Installing the SLES Operating System

This section provides instructions for installing the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) onto a Sun Blade X6275 M2 server module.

The minimum supported versions of SLES are SLES 10 SP3 64-bit and SLES 11 SP1 64-bit. For the latest list of supported operating systems, see http://www.oracle.com/goto/x6275m2.

There are three methods for installing the SLES 10 SP2 and SLES 11 OS onto your server. They include:

• Using the SLES distribution CD or DVD in a local CD/DVD drive.

• Using the SLES distribution CD/DVD in a remote CD/DVD drive, or an equivalent ISO file. You can access either using the ILOM’s remote console application.

• Using a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) image stored on a PXE server on your local network or from an image stored elsewhere on your network.

For a list of supported operating systems, see Things You Must Decide.

This section contains the following sections:

• Installation Overview

• SLES Installation and Configuration Documentation

• Installing the SLES OS From the Distribution Media

• Installing SLES From a PXE Server

• Updating the SLES Operating System