Solaris 10 Update 2 OS Deployment on a Sun Fire X4500 Server Requires a Profile (6379990)

Deploying Solaris 10 Update 2 OS on a Sun Fire X4500 Server requires a special profile and you cannot choose any random disks. The system needs to be booted first (either from the factory installed OS, a CD-ROM) to determine the server's correct boot disk.

To discover the correct boot disk, use the following steps:

1. Open a terminal window.

2. To find the first bootable disk, type the command:

   #cfgadm | grep sata3/0

   You should see something like this:

   sata3/0::dsk/cXt0dY

   Where X and Y are numbers. For example, c4t0d0

3. To find the second bootable drive, perform either of the following:

   Increment 0 by 4. For example, if the first drive is c4t0d0, then the second drive is c4t4d0.

   Or type the command: #cfgadm | grep sata3/4

   You should see something like this:

   sata3/4::dsk/cNtNdN

   Where N is a number. For example, c4t1d0

4. Proceed through the install using the information in Step 2 and Step 3 and apply it to the server's OS profile.