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
Single-Server Installation Methods
Oracle System Asssistant Overview
Oracle System Assistant OS Installation Task
Obtaining Oracle System Assistant
Obtaining Oracle Solaris Documentation
Selecting the Installation Method
Load BIOS Optimal Default Settings
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)
Supported Linux OS Versions and Latest Information
Supported Linux Operating Systems
Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux
Single-Server Installation Methods
Oracle System Assistant OS Installation Task
Obtaining Oracle System Assistant
Downloading Installation Media Kits
Download Oracle Linux Media Kits
Selecting the Installation Method
Load BIOS Optimal Default Settings
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
Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers
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
About Oracle VM Software Installation
Oracle VM Installation Task Table
Oracle VM Installation Options
Single-Server Installation Methods
Multiple-Server Installation Options
Oracle System Asssistant Overview
Oracle System Assistant Install OS Task
Obtaining Oracle System Assistant
Preparing for Oracle VM Server Installation
Selecting the Installation Method
Creating a Virtual Disk and Setting the Boot Disk
Disable VT-d and SR-IOV in BIOS
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
Creating and Managing Oracle VM Resources
Supported OS Versions and Latest Information
Supported Windows Operating Systems
Single-Server Installation Methods
Windows Deployment Services OS Installation
Oracle System Assistant OS Installation Task
Obtaining Oracle System Assistant
Selecting the Installation Method
Load BIOS Optimal Default Settings
Install Windows (Oracle System Assistant)
Install Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 (Manually)
Install Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 (Manually)
Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers
About VMware ESXi Installation
VMware ESXi 5 and Server Module Documentation
Supported VMware ESXi Software
Interactive Installation Methods
Preparing for ESXi 5 Installation
Creating a Virtual Disk and Setting the Boot Disk
Install VMware ESXi 5 (Local or Remote Interactive Installation)
The BIOS firmware supports both legacy BIOS Boot Mode and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot Mode; the default setting is Legacy BIOS Boot Mode.
Options for setting the BIOS Boot Mode before installing the OS are:
If the OS supports legacy BIOS only, make sure that BIOS is set to Legacy BIOS Boot Mode before you install the OS.
If the OS supports both legacy BIOS and UEFI BIOS, you can select either Legacy BIOS Boot Mode or UEFI BIOS Boot Mode before you install the OS.
Refer to: Oracle x86 Administration Guide for X4 Series Servers for more information.
POST messages appear on the console.
The BIOS Setup Utility main screen appears.
The Boot Menu screen appears.
Press Enter and use the up or down arrow keys to select the Legacy or UEFI BIOS Boot Mode option.
Next Steps