C H A P T E R 5 |
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 |
This chapter comprises the following sections:
Note - If you want to make the operating system boot drive part of a mirrored RAID configuration, the recommended procedure is to configure the RAID volume before you install the OS. To configure RAID volumes using your the server’s internal disk drives, see Appendix A. |
If you have installed the SLES 9 operating system (OS) on other x86-based servers, you are already familiar with how to install Linux on your Sun Fire X4600 server. The most common methods to install SLES 9 on your server are:
Note - The minimum supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) version is SLES 9 Service Pack 3 (SP3). |
Before you install SLES 9 Linux on your server, consult the following SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 documentation:
Consult the following table to determine which procedures documented in this chapter are relevant to the installation task(s) that you need to perform.
Install SLES 9 and SLES 9 SP3 from local or remote CD drive. |
Installing SLES 9 From Distribution Media. or Installing SLES 9 Using the Remote Console Application |
Install SLES 9 SP3 from an image stored on a networked system. |
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Before you install SUSE Linux from CD, or from the network, you need to gather information about your system and your local area network.
Although you can install SLES 9 SP3 operating system (OS) from a local CD, remote CD, or the network, you will need to collect some information about your system before you proceed with any one of these installation.
The server ships with a CD/DVD-ROM device. However, an external CD/DVD-ROM device can also be used.
Before installing SLES 9 on your server, verify or collect the following:
If you want to mirror the volume that includes your operating system, the recommended procedure is to create a hardware RAID before you install the OS. To configure RAID volumes using your the server’s internal disk drives, see Appendix A.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 (SLES 9 SP3) provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for installing and configuring the operating system. Whether you are using Distribution CDs to install SUSE Linux from a locally attached CD drive or from a remote CD drive attached via KVMS, the installation procedure is fundamentally the same.
Installation from distribution media requires the following items:
Note - The server ships with a DVD-ROM device. However, an external CD-ROM device can also be used. |
To Perform a Basic Installation From Local CD/DVD Drive |
1. Insert the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 CD 1 (or the DVD) into your local CD/DVD drive.
Note - During the installation process, you will be prompted to swap Distribution CDs and to remove media before reboots. Follow the prompts. |
SUSE Linux boots from the Distribution CD. The graphical boot loader displays several boot options.
Note - You can change the video resolution of the installer by pressing the corresponding Function key on your keyboard displayed on the selection menu. |
3. Follow the installation instructions provided with the SLES 9 Installation Guide to complete installation of the system software.
This topic explains how to install the SLES 9 OS on your Sun Fire X4600 server using the ILOM Remote Console application.
To Install SLES 9 Using the ILOM Remote Console Application |
1. Locate your SLES 9 installation CD or the equivalent iso images.
Note - The Remote Console application can redirect iso images. |
2. Connect to the ILOM Service Processor web interface.
See the topic that describes how to log in to and out of the Sun ILOM web interface in the Integrated Lights-Out Manager (ILOM) documentation.
3. Click the Remote Control tab, then the Mouse Mode Settings tab.
4. If necessary, change the mouse mode to Relative Mouse Mode.
See Integrated Lights-Out Manager (ILOM) documentation.
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.
From the JavaRConsole Devices menu, you can redirect the CD in two ways:
Note - Diskette redirection is also available through the JavaRConsole. See the ILOM documentation 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.
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 SLES 9 installation menu appears, use arrow keys to select Installation. Do not press Enter.
Note - Make this selection quickly before another value (the default) executes. |
a. (Optional) Press F2 to change the display resolution to 1024x768.
This is the default display resolution for the Remote Console application.
13. Press ENTER to continue with the installation.
SLES 9 prompts you for the driver disk.
14. Switch back to the SLES 9 installation CD-1 (from the SLES 9 base media set) or iso image-1 when SLES 9 installation program prompts you to insert CD-1 into the drive.
Note - If SLES 9 indicates at this point that there is not enough memory for graphical installation and that you must use text-based installation, use Tab keys to navigate options. |
15. Proceed with SLES 9 installation as usual.
The most common methods to install SLES 10 on your server are:
You can find help in installing SUSE Linux on your server from the following locations:
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.
Install SLES 10 from local or remote CD/DVD drive or PXE server. |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for installing and configuring the operating system. 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.
To Install SLES 10 From Distribution Media |
2. Press F8 and select CDROM when prompted.
3. Insert the SLES 10 CD 1 into your local CD/DVD drive.
4. Follow the installation instructions provided with the SLES 10 Installation Guide to complete the installation of the system software.
This topic explains how to install the SLES 10 OS on your Sun Fire X4600 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 interface.
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” information in the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) documentation for further instructions.
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.
From the JavaRConsole Devices menu, you can redirect the CD in two ways:
Note - Floppy diskette redirection is also available through the JavaRConsole. See the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) documentation for more details. |
10. Turn on the server using the ILOM web interface.
11. Set up the BIOS as follows:
a. Press CTRL-E to enter BIOS Setup Utility.
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 SLES 10 installation menu appears, use arrow keys to select Installation and press Enter.
13. Proceed with SLES 10 installation as usual.
These procedures describe how to preconfigure your network running SLES 9 or 10 software to support PXE installation of SUSE Linux software on your Sun Fire X4600 and the Sun Fire X4600 M2 server. These procedures assume that you already have a bootable server that is running a version of the SLES 9 operating system.
Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation involves the following procedures:
Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation requires the following items:
This section describes how to copy the PXE support files, which are required for PXE configurations, from the Tools and Drivers CD. You can also download the driver RPMs from the Sun Fire X4600 and the Sun Fire X4600 M2 web site. The downloads links are available at:
http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4600/support.xml
1. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DHCP/PXE server.
2. Create a temporary directory to copy the PXE support files to. Enter the following command:
3. Mount the CD-ROM drive. Enter the command:
4. Depending on your OS version, enter the following commands to copy the files to the /tmp/ directory:
# cp /mnt/cdrom/linux/pxe/sles9sp3-pxefiles.tar.gz /tmp/
# cp /mnt/cdrom/linux/pxe/sles10-pxefiles.tar.gz /tmp/
5. Depending on your OS version, uncompress and extract the contents of the tar file into the /tmp/ directory. Enter the following command:
# tar -zxf /tmp/sles9sp3-pxefiles.tar.gz
# tar -zxf /tmp/sles10-pxefiles.tar.gz
When you extract the file, a directory with all required files is created at /tmp/slesX-pxefiles/. Where X is your OS version (9 or 10).
6. Unmount the CD/DVD by entering the following command:
7. Remove the Tools and Drivers CD from the server.
Complete the following steps on the server that will be your 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:
3. If the DHCP server package is not listed, install the package using YaST. Enter the following command:
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/sles9-pxefiles or /tmp/sles10-pxefiles directory. |
5. In the DHCP configuration file, edit the server-identifier entry:
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 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:
8. Start the DHCP service. Enter the following command:
9. Configure the server to always start DHCP. Enter the following command:
Complete the following steps on your DHCP server.
1. Determine whether the portmap server package is already installed on the server. Enter the following command:
2. If portmap is not listed, install the package using YaST. Enter the following command:
Complete the following steps on your DHCP server.
1. Determine whether the TFTP server package is already installed on the server. Enter the following command:
2. If the TFTP server package is not listed, install the package using YaST. Enter the following command:
3. Edit and save the /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file.
4. Restart the inetd server. Enter the following command:
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 server, use YaST to install gcc with the following commands:
2. Install the neopxe boot server daemon onto your system that is your DHCP server. Depending on your OS version, enter the following command:
# cd /tmp/sles9sp3-pxefiles/neopxe-0.2.0
# cd /tmp/sles10-pxefiles/neopxe-0.2.0
3. Next, enter the following commands:
4. 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
5. Copy the PXE Linux image from the /tmp/ directory. Enter the following commands:
6. Depending on your OS version, enter the following command:
# cp /tmp/sles9sp3-pxefiles/pxelinux.0 /home/pxeboot
# cp /tmp/sles10-pxefiles/pxelinux.0 /home/pxeboot
7. Configure the PXE Linux image. Enter the following commands:
# mkdir /home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/
# touch /home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
8. 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:
If you need to create the neopxe.conf file, you can copy it from the /tmp/slesX-pxefiles/neopxe-0.2.0/ directory. Where X is the OS version (9 or 10).
A valid configuration file must have entries for each of the following lines, including at least one service line.
service=service-number,boot-server,boot-file,label
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. |
9. Start the neopxe daemon. Enter the following command:
Complete the following steps on your DHCP server.
1. Determine whether the NFS service package is already installed on the server. Enter the following command:
2. If the NFS service package is not listed, install the package using YaST. Enter the following command:
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:
5. Configure the server to always start the NFS service. Enter the following commands:
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.
1. Execute the YaST command. Enter the following command:
The network interface card (NIC) in your Sun Fire X4600 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. PXE is a powerful and convenient solution for setting up a number of Sun Fire X4600 servers so their configuration is identical.
To take advantage of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLSE 9), Service Pack 3 (SP3) and PXE on your network, you need to perform the following tasks.
Creating a SLES 9 Service Pack PXE Install Image on the PXE Server. |
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Configure your server to boot from or to install from an SLES 9 SP3 image on a PXE server. |
This procedure describes how to create a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) install image on the same server that is your DHCP server, so that it will also act as your PXE server. The PXE server provides the operating system files to your PXE client.
Before you install a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 (SLES 9 SP3) image on your PXE server, you must configure your Linux network to support PXE images. See Prerequisites for PXE Installation of SLES 9 and SLES 10 for instructions on how to preconfigure your network to support PXE installations of SLES 9 SP3.
The PXE installation procedure requires the following items:
To Create a SLES 9 Service Pack PXE Install Image on the PXE Server |
This section covers creating the PXE installation image, setting up and copying the SLES 9 software to a directory, and creating links to the PXE files.
Follow these steps to create a PXE install image on the PXE server.
1. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DVD-ROM drive.
Note - For installing SLES 9 SP3, both the SLES 9 base media set and the SLES 9 SP3 media set are required. |
2. Set up the directory structure that will hold the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 software. Enter the following commands:
# mkdir -p /home/pxeboot/sles9/sles9/CD1
# mkdir -p /home/pxeboot/sles9/core9/CD{1,2,3,4,5}
Note - You can use a different target directory than the /home/pxeboot/sles9/ directory shown. The examples in this procedure use this directory. |
3. Copy the contents of SLES 9 base CD 1 to /home/pxeboot/sles9/sles9/CD1
4. Insert SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 1 into your server and copy its contents to your PXE server. Enter the following commands:
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles9/sles9/CD1
5. Remove SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 1 from the server after you type the following command:
6. Repeat the above procedure for copying CD media contents to corresponding directories in /home/pxeboot/sles9/core9 as given below. (Please note the contents of CD2 should be copied to directory CD1, contents of CD3 should be copied to directory CD2 and so on).
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles9/core9/CD1
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles9/core9/CD2
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles9/core9/CD3
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles9/core9/CD4
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles9/core9/CD5
a. Create directories for SLES 9 SP3 CDs by executing the following commands.
# mkdir /home/pxeboot/sles9/sles9-sp3/CD{1,2,3}
b. Copy the contents of SLES 9 SP3 CD 1 to /home/pxeboot/sles9/sles9-sp3/CD1
7. Insert SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 CD 1 into your server and copy its contents to your PXE server.Enter the following commands:
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles9/sles9-sp3/CD1
8. Remove SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 CD 1 from the server after you type the following command:
9. Repeat for SLES 9 SP3 CD 2 and CD 3 by entering the commands:
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom /home/pxeboot/sles9/sles9-sp3/CD2
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom /home/pxeboot/sles9/sles9-sp3/CD3
1. Create symbol links by executing the following commands. Enter the following commands:
# ln -s ./sles9-sp3/CD1/boot ./boot.sp3
# ln -s ./sles9/CD1/control.xml .
# ln -s ./sles9-sp3/CD1/driverupdate .
# ln -s ./sles9-sp3/CD1/boot/loader/initrd .
# ln -s ./sles9-sp3/CD1/boot/loader/linux .
2. Set up the appropriate content and instorder files. Enter the following commands:
# cp /tmp/sles9sp3-pxefiles/order yast/
# cp /tmp/sles9sp3-pxefiles/instorder yast/
3. Copy the autoyast.xml file from the /tmp/sles9sp3-pxefiles/ directory to the root of the PXE image. Enter the following command:
# cp /tmp/sles9sp3-pxefiles/autoyast.xml /home/pxeboot/sles9/
4. On your PXE server, modify and save the file /home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to add the following entries:
Note - Type the text block from append through autoyast.xml as one continuous line with no returns. |
append textmode=1 initrd=sles9/initrd install=
nfs://n.n.n.n/home/pxeboot/sles9
autoyast=nfs://n.n.n.n/home/pxeboot/sles9/autoyast.xml
Where n.n.n.n is the IP address of your PXE server.
Note - For console-based installations, add console=ttyS0,9600 to the append line. |
This procedure describes how to configure your Sun Fire X4600 server to initiate the request to download the boot image file from the PXE/DHCP server and how to install the SLES 9 SP3 boot image onto your Sun Fire X4600 server.
Before you configure your server to install SUSE Linux from a PXE server, you need to have done the following:
To Install a SLES 9 SP3 Image From a PXE Server |
1. Connect the PXE client to the same network as the PXE server, and power on the PXE client.
The PXE client is the target Sun Fire X4600 server to which you are installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 software.
2. When the PXE client prompts you for a network boot, press the F12 key.
The PXE client connects to the PXE server and attempts to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server.
3. Press the F8 key to begin the downloading of the PXE boot image.
4. At the boot: prompt, type in the label you gave the image when you installed a SUSE image on the PXE server.
The SLES 9 SP3 install image downloads onto the target Sun Fire X4600 server.
5. To configure the Linux operating system for your server, refer to the manual that is shipped with your SLES 9 media kit.
6. Update the operating system files.
See Updating the SLES 9 or 10 Operating System.
Before you perform the procedures in this section, you must have configured your Linux network to support a PXE server (see Prerequisites for PXE Installation of SLES 9 and SLES 10).
The two procedures in this section are:
The PXE installation procedure requires the following items:
To transfer the SLES 10 PXE files for installation you must perform these tasks:
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 DVD-ROM drive.
2. Copy the PXE support files from the Tools and Drivers CD into the /tmp directory by typing the following commands:
# cp -a /mnt/cdrom/support/pxeboot/sles10-pxefiles.tar.gz /tmp
To 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. Set up the directory structure that will hold the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. Type:
# mkdir -p /home/pxeboot/sles10/CD{1,2,3,4}
2. Insert SLES 1 0CD 1 into your server and copy its content to your PXE server. Type:
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles10/CD1/
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/
To Set Up PXE Files |
1. Copy the autoinst.xml file from the /tmp/sles10/ directory to the root of the PXE image. Type:
# 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 - Type the text block from “append” through “autoinst.xml” below as one continuous line with no returns. |
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
This procedure describes the final step of installing the SLES 10 boot image onto your Sun Fire X4600 or X4600 M2 server. Before proceeding with this procedure you must have done the following:
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,. type 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 operating system files.
The SLES operating system installation media might not contain the most up-to-date versions of the SUSE software. This procedure describes how to update the SLES OS on your server after you have installed it from a PXE server or distribution CDs.
To Update Your SLES Operating System |
2. Enter the following command to run the YaST Online Update:
Note that 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 on-line 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 will need your Novell Customer Center username and password, as well as a SLES product activation code.
5. Once registered, select the ’Online Update’ tab to perform the software update.
To Update the SLES SCSI Drivers: |
1. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD your Sun Fire X4600 or X4600 M2 server
2. Mount it onto the directory /mnt
3. Enter the following commands:
For example for SLES 10 SP1 and SP2, 64-bit:
# rpm -ivh mptlinux-4.00.43.00-1-sles10.x86_64.rpm
Note - Check the /linux/drivers directory on your Tools and Drivers CD for the specific driver file name for your operating system. |
4. Installation of the new drivers is now complete. Reboot the server for the changes to take effect. Enter:
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