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Sun Fire X2100 Server Getting Started Guide

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Contents

Preface

1. System Setup

1.1 Safety and Compliance Information

1.2 Planning the Installation Process

1.3 Package Contents Inventory

1.4 Installing the Server Into a Rack With Optional Slide-Rails

1.4.1 Disassembling the Slide-Rails Before Installation

1.4.2 Installing the Mounting Brackets Onto the Server

1.4.3 Attaching the Slide-Rail Assemblies to the Rack

1.4.4 Installing the Server Into the Slide-Rail Assemblies

1.4.5 Installing the Cable Management Assembly

1.4.6 Attaching and Routing Cables

1.4.7 Verifying Operation of the Slide-Rails and CMA

1.5 Cabling the Server

1.5.1 Interconnecting Servers

1.6 Powering On the Server

1.7 Powering Off the Server

1.8 Using Serial Console Redirection

2. Software Installation

2.1 Preparing for Installation

2.1.1 Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk

2.1.2 Setting up the BIOS for Operating System Installation

2.1.2.1 Setting up the BIOS for Windows 2003 or Solaris 10 OS

2.1.2.2 Setting up the BIOS for a Linux Operating System

2.2 Installing the Operating System

2.3 Running the up2date Utility

2.4 Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition

2.4.1 Installing the Drivers Over a Network

2.4.1.1 Create a Shared Drivers Directory

2.4.1.2 Copy the Drivers from the Supplemental CD

2.4.1.3 Install the Drivers onto the Target Sun Fire X2100 Server

2.4.2 Installing Drivers From the Sun Fire X2100 Server Supplemental CD

2.4.2.1 Installing Linux Operating System Drivers From a CD

2.4.2.2 Installing Solaris 10 OS Operating System Drivers from a CD

2.4.2.3 Installing Windows 2003 Server Operating System Drivers From a CD

2.4.2.4 Installing Windows 2003 Drivers

3. Setting Up the Preinstalled Software

3.1 Solaris 10 Operating System

3.1.1 Solaris 10 Operating System Configuration Overview

3.1.2 Configuration Instructions

3.2 Java Enterprise System

3.3 Sun Studio Software

A. Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images

A.1 Creating a RIS Image of Windows 2003 Server 32-bit and Platform Drivers

A.1.1 Creating the Windows 2003 Server 32-bit Image on the RIS Server

A.1.2 Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image

A.1.3 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Setting Files

A.2 Creating a RIS Image of Windows 2003 Server, 64-bit, and Platform Drivers

A.2.1 Installing Windows 2003 Server 64-bit onto the RIS Server

A.2.2 Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image

A.2.3 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Setting Files

A.3 Installing a RIS Image onto a Client Server