Before You Begin

The Sun Enterprise 250 server is a general-purpose server, which you can use for many types of applications. Exactly how you set up your machine depends in some measure upon what you want it to do.

This procedure is intended to be as "generic" as possible, so as to cover the needs of most sites. Even so, you will need to make certain decisions to complete the procedure:

• On which network or networks do you intend your machine to operate?

For background information about network support, see "About Network Interface Options".

• How do you want to use/configure your machine's internal disk array?

For background information about internal disk array use, see "About Disk Array Configurations and Concepts".

• What software do you intend to load?

Software included in the server media kit or other software products may impose certain disk space or disk partitioning requirements. Refer to the documentation accompanying this software to determine those requirements.

Once you've answered these questions, you're ready to begin.