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Sun Fire X4500 Server Linux and Solaris OS Installation Guide

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Contents

Preface

1. Operating System Installation Overview

Preparing to Install an OS on a Sun Fire X4500 Server

Prerequisites

Things You Must Decide

Next Steps

2. Using the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)

About the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)

Features and Benefits

How to Get Started Using SIA

3. Installing Solaris 10 Operating System

About Solaris OS Installation

Overview

Where to Find Solaris 10 Information

4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux

About RHEL Installation

Task Map for RHEL Installation

Red Hat Installation and Administration Documentation

Sun Fire X4500 Disk Map

Requirements for Installing RHEL From Distribution Media

Required Items

Obtaining Updated Media Kits

Boot Disk ID On Linux Changes If Virtual Floppy Or CD-ROM Is Mounted At Installation

Installing RHEL Using Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)

Installing RHEL Using PXE

Task Map

Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of RHEL

Before You Begin

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Copy PXE Files From the Tools and Drivers CD

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure a DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Portmap

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the TFTP Service

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the NFS Service

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable the Firewall

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Complete the PXE Preconfiguration

Creating a PXE Install Image on the PXE Server

Before You Begin

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a RHEL Image on Your PXE Install Server

Installing RHEL From a PXE Server

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install a RHEL from a PXE Server

Updating the RHEL OS

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the RHEL OS

Updating the RHEL SCSI Drivers

5. Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

About SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation

SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation

Sun Fire X4500 Disk Map

Task Map for SLES 10 Installation

Installing SLES 10 From Distribution Media

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install SLES 10 From Distribution Media

Installing the SLES 10 Using the Remote Console Application

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install SLES 10 from the Remote Console

Installing SLES 10 Using PXE

Task Map

Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of SLES

Required Items

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Copy Files From the Tools and Drivers CD

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure a DHCP Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Portmap

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the TFTP Service

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure the NFS Service

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable the Firewall

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Complete the PXE Pre-Configuration

Creating a SLES 10 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a SLES 10 Image on Your PXE Server

Installing SLES 10 From a PXE Server

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install SLES 10 From a PXE Server

Updating the SLES 10 OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the SLES 10 OS

Updating the SLES SCSI Drivers

6. Disk Control and Monitor Utility (DCMU) for RHEL

Overview of the Disk Control and Monitor Utility for RHEL4 U4

DCMU Installation Procedure

Installing DCMU

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install DCMU

IPMI Service Must be Running to Use DCMU Utilities

Uninstalling DCMU

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Uninstall DCMU

cfgdisk Command

cfgdisk Command Options

Examples Using the cfgdisk Command

Displaying Disk, Device Nodes, Slots and Status

Disconnecting a Disk Using cfgdisk

Connecting a Disk Using cfgdisk

Displaying cfgdisk Help Information

faultmond

faultmond Command Options

Examples Using the faultmond Command

Starting faultmond From the Command-line

Stopping faultmond From the Command-line

Setting the Polling Interval From the Command Line

hotplugmon

Viewing System and Service Processor Logs

Viewing the SDR log

Viewing the FRU log

Viewing the SEL log

Viewing the System log

7. Disk Control and Monitor Utility (DCMU) for SLES 10

Overview of the Disk Control and Monitor Utility for SLES 10

DCMU Installation Procedure

Installing DCMU

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install DCMU

IPMI Service Must be Running to Use DCMU Utilities

Uninstalling DCMU

procedure iconsmall spaceTo uninstall DCMU

diskmond Command

diskmond Command Options

Examples Using the diskmond Command

Starting diskmond From the Command-line

Stopping diskmond From the Command-line

Finding the status of diskmond From the Command-line

cfgdisk Command

Examples Using the cfgdisk Command

Displaying Disk, Device Nodes, Slots and Status

Disconnecting a Disk Using cfgdisk

Connecting a Disk Using cfgdisk

Displaying cfgdisk Help Information

Viewing System and Service Processor Logs

Viewing the SDR Log

Viewing the FRU Log

Viewing the SEL log

Viewing the System log

A. Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a SUSE Linux OS

procedure iconsmall spaceLaunch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a RHEL Linux OS

procedure iconsmall spaceLaunch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces

B. Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for a Pre-installed Solaris OS

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a Solaris OS

procedure iconsmall spaceLaunch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces

Index