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Hardware Installation

Operating System Installation

Solaris

About Oracle Solaris OS Installation

Oracle Solaris Installation Task Table

Supported Oracle Solaris Operating System Versions

Supported OS Versions and Latest Information

Latest Information in Product Notes

OS Installation Options

Single-Server Installation Methods

Assisted OS Installation

Manual OS Installation

Oracle System Assistant

Oracle System Asssistant Overview

Oracle System Assistant OS Installation Task

Obtaining Oracle System Assistant

Preparing to Install the OS

Obtaining Oracle Solaris Documentation

Selecting the Installation Method

Set Up the Local Console

Set Up the Remote Console

Setting Up BIOS

Load BIOS Optimal Default Settings

Select the BIOS Boot Mode

Installing the Oracle Solaris OS

Installing the Oracle Solaris OS

Install the Solaris OS (Oracle System Assistant)

Install the Oracle Solaris OS (Manually)

Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names

Install Server System Tools (Optional)

Access System Drivers

Linux

About Linux OS Installation

Supported Linux OS Versions and Latest Information

Supported Linux Operating Systems

Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux

Linux OS Installation Options

Single-Server Installation Methods

Assisted OS Installation

Manual OS Installation

Oracle System Assistant

Oracle System Assistant OS Installation Task

Obtaining Oracle System Assistant

Preparing to Install the OS

Downloading Installation Media Kits

Download Oracle Linux Media Kits

Download SLES Media Kits

Download RHEL Media Kits

Selecting the Installation Method

Set Up the Local Console

Set Up the Remote Console

Setting Up BIOS

Load BIOS Optimal Default Settings

Select the BIOS Boot Mode

Installing the Operating System

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names

Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names (Oracle Linux or RHEL)

Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names (SLES)

Install a Linux OS (Oracle System Assistant)

Installing a Linux OS Manually

Install Oracle Linux Manually

Install SLES Manually

Install RHEL Manually

Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers

Install Server System Tools

Update or Install System Drivers

Updating a Linux OS to a New Version

Update the Oracle Linux Operating System Version

Update the SLES Operating System Version

Update the RHEL Operating System Version

OVM

About Oracle VM Software Installation

Oracle VM Installation Task Table

Oracle VM Overview

Supported Oracle VM Software

Oracle VM Installation Options

Single-Server Installation Methods

Multiple-Server Installation Options

Oracle System Assistant

Oracle System Asssistant Overview

Oracle System Assistant Install OS Task

Obtaining Oracle System Assistant

Preparing for Oracle VM Server Installation

Selecting the Installation Method

Set Up the Local Console

Set Up the Remote Console

Creating a Virtual Disk and Setting the Boot Disk

Setting Up BIOS

Select the BIOS Boot Mode

Disable VT-d and SR-IOV in BIOS

Installing Oracle VM Server

Install Oracle VM Server (Oracle System Assistant)

Installing Oracle VM Server (Manually)

Install Oracle VM Server (Local or Remote Media)

Installing Oracle VM Server (PXE Server)

PXE Server Installation Requirements

Install Oracle VM Server (PXE Server)

Completing the Oracle VM Installation

Access Server System Tools

Install Oracle VM NEM Drivers

Creating and Managing Oracle VM Resources

Windows

About Windows OS Installation

Supported OS Versions and Latest Information

Supported Windows Operating Systems

OS Installation Options

Single-Server Installation Methods

Assisted OS Installation

Manual OS Installation

Windows Deployment Services OS Installation

Oracle System Assistant

Oracle System Assistant OS Installation Task

Obtaining Oracle System Assistant

Preparing to Install the OS

Selecting the Installation Method

Set Up the Local Console

Set Up the Remote Console

Setting Up BIOS

Load BIOS Optimal Default Settings

Select the BIOS Boot Mode

Installing the Windows OS

Install Windows (Oracle System Assistant)

Install Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 (Manually)

Install Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 (Manually)

Install Windows Server (PXE)

Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers

Install Server System Tools

Update System Drivers

ESX

About VMware ESXi Installation

Installation Task Map

VMware ESXi 5 and Server Module Documentation

Supported VMware ESXi Software

Software Installation Options

Interactive Installation Methods

Preparing for ESXi 5 Installation

Set Up the Local Console

Set Up the Remote Console

Gather Required Information

Select the BIOS Boot Mode

Creating a Virtual Disk and Setting the Boot Disk

Installing VMware ESXi 5

Install VMware ESXi 5 (Local or Remote Interactive Installation)

Install VMware ESXi 5 Drivers

Update VMware ESXi 5

Service

Index

Install Server System Tools (Optional)

Server system tools, which include LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager (LSI MSM), MegaCLI, and Oracle Hardware Management Pack are available with the Oracle System Assistant software and the downloaded Solaris OS software package from http://support.oracle.com. Use this procedure to access and install the server system tools.


Note - Additional software for Solaris 11.1 can be installed with the Oracle Solaris Image Packaging System (IPS). For more information, refer to:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E28984/index.html


  1. Do one of the following:
    • If your system has Oracle System Assistant:
      1. From the OS, open a file browser, and navigate to the Oracle System Assistant USB device.

        The USB device is named: ORACLE_SSM

        For USB mounting instructions, refer to the Oracle X4 Series Servers Administration Guide.

      2. Navigate to the appropriate Solaris OS Tools folder:

        Solaris/OS_name/Tools

        where OS_name is the installed Solaris OS.

    • If your system does not have Oracle System Assistant:
      1. Download the latest server system tools and drivers package from the My Oracle Support site.

        For more information, see Getting Server Firmware and Software Updates in Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide .

      2. Unzip the downloaded tools and drivers package to the server.
      3. Within the unzipped file system, navigate to the Solaris OS Tools folder:

        Solaris/OS_name/Tools

        where OS_name is the installed Solaris OS.

  2. The following table lists the procedures for installing the tools.
    Tool
    Instructions
    LSI MSM
    1. Navigate to the MSM/disk directory and run the install.sh file.

      This starts the installation script.

    2. Follow the progress of the script until the installation is finished.

      For more information, refer to the LSI MSM installation instructions at:

      http://www.lsi.com/sep/Pages/oracle/sg_x_sas6-r-rem-z.aspx


    Note - The readme.txt file in Tools/MSM directory contains important installation information.
    MegaCLI
    Navigate to the MegaCLI directory and run the MegaCLI file.

    Note - The readme.txt file in Tools/MegaCLI directory contains important installation information.
    Oracle Hardware Management Pack
    Refer to the hmp-prerequisite-installation.txt ReadMe file in the hmp-tools/oracle-hmp-version/SOFTWARE directory (where version is the version of Oracle Hardware Management Pack).
    For more information, refer to the Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation at: