Preface

The Sun Fire X2250 Server Operating System Installation Guide provides information for installing Solaris, Linux, or Windows operating systems.

This document is written for technicians, system administrators, authorized service providers (ASPs), and users who have advanced experience with installing operating systems.

How This Document Is Organized

This guide is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter 1 contains instructions for preparing to install an operating system onto your X2250 server.

Chapter 2 contains the instructions for installing the Solaris 10 Operating System.

Chapter 3 contains the instructions for installing a supported Linux operating system.

Chapter 4 contains the instructions for installing Windows Server 2003.

Chapter 5 contains the instructions for installing Windows Server 2008.

Appendix A contains information about launching and configuring the Sun ILOM Remote Console

Appendix B contains information about configuring BIOS settings for new installations.

Using UNIX Commands

For more information about basic UNIX^® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices, see the following the information:

Hardware documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, available for download at:

http://docs.sun.com

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Typographic Conventions

Typeface`^[1]`	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your`.login` file. Use `ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Typeface^[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Related Documentation

The related X2250 server documentation in the following table is available online at:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/x2250

Application	Title	Part Number	Format	Location
Hardware Installation	Sun Fire X2250 Server Installation Guide	820-4591	PDF Print	Online Server ship kit option
Service	Sun Fire X2250 Server Service Manual	820-4593	PDF HTML	Online
Product Notes	Sun Fire X2250 Server Product Notes	820-4594	PDF HTML	Online
ILOM	Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 2.0 User’s Guide	820-1188	PDF HTML	Online
ILOM Supplement	Sun Intergated Lights Out Manager Supplement for Sun Fire X2250 Server	820-4596	PDF HTML	Online

Translated versions of some of these documents are available on the web site described above in French, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. English documentation is revised more frequently and might be more up-to-date than the translated documentation.

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL
Documentation	`http://docs.sun.com`
Support	`http://www.sun.com/support/`
Training	`http://www.sun.com/training/`

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