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Sun Blade X6240 Server Module Operating System Installation Guide

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Contents

Preface

1. Overview

About Installing an Operating System on a Sun Blade X6240 Server Module

Supported Operating Systems

Installation Prerequisites

Installation Instructions

Installation Options

Related Documentation

2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

About the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation

Red Hat Installation and Administration Documentation

Task Map for the RHEL Installation

Preparing to Install the RHEL Operating System

Obtaining Updated RHEL Operating System Media Kits

Additional Software Updates or Patches

Installing the RHEL Operating System From Distribution Media

Before You Begin

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install RHEL From Local Distribution Media

Installing the RHEL OS Using the Remote Console Application

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install RHEL Using the ILOM Remote Console Application

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Using PXE

Task Map for the RHEL Installation Using PXE

Preconfiguring a Network to Support PXE Installation of RHEL

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure a DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Portmap on the DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the TFTP Service on the DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the NFS Service on the DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable the Firewall

Rebooting the PXE/DHCP Server

Installing the RHEL Operating System From a PXE Server

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install a RHEL Operating System From a PXE Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the RHEL Drivers

Updating the RHEL Operating System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the RHEL 4 Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the RHEL 5 Software

3. Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

About the SUSE Linux Installation

Installing the SLES 10 Operating System

SLES 10 Installation and Configuration Documentation

Task Map for the SLES 10 Installation

Preparing to Install the SLES 10 Operating System

Installing the SLES 10 Operating System From Distribution Media

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install SLES 10 From Distribution Media

Installing SLES 10 Operating System Using the Remote Console Application

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install SLES 10 Using the Remote Console Application

Preconfiguring the Network to Support PXE Installation of SLES 10

Required Items

Configuring the DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the DHCP Server

Installing Portmap

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Portmap

Configuring the TFTP Service

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the TFTP Service

Installing and Configuring the neopxe Boot Server Daemon

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon

Configuring the NFS Service

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the NFS Service

Disabling the Firewall

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable the Firewall

Installing the SLES 10 Operating System Using PXE

Before You Begin

Task Map for the SLES 10 Installation

Required Items

Configuring a SLES 10 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server

Setting Up and Copying SLES 10 Operating System to a Directory

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Set Up and Copy the SLES 10 Operating System to a Directory

Creating Links to SLES 10 PXE Files

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create Links to the SLES 10 PXE Files

Installing SLES 10 From a PXE Server

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install SLES 10 From a PXE Server

Updating the SLES 10 Operating System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the SLES Operating System

Updating the SLES Drivers

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the SLES Drivers

4. Installing Solaris 10

About the Solaris 10 Installation

System Requirements

Download Solaris OS

Solaris Documentation

Installation Methods

Task Map for Solaris 10 Installation

Preparing to Install the Solaris Operating System

Installation Prerequisites

Booting a Server in a GRUB-Based Environment

Booting a Server Over the Network Using PXE

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Boot a Server Over the Network Using PXE

procedure iconsmall spaceBoot the server over the network using PXE.

Installing the Solaris Operating System From Distribution Media

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install the Solaris OS From Distribution Media

Installing the Solaris Operating System Using a Serial Console

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install the Solaris Operating System Using a Serial Console

5. Installing OpenSolaris

About the OpenSolaris 10 Installation

System Requirements

Download OpenSolaris

OpenSolaris Documentation

Installation Methods

Task Map for OpenSolaris Installation

Installing OpenSolaris Operating System Using Local or Remote Media

Installation Prerequisites

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install OpenSolaris OS From Local or Remote Media.

Post OpenSolaris Installation Tasks

Install System Device Drivers to Support Additional Hardware

Install OpenSolaris Support Repository Updates

Enable Option for Wake On LAN

6. Installing VMware ESX Server 3.5 Software

Before You Begin

Task Map for VMware ESX Server 3.5 Installation

VMware Installation and Administration Documentation

Planning Network Interfaces

Select an Installation Method

VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 Installation Overview

Downloading the VMware ESX Server 3.5 ISO Image

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Download the VMware ESX Server 3.5 ISO Image

Installing the VMware ESX Server 3.5 From a Remote CD or Remote ISO Image

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install VMware ESX Server 3.5 From a Remote CD or Remote ISO Image

Installing the VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 From a Local CD

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install VMware ESX Server 3.5 From a Local CD

Updating the VMware Server 3.5 Software With Updates and Patches

Index