Install Solaris 10 via Local or Virtual Media

This topic describes how to install Solaris 10 6/06 or later Operating System from either local or virtual media.

When you install the Solaris 10 OS via local or virtual media, you can choose to use the Solaris 10 6/06 Distribution CD/DVD or ISO DVD image.

The following procedure explains the initial steps for installing Solaris. For detailed information about the Solaris 10 installation, see the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations (Sun part number: 817-0544-11).

Before You Begin

The following procedure to install the Solaris 10 OS requires:

  • Your network installation server must configured on the same network as the Sun Blade Server Module.

  • A record of MAC addresses for the NEM and EM ports connected to a network. These MAC addresses should have been recorded for future reference prior to installing the EM or NEM into the system chassis. For more information about how to obtain the MAC address of a NEM or EM, see Add Network Express Module (NEM) or Add PCIe ExpressModule.

  • If you are installing the Solaris 10 OS to a Fibre Channel (FC) Storage Area Network (SAN) device, you must properly configure the FC Host Bus Adapter. For more information, see Install Operating System to FC SAN Device.

  • If you are using an ISO DVD image to perform the installation, the ISO DVD image must be available on disk.

  • Established console access. For more information, see Console Options.

What to Do

  1. Do one of the following:

    • For distribution CD/DVD.

      Insert the Solaris 10 Distribution media (CD labeled #1 or the single DVD) into the local or remote USB CD/DVD-ROM drive.

    • For ISO image.

      Ensure that the ISO images are available and that the ILOM Remote Console application is aware of the first ISO image location.

  2. Reset the Sun Blade Server Module, for example:

    • From the ILOM web interface, select Reset on the Remote Power Control tab.

    • From the local server, press the Power button (momentary, 1 second) on the front panel of the blade to turn off, then press the Power button (momentary, 1 second) to turn on.

    • From ILOM CLI on blade SP, type: reset /SYS

    • From ILOM CLI on CMM, type: reset /CH/BL#/SYS

      where # = slot number of blade in chassis

      The BIOS screen appears.

    Note

    The next events occur very quickly, focused attention is needed for the following steps. Please watch carefully for these messages as they appear on the screen for a brief time. You may want to enlarge the size of your screen to eliminate scroll bars.

  3. In the BIOS power-on self -test screen, press F8 to specify a temporary boot device for the Solaris installation.

    The Please Select Boot Device menu appears.

  4. In the menu, select either the external or virtual CD/ DVD device, as the first boot device then press Enter.

    In the sample figure below, the virtual CD/DVD device is specified as the first boot device.

    Tip

    The device strings listed on the Boot menu are in the format of: device type, slot indicator, and product ID string.

    Tip

    If you are performing the Solaris installation from the ILOM Remote Console application, you need to select the AMI Virtual CDROM.

    The GRUB menu appears.

  5. In the GRUB menu select Solaris and press Enter.

    The mini boot message appears.

    The install boot message appears.

    The Install Type menu appears.

  6. In the Install Type menu, do one of the following:

    • Select Option (1) Solaris Interactive (default) and press Enter.

      This option continues the normal user interactive install process. It assumes that if the system is to be attached to a network, you are aware of which Solaris-named network interfaces to select for configuration. Note that the Solaris-named network interfaces are logical names and are different from the physical names assigned to NEM and EM ports. If you are uncertain how to match the Solaris-named interfaces to physical networked ports, then you should choose Option 6, and see the details below for more information.

      or

    • Select Option (6) Single User Shell and press Enter.

      This option launches a single user shell. In this shell, you will use the ifconfig -a command to identify the network interfaces by their logical and physical names.

      For detailed information about launching the single user shell and using the ifconfig -a command to list network interfaces by their logical and physical names, see Launch User Shell to Identify Network Interfaces by Logical and Physical Names.

      The Solaris Interactive program initializes, the system network options are configured, and the Proposed System Configuration screen appears.

  7. In the Proposed System Configuration screen, press Enter to accept the proposed configuration.

    The Select a Language menu appears.

  8. In the language selection menu, type the selected language ID number (0-9), then press Enter.

    The Solaris Welcome screen appears.

  9. During the Solaris OS configuration, you will be presented with a list of network interfaces to configure.

    To help you enter the correct system and network information, use the information previously gathered from:

  10. Continue the normal Solaris installation. Refer to the Solaris documentation for additional details.

    Note

    The Solaris system and network screens that appear will vary depending on the method that you chose for assigning network information to the server (DHCP or static IP address).

    After you have entered the system-configuration information, the server completes the boot process and displays the Solaris login prompt.

  11. Install the required critical Solaris patches. For more information, see Required Critical Solaris Patches For Sun Blade 8000 Server Modules.