Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

C H A P T E R 5

This chapter contains information about installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10).

This chapter contains the following sections:

About SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation

Installing SLES 10 From Distribution Media

Installing the SLES 10 Using the Remote Console Application

Installing SLES 10 Using PXE

Updating the SLES 10 OS

Updating the SLES SCSI Drivers

About SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation

The most common methods to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) on your server are to use:

The Sun Installation Assistant (SIA) CD (no additional drivers CD is needed since SIA contains all the required drivers for your server)

The SLES 10 distribution CD (local or remote).

A Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) image stored on a PXE server on your local network or from an image stored elsewhere on your network.

Note - The Sun Installation Assistant is a convenient, front-end application designed to assist you in installing SUSE Linux on your server. The Sun Installation Assistant supplements the standard installation utilities and procedures that ship with SLES 10; it does not replace them. Refer to Chapter 2 for more information.

SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation

You can find information about installing SUSE Linux on your server from the following locations:

README file--the README file on your SLES 10 CD 1 contains late-breaking information about system requirements and system configuration.

The Release Notes for SLES 10 are available on the first installation CD, under the docu directory.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Start-Up Guide--This short manual provides a quick introduction to the installation. It is available on the first installation CD under the docu directory, as the file startup.pdf under the appropriate language directory.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation and Administration Guide--This manual provides detailed information about planning, deployment, configuration and administration of SLES 10. It is available on the first installation CD under the docu directory as the file sles-admin.pdf under the appropriate language directory.

SLES 10 Support Sites - SUSE provides considerable technical information about the Enterprise Server OS at its product and support web sites. For support information, see the SLES 10 Home Page at http://www.novell.com/products/server/

Sun Fire X4500 Disk Map

Use TABLE 5-1 to see the default disk mapping and boot disk locations for the Sun Fire X4500 server:

TABLE 5-1 Sun Fire X4500 Disk Mapping
Device	Slot Number	Device Node
sata3/0	0 *	/dev/sdy
sata3/4	1 *	/dev/sdac
sata2/0	2	/dev/sdq
sata2/4	3	/dev/sdu
sata5/0	4	/dev/sdao
sata5/4	5	/dev/sdas
sata4/0	6	/dev/sdag
sata4/4	7	/dev/sdak
sata1/0	8	/dev/sdi
sata1/4	9	/dev/sdm
sata0/0	10	/dev/sda
sata0/4	11	/dev/sde
sata3/1	12	/dev/sdz
sata3/5	13	/dev/sdad
sata2/1	14	/dev/sdr
sata2/5	15	/dev/sdv
sata5/1	16	/dev/sdap
sata5/5	17	/dev/sdat
sata4/1	18	/dev/sdah
sata4/5	19	/dev/sdal
sata1/1	20	/dev/sdj
sata1/5	21	/dev/sdn
sata0/1	22	/dev/sdb
sata0/5	23	/dev/sdf
sata3/2	24	/dev/sdaa
sata3/6	25	/dev/sdae
sata2/2	26	/dev/sds
sata2/6	27	/dev/sdw
sata5/2	28	/dev/sdaq
sata5/6	29	/dev/sdau
sata4/2	30	/dev/sdai
sata4/6	31	/dev/sdam
sata1/2	32	/dev/sdk
sata1/6	33	/dev/sdo
sata0/2	34	/dev/sdc
sata0/6	35	/dev/sdg
sata3/3	36	/dev/sdab
sata3/7	37	/dev/sdaf
sata2/3	38	/dev/sdt
sata2/7	39	/dev/sdx
sata5/3	40	/dev/sdar
sata5/7	41	/dev/sdav
sata4/3	42	/dev/sdaj
sata4/7	43	/dev/sdy
sata1/3	44	/dev/sdl
sata1/7	45	/dev/sdp
sata0/3	46	/dev/sdd
sata0/7	47	/dev/sdh

^{* Possible boot disk location.}

Note - If you add additional storage devices (such as a USB storage device), the device identifiers may change depending on which device the operating system looks at first during boot.

Task Map for SLES 10 Installation

Consult the following table to determine which procedures documented in this help system are relevant to the installation task(s) that you need to perform.

Installation Task (Goal)	Relevant Procedure(s) or Source(s)
Run the Sun Installation Assistant.	How to Get Started Using SIA.
Install SLES 10 from local or remote CD/DVD drive.	Installing SLES 10 From Distribution Media.
Install SLES 10 from local or remote CD/DVD drive or PXE server.	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation Manual
Install SLES 10 from using PXE.	Installing SLES 10 Using PXE
Update SLE10 software.	Updating the SLES 10 OS

Installing SLES 10 From Distribution Media

SLES 10 provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for installing and configuring the OS. Whether you are using distribution CDs to install SUSE Linux from a locally attached CD/DVD drive or from a remote CD/DVD drive attached via KVMS, the installation procedure is fundamentally the same.

Required Items

Sun Fire X4500 server equipped with internal DVD-ROM drive. An external CD/DVD drive can also be used.

USB keyboard and mouse

Monitor

SLES 10 media base CD/DVD set.

A "Driver Update CD" for the Marvell SATA Controller is required in order to install SLES 10 from Distribution Media. A CD image is provided on the Tools and Drivers CD at the location "linux/drivers/sles10/driverupdate.iso". This image should be burned onto a CD in order to install from Distribution Media, or be present on the system if installing using the Remote Console Application.

To Install SLES 10 From Distribution Media

1. Power on the system.

2. Press F8 and select CD-ROM when prompted.

3. Insert the SLES 10 CD 1 (or DVD) into your local CD/DVD drive. Then do the following:

a. When the Installation Media boot screen appears, press the "Down" arrow to select "Installation", but before pressing RETURN first type the string "driverupdate=1". After booting the installer displays a dialog "Please choose the Driver Update medium".

b. Remove the SLES 10 Distribution Media from your CD-ROM and replace it with the Driver Update CD.

c. Select the corresponding CD-ROM device on screen and press OK. The installer displays the message "Driver Updates added" to confirm the installation of the Marvell SATA Controller driver. Press OK.

d. The installer again displays the dialog "Please choose the Driver Update medium". Remove the Driver Update CD from the CD-ROM and insert back the SLES 10 Distribution Media.

e. Select "Back" and press Enter. The installation then proceeds normally.

4. Follow the installation instructions provided with the SLES 10 Installation Guide until you reach the main SLES10 installer configuration screen. Then proceed to the next step.

5. The boot device nodes are /dev/sdy which is located at slot 0 and /dev/sdac, located at slot 1. The OS must be installed on one of these two device nodes:

a. At the SLES10 installer configuration screen, select the Change Partitioning option.

b. Select "Create Custom Partition Setup", then "Custom Partitioning (for experts)".

c. Edit the partition table to ensure that you are installing on one of the two possible boot device nodes. By default, SLES10 does NOT choose one of the correct devices for you.

6. You must also ensure that the GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is installed correctly on the boot device by performing the following steps:

a. At the SLES10 installer configuration screen, select the "Expert" tab. This tab must be selected.

b. Navigate to Booting options.

c. Select the Boot Loader Installation tab.

d. Change the Boot Loader Location to /dev/sdy (or /dev/sdac)

e. Click the Boot Loader Installation Details button.

f. Move /dev/sdy (or /dev/sdac) to the top of the order by selecting it and pressing the up key until it is located at the top. SLES10 does not install the bootloader if this step is not performed correctly.

Installing the SLES 10 Using the Remote Console Application

This section explains how to install the SLES 10 OS on your Sun Fire X4500 server using the ILOM Remote Console application.

To Install SLES 10 from the Remote Console

1. Locate your SLES 10 installation CD/DVD or the equivalent ISO images.

2. Connect to the ILOM Service Processor web GUI.

3. Click the Remote Control tab, then the Mouse Mode Settings tab.

4. If necessary, change the mouse mode to Relative Mouse Mode.

See the “Remote Console Application” chapter of the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Administration Guide for further instructions.

5. Click the Redirection tab.

6. Click the Launch Redirection button to start the JavaRConsole application.

7. Log in to the JavaRConsole.

8. Start keyboard and mouse redirection.

Select Keyboard and Mouse in the Devices menu.

9. Start CD/DVD redirection.

From the JavaRConsole Devices menu, you can redirect the CD in two ways:

If you are installing a physical CD into the remote console CD/DVD drive, insert the CD into the drive and select CD-ROM.

If you are using an ISO image installed on the remote console, select CD-ROM image and provide the location of the ISO file.

Note - Diskette redirection is also available through the JavaRConsole. See the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Administration Guide for more details.

10. Turn on the server using the ILOM web GUI.

11. Set up the BIOS as follows:

a. Press Ctrl-E to enter BIOS Setup Utility.

b. Select the Boot menu.

c. Select CD/DVD Drives.

d. Set AMI Virtual CD as the first boot device.

e. Press F10 to save changes and exit.

f. Reboot and press Ctrl-P to select CD/DVD as the boot device.

12. When the Installation Media boot screen appears, press the "Down" arrow to select "Installation", but before pressing RETURN first type the string "driverupdate=1". After booting the installer displays a dialog "Please choose the Driver Update medium".

a. Go into the Remote Console menu and setup CD-ROM image to point to the "driverupdate.iso" Driver Update image.

b. Select the Virtual CD-ROM device on screen and press OK. The installer displays the message "Driver Updates added" to confirm the installation of the Marvell SATA Controller driver. Press OK.

c. The installer again displays the dialog "Please choose the Driver Update medium". Go into the Remote Console menu and change the CD-ROM redirection to point back to the SLES 10 Installation Media as explained in step 9.

13. Follow the installation instructions provided with the SLES 10 Installation Guide until you reach the main SLES10 installer configuration screen. Then proceed to the next step.

14. The boot device nodes are /dev/sdy which is located at slot 0 and /dev/sdac, located at slot 1. The OS must be installed on one of these two device nodes:

a. At the SLES10 installer configuration screen, select the Change Partitioning option.

b. Select "Create Custom Partition Setup", then "Custom Partitioning (for experts)".

c. Edit the partition table to ensure that you are installing on one of the two possible boot device nodes. By default, SLES10 does NOT choose one of the correct devices for you.

15. You must also ensure that the GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is installed correctly on the boot device by performing the following steps:

a. At the SLES10 installer configuration screen, select the "Expert" tab. This tab must be selected.

b. Navigate to Booting options.

c. Select the Boot Loader Installation tab.

d. Change the Boot Loader Location to /dev/sdy (or /dev/sdac)

e. Click the Boot Loader Installation Details button.

16. Proceed with SLES 10 installation by following the prompts.

Installing SLES 10 Using PXE

The on-board network interface card (NIC) in your Sun Fire X4500 server supports the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) network booting protocol. The system BIOS and network interface BIOS on your server automatically query the network for a DHCP server. If that DHCP server on the network has been configured to support the PXE protocol and PXE image servers on the same network, then the BIOS on your system can be used to install a bootable SUSE image on your server.

Note - PXE is a powerful and convenient solution for setting up a number of Sun Fire X4500 servers so their configuration is identical.

Task Map

To take advantage of RHEL and PXE on your network, you need to perform the following tasks.

Task	Related Sections
Set up your Linux network and PXE server.	Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of SLES
Install RHEL images on that PXE server.	Creating a SLES 10 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server
Configure your server to install from a RHEL image on a PXE server.	Installing SLES 10 From a PXE Server
Update the OS.	Updating the SLES 10 OS

Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of SLES

These procedures describe how to preconfigure your network running SLES 10 software to support PXE installation of SUSE Linux software on your Sun Fire X4500 server. These procedures assume that you already have a bootable server that is running a version of the SLES 10 operating system.

Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation involves the following procedures:

To Copy Files From the Tools and Drivers CD

To Configure a DHCP Server

To Install Portmap

To Configure the TFTP Service

To Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon

To Configure the NFS Service

To Disable the Firewall

To Complete the PXE Pre-Configuration

Required Items

Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation requires the following items:

SLES 10 server equipped with:

CD/DVD drive

USB keyboard

Monitor (optional)

SLES 10 media set

Sun Fire X4500 Tools and Drivers CD

To Copy Files From the Tools and Drivers CD

1. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DHCP/PXE server.

You can also download the driver RPMs from the Sun Fire X4500 web site. The downloads links are at http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4500/support.xml

2. Create a temporary directory to copy the PXE support files to. Enter the following command:

# mkdir /tmp

3. Enter the following commands to copy the files to the /tmp/ directory:

#mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom# cp /mnt/cdrom/linux/pxe/sles10/sles10-pxefiles.tar.gz /tmp/

4. Uncompress and extract the contents of the tar file into the /tmp/ directory. Enter the following command:

# tar -zxf /tmp/sles10-pxefiles.tar.gz

When you extract the file, a directory with all required files is created at /tmp/sles10-pxefiles/.

5. Unmount the CD/DVD by entering the following command:

# umount /mnt/cdrom

6. Remove the Tools and Drivers CD from the server.

To Configure a DHCP Server

1. Power on the server and log in as superuser.

2. Determine whether the DHCP server package is already installed on the server. Enter the following command:

# rpm -qa | grep dhcp-server

3. If the DHCP server package is not listed, install the package using YaST. Enter the following command:

# yast -i dhcp-server

4. Set up your DHCP configuration file (for example, /etc/dhcpd.conf) so that only PXEClient requests receive PXEClient responses.

Add the following entry to the DHCP configuration file (refer to the dhcpd.conf man page for more information).

class “PXE” {match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0,9) = “PXEClient”; option vendor-class-identifier “PXEClinet”; vendor-option-space PXE; next-server n.n.n.n;}

Where n.n.n.n is the IP address of the server.

Note - You can start with a sample DHCP configuration file in the /tmp/sles10-pxefiles directory.Edit the /etc/dhcpd.conf file

5. In the DHCP configuration file, edit the server-identifier entry:

server-identifier n.n.n.n

Where n.n.n.n is the PXE/dhcp server’s IP address.

6. Also in the DHCP configuration file, find the subnet entry fields:

subnet 1.2.3.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

range dynamic-bootp 1.2.3.100 1.2.3.200;

option routers 1.2.3.1;

option broadcast-address 1.2.3.225;

}

Edit the subnet, range, router and broadcast-address entries according to the PXE/dhcp server’s network configuration.

7. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd file and verify that the DHCPD_INTERFACE is set to the interface that is connected to the network you are planning to run the PXE server.

For example, if you are using Ethernet interface 0, the DHCPD_INTERFACE variable would be set as follows:

DHCPD_INTERFACE="eth0"

8. Start the DHCP service. Enter the following command:

# /etc/init.d/dhcpd start

9. Configure the server to always start DHCP. Enter the following command:

# chkconfig dhcpd on

To Install Portmap

1. Determine whether the portmap server package is already installed on the DHCP server. Enter the following command:

# rpm -qa | grep portmap

2. If portmap is not listed, install the package using YaST. Enter the following command:

# yast -i portmap

To Configure the TFTP Service

1. Determine whether the TFTP server package is already installed on the DHCP server. Enter the following command:

# rpm -qa | grep tftp

2. If the TFTP server package is not listed, install the package using YaST. Enter the following command:

# yast -i tftp

3. Edit and save the /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file.

Make the following changes:

Change the -s /tftpboot entry to -v -s /home/pxeboot

Change the disable attribute to no

4. Restart the inetd server. Enter the following command:

# /etc/init.d/xinetd restart

To Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon

Complete the following steps on your DHCP server. The neopxe server is designed for use with a DHCP server that is running on the same system.

1. If a compiler is not installed on the DHCP server, use YaST to install gcc with the following commands:

# yast -i gcc

# yast -i make

2. Install the neopxe boot server daemon onto your system that is your DHCP server. Enter the following commands:

# cd /tmp/sles10-pxefiles/neopxe-0.2.0

# ./configure

# make

# make install

3. Append the path /usr/local/sbin/neopxe to the rc.local file by typing the following command, making sure to use two greater-than signs:

# echo "/usr/local/sbin/neopxe" >> /etc/rc.d/boot.local

4. Copy the PXE Linux image from the /tmp/ directory. Enter the following commands:

# mkdir /home/pxeboot

# cp /tmp/sles10-pxefiles/pxelinux.0 /home/pxeboot

5. Configure the PXE Linux image. Enter the following commands:

# mkdir /home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/

# touch /home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

6. Edit the /usr/local/etc/neopxe.conf configuration file, which is read by neopxe at startup.

If the /usr/local/etc/ directory does not exist, create it with the following command:

# mkdir /usr/local/etc

If you need to create the neopxe.conf file, you can copy it from the /tmp/sles10-pxefiles/neopxe-0.2.0/ directory.

A valid configuration file must have entries for each of the following lines, including at least one service line.

ip_addr=n.n.n.n

prompt=boot-prompt-string

prompt_timeout=timeout

service=service-number,boot-server,boot-file,label

Where:

n.n.n.n is the IP address of your PXE server.

boot-prompt-string is the character string displayed during a network boot that prompts the user to press the F8 key for a boot menu.

timeout is the number of seconds the prompt is displayed before the server defaults to the first service for booting.

service-number is an integer in the range of 1 to 254 that identifies the boot service.

boot-server is the IP address of the boot server for that boot service.

boot-file is the name of the boot file that is read from your /home/pxeboot directory.

label is the text string that is displayed when the boot menu is invoked by pressing the F8 key.

For example:

ip_addr=192.168.0.1

prompt=Press [F8] for menu...

prompt_timeout=10

service=1,192.168.0.1,pxelinux.0,Linux

service=2,192.169.0.1,nbp.unknown,Solaris

Note - Refer to the neopxe.conf man page for more information.

7. Start the neopxe daemon. Enter the following command:

# /usr/local/sbin/neopxe

To Configure the NFS Service

1. Determine whether the NFS service package is already installed on the DHCP server. Enter the following command:

# rpm -qa | grep nfs-utils

2. If the NFS service package is not listed, install the package using YaST. Enter the following command:

# yast -i nfs-utils

3. Edit and save the /etc/exports file to add the following line to it:

/home/pxeboot *(sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,insecure)

4. Start the NFS service. Enter the following command:

# /etc/init.d/nfsserver start

5. Configure the server to always start the NFS service. Enter the following commands:

# chkconfig nfslock on

# chkconfig nfsserver on

Note - If you are using a DNS server, verify that DNS entries exist for the range of addresses defined in the PXE subnet dynamic-bootp entry in the dhcpd.conf file. If you are not using a DNS server, edit the /etc/hosts file to add the range of host addresses found in the PXE subnet dynamic-bootp entry in the dhcpd.conf file.

To Disable the Firewall

If a firewall is enabled on your PXE/DHCP server, you must disable it before attempting to install a PXE image onto the client system.

Caution - Network security vulnerability. When you disable the firewall protection on the system that is your PXE server, the security of the data on that server cannot be ensured. If this server is networked outside of your local intranet, be sure to re-enable the firewall after downloading software to PXE clients.

1. Execute the YaST command. Enter the following command:

yast

2. Select Security & Users.

3. Select Firewall.

Select none to disable the firewall for all network interfaces.

Select specific interfaces to enable the firewall on those only.

To Complete the PXE Pre-Configuration

When you have completed all the previous configuration steps, do the following.

1. Reboot the PXE/DHCP server.

Proceed to the next section, Creating a SLES 10 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server.

Creating a SLES 10 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server

To transfer the SLES 10 PXE files for installation you must:

Create a SLES 10 image on your PXE server

Set up and copy SLES 10 software to a directory

Set up the PXE files

You are then ready to install SLES 10 from your PXE server.

To Create a SLES 10 Image on Your PXE Server

1. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the CD/DVD drive.

2. Copy the PXE support files from the Tools and Drivers CD into the /tmp directory by entering the following commands:

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

# cp -a /mnt/cdrom/linux/pxe/sles10/sles10-pxefiles.tar.gz /tmp

# cp /mnt/cdrom/linux/drivers/sles10/driverupdate.iso /tmp

# cd /tmp

# tar xfz sles10-pxefiles.tar.gz

# umount /mnt/cdrom

Set Up and Copy SLES 10 Software to a Directory

The following steps explain how to create the directory setup containing SLES 10 files for PXE installation.

Note - You can use a different target directory than the /home/pxeboot/sles10/ directory shown. The examples in this procedure use this directory.

1. Create the directory to hold the SLES 10:

# mkdir -p /home/pxeboot/sles10/CD{1,2,3,4}

2. Insert SLES 10 CD 1 into your server and copy its content to your PXE server:

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles10/CD1/

# umount /mnt/cdrom

3. Remove SLE S10 CD 1 from the server.

4. Repeat the above procedure for copying CD 2, 3 and 4 to their corresponding directories in /home/pxeboot/sles10/ as given below:

# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles10/CD2/

# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles10/CD3/

# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles10/CD4/

5. Copy the Driver Update image containing the Marvell SATA Controller driver to the target directory. Note that the file must be named "driverupdate", without the '.iso' extension. Enter the command:

# cp /tmp/driverupdate.iso /home/pxeboot/sles10/CD1/driverupdate

Set Up PXE Files

1. Copy the autoinst.xml file from the /tmp/sles10/ directory to the root of the PXE image:

# cp /tmp/sles10/autoinst.xml /home/pxeboot/sles10/

2. On your PXE server, modify and save the file home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to add the following entry to it:

Note - Enter the text block from “append” through “autoinst.xml” below as one continuous line with no returns.

default sles10

label sles10

kernel sles10/CD1/boot/x86_64/loader/linux

append textmode=1 initrd=sles10/CD1/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd

install=nfs://n.n.n.n/home/pxeboot/sles10/CD1

autoyast=nfs://n.n.n.n/home/pxeboot/sles10/autoinst.xml

Where n.n.n.n is the IP address of the server.

Installing SLES 10 From a PXE Server

This procedure describes the final step of installing the SLES 10 boot image onto your Sun Fire X4500 server.

Before You Begin

Before you configure your server to install SUSE Linux from a PXE server, you need to have:

Configured your Linux network to support a PXE server. See Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of SLES.

Installed a SLES 10 image on that Linux PXE server. See Creating a SLES 10 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server.

To Install SLES 10 From a PXE Server

1. Connect the PXE client to the same network as the PXE server.

2. Power on the PXE client and press F12 to select network boot.

3. When you are prompted at the boot: prompt, enter in the label you gave the image when you install the SLES 10 image on the PXE server (sles10 in the example above).

4. To configure your SLES 10 Linux server, refer to the Installation and Administration guide on SLES 10 CD 1.

5. Perform an Online Software Update to update the OS files as described in Updating the SLES 10 OS.

Updating the SLES 10 OS

The OS installation media shipped with your distribution of SLES 10 software might not contain the most up-to-date versions of the SUSE software. It is possible that there have been updates to the SLES 10 software. This procedure describes how to update the SUSE OS software on your Sun Fire server after you have installed it from a PXE server or from distribution CDs.

To Update the SLES 10 OS

1. Log in as the superuser.

2. Enter the following command to run the YaST Online Update:

# you

Note - YaST can operate in both text and graphical modes. These directions apply to both.

3. If you are behind a network firewall and need to use a Proxy server in order to access the internet, you must first configure YaST with the correct Proxy information.

a. Select the ’Network Services’ tab on the left, then the ’Proxy’ screen on the right. Enter the correct proxy URLs in both the HTTP and HTTPS fields.

Note - In order for the online update service to function correctly through a network HTTP proxy, the following additional configuration step must be performed.

b. Exit the YaST utility and run the following command:

rug set-prefs proxy-url Proxy URL

where Proxy URL is the fully qualified URL of your proxy server (for example: http://proxy.yourdomain:3128/).

c. After successfully running the command, launch YaST again.

4. Register with the Novell Customer Center. Select the ’Software’ tab on the left, then select ’Novell Customer Center Configuration’ and follow the directions.

You need your Novell Customer Center username and password, and a SLES 10 product activation code.

5. Once registered, select the ’Online Update’ tab to perform the software update.

Updating the SLES SCSI Drivers

You may need to update the SLES SCSI drivers. You can find a list of the most recent drivers, and instructions for installing them, in the linux/drivers directory of your Tools and Drivers CD.

Note - If you use SIA to install your OS, it installs the correct drivers automatically.