Things You Must Decide

The following tables list the things you must decide before installing an operating system.

Where will you install the OS?

You can install an OS onto a flash module, a USB flash drive, or a storage device connected to a PCIe EM card.

Device	Information
Flash module	The server module includes one Sun Flash Module (FMod) socket per node. When an FMod is present it appears as a disk device and you can install an operating system on it. To install an FMod, refer to the Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Service Manual.
USB flash drive	The server module includes one internal USB port per node. When a USB flash drive is present, it appears as a disk device, and you can install an operating system onto it. To install a USB flash drive, refer to the Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Service Manual.
PCIe EM device	Each chassis blade slot has two assigned PCIe EM slots. One of these is assigned to each node. If you wish to boot from a storage device connected to a PCIe EM slot, you must configure it to be a boot device. For instructions, refer to your PCIe EM documentation.

Which installation method will you use?

Installation Method	See:
From distribution media (CD/DVD) on the server using a USB-attached external CD/DVD drive	Using the Multi-Port Cable in Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Service Manual
From distribution media (CD/DVD or ISO file) from a remote system	How to Connect to the Host Console Using the ILOM Web Interface in Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide
From a network boot image using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE).	PXE installation instructions are provided in the corresponding section for each OS.

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