C H A P T E R 6 |
Installing the Solaris OS on a SPARC System |
If you chose to create a bootable array on a SPARC system as part of your installation (see Creating a Bootable Array on a SPARC System), you can install the Solaris 10/08 (s10u6) operating system (OS), at minimum, on that bootable array. Starting with the Solaris 10/08 OS, the driver required by the HBA is provided with the Solaris OS.
Note - If you are using an x64 system and you chose to create a bootable array as part of your installation (Creating a Bootable Array on an x64 System), DO NOT perform any steps in this chapter. Instead, skip to Installing an OS Onto a Bootable Array on an x64 System. |
This chapter contains the following sections:
Before you begin, prepare to install the Solaris 10/08 OS.
To Prepare to Install the Solaris OS |
Complete the procedures in Creating a Bootable Array on a SPARC System.
Note - For up-to-date Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA support, go to http://support.intel.com/support/go/sunraid.htm. |
To Install the Solaris OS |
1. Obtain the Solaris 10 10/08 OS, at minimum, from the Sun download site:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris
2. Perform a normal installation, as described in the Solaris 10 10/08 Installation Guide: Basic Installations (part number: 820-5236-nn).
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3. Apply any patches that are specifically required for the system.
The system will now be able to see, and boot from, the logical drive on which you installed the Solaris OS.
You can optionally install and use the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager GUI to create arrays on the disk enclosure. See the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager User’s Guide at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/stortek.raid.hba#hic
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