C H A P T E R 8 |
Installing the Software |
This chapter provides instructions for installing the Solaris OS and Netra CT server software on a Netra CT server. You will be installing software from Solaris OS CDs or DVD.
This chapter contains the following topics:
Note - The Solaris OS is ordered and shipped separately from a Netra CT server. |
If you have a Netra CT 810 server and a DVD-ROM drive installed in or connected to the server, you can install the software using the instructions in To Install the Solaris Operating System. Also, you can install the software onto a Netra CT 410 server using these instructions, but only if you have an external DVD-ROM drive connected to your server; there is no internal DVD-ROM drive available for a Netra CT 410 server.
Note - You must install the Solaris OS using Solaris CDs or DVD; do not attempt to install the Solaris OS onto your Netra CT server using JumpStart technology. |
To Prepare for the Solaris Operating System Installation |
Before installing the Solaris OS, review TABLE 1 to prepare for the installation.
You will need a copy of Solaris 9 Operating System Media Kit that was released in September 2005. You will use the Solaris installation CDs and the Solaris Supplement CDs for the installation. |
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During the Solaris OS installation, you will be prompted to enter data for the following:
Note - Refer to the Solaris installation documentation for information about these installation questions. |
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For specific details about installing the Solaris OS, refer to:
These manuals shipped with your Solaris Media Kit and can be viewed on the Solaris documentation web site: http://docs.sun.com/ |
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Download any required software and firmware patches. Refer to the Netra CT Server Release Notes (819-2739) for the latest patches. |
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To install the software, you will need to prepare a patched network installation server. You will need a server with adequate disk space that is accessible to the Netra CP2500 board over the network. |
To Install the Solaris Operating System |
1. Power on the Netra CT server.
See Powering On a Server for instructions.
2. Make the necessary connections to the TTY A port on the host rear transition module on your server.
See Connecting a Terminal Console to a Server.
Note - Do not install the Solaris OS through the alarm card or alarm rear transition module. |
3. Verify that you are at the OpenBoot (ok) prompt.
When the server is finished shutting down, the ok prompt is displayed.
4. Insert the Solaris OS DVD or CD 1 of 2 into the applicable drive.
5. At the ok prompt, enter the following command to boot from the Solaris OS DVD or CD:
6. If the boot cdrom command does not work on your system (device cannot be located), use the probe command to locate the device, then enter the boot command with the device name and path, as in the following example.
ok probe-scsi-all /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2 Target 6 Unit 0 Removable Read Only device ok boot /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2/disk@6,0:f |
7. Follow the prompts and enter your system information.
After entering configuration information, you are asked if you want to go through a Default Install or a Custom Install.
At the product selection portion of the installation process, you see the following screen:
9. Choose at least the Solaris 9 Software Supplement CD selection in this screen.
You can choose any of the remaining selections in this screen as well.
At the product component portion of the installation process, you see a screen display such as the following:
10. Choose at least 1.8 (SunVTS 5.1) and 1.11 (Netra ct Platform 1.0) from this screen.
The remaining product components listed for the Netra CT server are optional.
At the available Solaris software groups portion of the installation process, you see the following screen:
11. Choose the first selection (Entire Group plus OEM) on this screen.
After you choose the Entire Group plus OEM selection, you see the following screen:
12. Choose the first selection (Default Packages) in this screen.
13. Through the TTY A port on the host rear transition module, install the Solaris OS on every server in the chassis.
You must install the Solaris OS on every Netra CT server that is installed in the chassis, for each server to function. Refer to the documentation that you received with the Solaris OS for installation instructions.
14. Download and install additional patches.
Refer to the Netra CT Server Release Notes (819-2739) for the latest information on the patches available for the Netra CT server and the board firmware. You can download the document from the following web site:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Servers/
Follow the instructions in the "Applying Patches to a Boot Disk" section of the Netra CT Server Release Notes to download and install the patches.
The following procedures describe how to create a network installation server.
To Create a Network Installation Image Using the Solaris 9 DVD |
2. Insert the Solaris 9 DVD in a DVD-ROM drive accessible to the installation server.
3. Change directories to the Tools directory on the Solaris 9 DVD.
4. Run the setup_install_server script to create an install image on the server:
In place of image_directory, enter the directory on the server where you want to create the Solaris 9 installation image.
5. Change directories to the root directory.
7. Continue with the standard Solaris network installation procedure.
Note - If you install diskless clients, follow the procedures in Installing Diskless Clients to set up the boot server and to add diskless clients. |
For more information, refer to the "Preparing to Install Solaris Software Over the Network" chapter in the Solaris Advanced Installation Guide, which is included in the Solaris Media Kit and can be viewed at the Solaris documentation web site:
http://docs.sun.com
To Create a Network Installation Image Using the Solaris 9 CDs |
2. Insert the Solaris 9 Software 1 of 2 CD in a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive accessible to the installation server.
3. Change directories to the Tools directory on the Solaris 9 CD 1 of 2.
4. Run the setup_install_server script to create an install image on the server:
In place of image_directory, enter the directory on the server where you want to create the Solaris 9 installation image.
5. Change directories to the root directory.
6. Eject the Solaris 9 Software 1 of 2 CD.
7. Insert the Solaris 9 Software 2 of 2 CD in a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive accessible to the installation server.
8. Change directories to the Tools directory on the Solaris 9 CD 2 of 2.
9. Run the add_to_install_server script to add the Solaris 9 Software 2 of 2 CD software to the install image:
In place of image_directory, enter the Solaris 9 install image directory.
10. Change directories to the root directory of the CD.
11. Eject the Solaris 9 Software 2 of 2 CD.
12. Continue with the standard Solaris network installation procedure.
The following procedures describe how to create a boot server for diskless clients and how to add new diskless clients to the patched boot server. For additional instructions on installing diskless clients, refer to the Solaris 9 documentation, which you can find on the http://docs.sun.com web site.
Note - You must have a superuser password on your diskless server to perform the following tasks. |
To Create a Boot Server For Diskless Clients |
Note - This procedure sets up a boot server by starting the operating system services required for diskless clients. Once you set up the boot server, see To Add a Diskless Client for instructions on adding diskless clients to the boot server. |
1. Prepare a patched network installation server using the Solaris 9 Media Kit software.
Follow the procedures in Preparing Network Installations of the Solaris Operating System to create a patched network installation server.
2. Log into the network server as superuser and change directories to the /usr/sadm/bin directory.
3. Use the smosservice command to add boot services to the installation server.
Note - The following command is a single long entry. Do not press the Return key until you type the entire text string shown. |
# ./smosservice add -u root -p root_password -- -x mediapath=image_directory -x platform=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_9 -x cluster=SUNWCXall -x locale=locale |
Refer to the smosservice(1M) man page for more information and options.
For example, if the following entries were used for each variable, the command would appear as follows.
4. Place the Solaris Supplement CD in the DVD-ROM drive again.
5. Create the file /tmp/usr_admin with the following contents for the usr space package:
mail=
instance=unique
partial=nocheck
runlevel=nocheck
idepend=nocheck
rdepend=nocheck
space=nocheck
setuid=nocheck
conflict=nocheck
action=nocheck
basedir=/usr_sparc.all
6. Enter the following command to add the usr space package to the usr area of the boot service.
Note - The following command is a single long entry. Do not press the Return key until you type the entire text string shown. |
# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -S -M -R /export/Solaris_9 -d /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/SW_Supp_CD/Netra_ct_Platform_1.0/Product -a /tmp/usr_admin -n SUNWctac |
7. Create the file /tmp/root_admin with the following contents for the root space packages:
mail=
instance=unique
partial=nocheck
runlevel=nocheck
idepend=nocheck
rdepend=nocheck
space=nocheck
setuid=nocheck
conflict=nocheck
action=nocheck
basedir=/opt
8. Enter the following commands to add the root space packages to the clone area:
Note - The two commands beginning with tar cvf are both single long entries. Do not press the Return key until you type the entire text string shown. |
9. Apply the root space packages to the clone area:
Note - The two commands beginning with /usr/sbin/pkgadd are both single long entries. Do not press the Return key until you type the entire text string shown. |
10. Download and install additional patches.
Refer to the Netra CT Server Release Notes for the latest information on the patches available for the Netra CT server. The document can be downloaded from the following web site:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Servers
Follow the instructions in the "Applying Patches to a Diskless Service" section of the Netra CT Server Release Notes to download and install the patches.
11. After the patches are installed, follow the procedure in To Add a Diskless Client.
To Add a Diskless Client |
1. Prepare a boot server for the diskless clients.
If you have not created a boot server for the diskless clients, follow the steps in To Create a Boot Server For Diskless Clients before continuing with the following procedure.
2. Log into the patched boot server as superuser.
3. Verify that the IP addresses for all other network interfaces on the boot server have corresponding hostnames in the Hosts database.
The smdiskless command fails if IP addresses of any network interfaces on the boot server do not have a corresponding hostname in the Hosts databases.
4. Collect the following information for the diskless client you are adding:
5. Change directories to the /usr/sadm/bin directory.
6. Set up the diskless clients.
For each diskless client, type the following command as superuser:
Refer to the smdiskless(1M) man page for more information and options.
For example, if the following entries were used for each variable, the command would appear as follows.
You must type your superuser password again after typing this command. The installation process takes about 5 minutes per client and about 15-30 minutes for the OS service to install; however, no progress is displayed on screen while the process is running. Do not cancel or kill the process until the process is successfully completed.
Messages similar to the following are displayed after a few moments, confirming that the command went through successfully the second time:
Login to client_host as user root was successful. Download of com.sun.admin.osservermgr.cli.OsServerMgrCli from client_host was successful. |
To Install Additional Software |
1. If you installed I/O boards, perform any board-specific software configuration procedures.
Refer to the documentation that came with your I/O board for more information.
2. Install and configure any additional disk management software.
Refer to the documentation that came with your disk management software for more information.
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