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Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems
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Using This Documentation

Part I Linux Software Installation on x86 Servers

1.  Assisted OS Installation With Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Task Overview

How to Obtain Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Documentation Resources

2.  Getting Started

Supported Linux Operating Systems

Linux Installation Prerequisites

Linux Installation Task Overview

3.  Installing Oracle Linux

Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux

Installing Oracle Linux 5 Using Local or Remote Media

Installing Oracle Linux 5 Using a PXE Network Environment

Oracle Linux Post Installation Tasks

Installing Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux Using Local or Remote Console

4.  Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Installing SLES 11 SP1 Using Local or Remote Media

Installing SLES 11 SP1 Using a PXE Network Environment

SLES Post Installation Tasks

5.  Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Installing RHEL 5.5 or 6.0 Using Local or Remote Media

Installing RHEL 5.5 or 6.0 Using a PXE Network Environment

RHEL Post Installation Tasks

Installing the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux

6.  Getting Server Firmware and Software

Firmware and Software Updates

Firmware and Software Access Options

Available Software Release Packages

Accessing Firmware and Software

Installing Updates

Part II Linux System Administrator References

A.  Supported Installation Methods

Console Outputs

Installation Boot Media

Installation Targets

B.  Supported Operating Systems

Supported Operating Systems

C.  BIOS Defaults for New Installations

Verification of BIOS Factory Defaults

Index

Installation Targets

Installation Targets for OS Installations   identifies the supported installation targets you can use to install an operating system.

Table A-3 Installation Targets for OS Installations  

Install Target
Description
Setup Requirement
Supported OS
Local hard disk drive (HDD)

or

Solid state drive (SSD)
You can choose to install the operating system to any of the hard disk drives or solid state drives installed in the server.
Ensure that the HDD or SSD is properly installed and powered-on in the server.

For more information about installing and powering on an HDD or SDD, refer to the Sun Server X2-4 Service Manual.
All supported operating systems listed in Appendix B, Supported Operating Systems.
Fibre Channel (FC) Storage Area Network (SAN) device
For servers equipped with Fibre Channel PCIe host bus adapters (HBAs), you can choose to install the operating system to an external FC storage device.
  • Ensure that the FC PCIe HBA is properly installed in the server.

    For more information about installing a PCIe HBA option in your server, refer to the Sun Server X2-4 Service Manual.

  • The SAN must be installed and configured to make the storage visible to the host.

    For instructions, refer to the documentation supplied with the FC HBA.

All operating systems listed in Appendix B, Supported Operating Systems.
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