C H A P T E R 4 |
Configuring the Preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System |
This chapter describes how to configure the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) that might be preinstalled on your Sun Fire X4250 server. This chapter assumes that your server has a hard drive installed, with the Solaris operating system preinstalled. Your system might be different, depending on your hard drive configuration.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Read this section before you set up the Solaris OS.
To configure the preinstalled Solaris OS, you can select a delivery option in the GRUB menu that allows you to choose a delivery method:
Solaris uses a GRUB boot loader with a GRUB menu. When you start the Solaris OS, a GRUB-level menu appears. The GRUB menu allows you to select to direct output to either the serial port or video port.
If you do not select an output within 10 seconds at the GRUB menu, the system boots using the default output (serial management port-ttya). Serial redirection requires a connection to the serial management port. See Determining the ILOM Service Processor IP Address and Method 1: Using the Serial Connection.
Before you configure the preinstalled Solaris OS, you must do the following:
1. Perform initial configuration of the service processor, and determine the server’s network settings. See Setting Up the Sun Fire X4250 Server.
2. Gather the information that you will need to configure the server. See Installation Worksheet.
3. After these steps are complete, you can configure the preinstalled Solaris OS. See Configuring the Solaris OS.
4. Configure RAID, if necessary. See Configuring RAID Drives.
Fill in TABLE 4-1 with information you need to configure the preinstalled Solaris 10 OS for the server. Collect only the information that applies to your system.
To configure the preinstalled Solaris OS:
1. Log in to the service processor as an administrator. For example:
Login: root
Password: changeme
2. To start the ILOM console, type
3. Follow the Solaris 10 preinstallation onscreen instructions.
4. Type the system and network information when prompted. See TABLE 4-1 for collected information.
The displayed screens can vary, depending on how you chose to assign network information to the server (DHCP or static IP address).
5. After the system configuration information has been entered, the OS installation continues. On completion, the system reboots and displays the Solaris OS login.
You must complete the procedure Configuring the Solaris OS and be logged in to the service processor (SP) before you can redirect the console output to the video port. This procedure is optional.
2. To enable video output, choose Solaris Build - Graphics Adapter from the GRUB menu Changing Default Console Output.
The preinstalled Solaris 10 OS image directs console output to the serial port by default. After the initial configuration of the preinstalled Solaris OS is complete, you can modify the Solaris 10 GRUB menu to direct output to the video port by default.
To set the video port as the default output:
1. Open the /boot/grub/menu.lst file in a text editor.
2. Modify the following line in the file to change the default so that the console output goes to the video port:
3. Run the following command to add the Xserver startup scripts:
4. Reboot the server. After the system reboots, the console output goes to the video port by default.
5. Configure RAID drives, if necessary.
After you configure the Solaris OS, you might need to configure the RAID drives.
This section contains the following topics:
The Sun Fire X4250 server has two optional RAID Host Bus Adapter (HBA) cards. You can access RAID configuration through the HBA card BIOS. To access the LSI card BIOS, press Ctrl-C. To access the Sun StorageTek card BIOS, press Ctrl-A:
The system has the preinstalled OS on HD0. When the Solaris OS installation is completed, the option to upgrade your single-disk OS to a mirrored RAID solution is available.
The configuration procedure is different for each supported controller card. For example, a Sun StorageTek HBA card has many more options for RAID configuration than an LSI HBA card. Configure the RAID depending on your needs as shown in TABLE 4-3.
TABLE 4-3 shows the RAID drive options.
IM - Integrated Mirror array. 2 disk minimum, plus up to 2 hot spare disks. |
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IME - Integrated Mirror Enhanced array. 3 to 8 disks including up to 2 hot spares. |
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The Solaris OS supports hardware RAID and cannot be installed on an existing array if one has been created. Refer to the Sun Fire X4250 Server Operating System Installation Guide or an HBA card product guide.
If you choose the preinstalled Solaris OS and want to make the OS part of a RAID set, and if you are using LSI RAID only, perform the following procedure to update the preinstalled Solaris OS to a mirrored RAID set. As stated in TABLE 4-3, only IM (Integrated Mirror) allows data on the primary hard disk drive (HDD) to be preserved or merged into an array of disks.
This example allows the creation of a mirror before or after the Solaris installation. The server has 2 disks: HDD0 (with the OS) and HDD1 (which is blank).
To create a mirror image of the Solaris OS on HDD1:
1. Power on your server system for the first time.
2. Press Ctrl-C to access the LSI RAID configuration utility.
3. Select the SAS card - SAS1068E. Press Enter.
5. Create an IM (Integrated Mirror) for the required disk configuration.
6. Select the hard disks to be used. Use the right arrow to move the cursor to the RAID column, and press the Space bar to include into RAID.
7. Because HDD0 contains data, select merge or delete:
8. Press C to create the RAID and start the sync operation.
9. Click Exit to save the configuration and close the menu.
10. Press Esc to exit the configuration utility and reboot.
The Sun StorageTek card allows you to choose from many RAID configurations. How you configure your system depends on your system requirements and the available hard disk drives in the system. The following example shows how to mirror the preinstalled Solaris OS. This is the recommended option, and all remaining disks (should there be more than 2) are incorporated into a DATA RAID set using the available options as shown in TABLE 4-3.
You will need the Sun Fire X4250 Server Tools and Drivers CD.
Follow these steps to mirror your configured Solaris OS:
1. Using your Solaris Server, log in and start Xserver.
This graphical user interface is required for StorageTek Software Management.
2. From the supplied Tools and Drivers CD, copy the StorMan.ds application, located in the /mount-point/RAIDmgmt/StorageTEK/Solaris directory, to a new directory you choose on your Solaris server, for example,
mkdir /StorMan.
3. Change the permissions of the new directory and StorMan application:
4. Run the following command to install the application:
5. Choose to install all components when prompted.
6. To run the application, type the following:
7. Click the screen to activate the Managed Systems List.
8. Double-click the local machine (it is displayed by IP Address of the Primary ENET connection).
9. At the prompt, log in as root, using the OS password that was assigned during installation.
10. Click the SUN STK RAID Controller.
All attached hard disk drives on Enclosure 0 and 1 appear.
Tip - HDD0 (OS) should be Enclosure 0 Logical Volume 1. |
11. To mirror the OS, right-click Logical Device 1 and choose Expand or Change Logical Device.
12. Choose the appropriate RAID option (in this example, RAID 1 for Mirror).
13. Choose a disk to mirror the OS with, from the physical disk list.
Select the hard disk drive that best fits your needs.
14. After you select the HDD, click Next, and then view the configuration summary.
15. Click Apply to start the mirroring process.
You can also click Schedule to perform the mirroring process at a later time.
16. One more confirmation screen is displayed, and when confirmed, the OS will begin to mirror.
Mirroring may take several hours, depending on the amount of data and the HDD size.
This section provides pointers to information about the Solaris 10 OS.
You can access the various collections of the Solaris 10 OS user documentation at:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris.10
Specifically, you can access the Solaris 10 OS Release and Installation collection at:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1236.1
If you need to install the Solaris 10 OS or reinstall the OS after removing it, you can download the CD or DVD image from the following URL:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp
Solaris 10 8/07 is the minimum supported version for the Sun Fire X4250 server.
See the Sun Fire X4250 Server Operating System Installation Guide for specific instructions on Solaris 10 installation.
Sun provides flexible training options that accommodate your personal schedule and learning style. The training options include instructor-led, web-based online,
CD-ROM, and Live Virtual Classes. For Solaris 10 Training and Certification options at a glance, go to: http://www.sun.com/training/catalog/solaris10.html
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