF HTML
Sun Installation Assistant for Linux and Windows User’s Guide	Instructions for using the Sun Installation Assistant to install the Windows and Linux operating systems	820-3357	PDF HTML
Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Service Manual	Information and procedures for maintaining and upgrading the server	820-5830	PDF HTML
Sun x64 Servers Diagnostics Guide	Information for diagnosing and troubleshooting the server	820-6750	PDF HTML
x64 Servers Utilities Reference Manual	Information for using applications and utilities common to x64 servers	820-1120	PDF HTML
Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 3.0 Documentation Collection	These documents cover ILOM features and tasks that are common to servers and server modules that support ILOM 3.0.	820-5523 820-6410 820-6411 820-6412 820-6413	PDF HTML
Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 2.0 User’s Guide	ILOM 2.0 features and tasks that are common to servers and server modules that support ILOM	820-1188	PDF HTML
Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Supplement for Sun X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers	ILOM 3.0 information that is specific to the Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers	820-7959	PDF HTML
Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 2.0 Supplement for Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers	ILOM 2.0 information that is specific to the Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers	820-7629	PDF HTML
Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Safety and Compliance Guide	Hardware safety and compliance information for the server.	820-5832	PDF
Important Safety Information for Sun Hardware Systems	Multilingual hardware safety and compliance information for all Sun hardware system	816-7190	Print

Translated versions of some of these documents are available at the web site described above in French, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. English documentation is revised more frequently and might be more up-to-date than the translated documentation.

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL
Sun Documentation	`http://docs.sun.com`
Support	`http://www.sun.com/support/`
Training	`http://www.sun.com/training/`

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about basic UNIX^® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at:

http://docs.sun.com

Third-Party Web Sites

Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.

Typographic Conventions

Typeface ^[1]	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your`.login` file. Use `ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
AaBbCc123	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, enter `rm` filename.

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Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, enter rm filename.

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