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Preface

This guide contains instructions for installing Solaristrademark, Linux and VMware® ESX Server operating systems onto the Sun Firetrademark X4600 and Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers.

For information on installing Windows operating systems, see the Sun Fire X4600 Windows OS Installation Guide or the Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers Windows OS Installation Guide.

For product updates that you can download for the Sun Fire X4600 or Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers, please visit the following Web site:

http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4600

Select the Support tab and then review the section on Downloads.

This site contains updates for firmware and drivers, as well as CD-ROM .iso images.

Related Documentation

For a description of the document set for the Sun Fire X4600 server, see the Where To Find Documentation sheet that is packed with your system and also posted at the product's documentation site. Go to the following URL, then navigate to your product.

http://docs.sun.com

For documentation pertaining to the Sun Fire X4600 and the Sun Fire X4600 M2 server, go to the following:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4600m2

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4600

Translated versions of some of these documents are available on the web site described above in French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. English documentation is revised more frequently and might be more up-to-date than the translated documentation.

For all Sun hardware documentation, go to the following URL:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/

For Solaris and other software documentation, go to the following URL:

http://docs.sun.com

Using UNIX Commands

This document does not contain information about basic UNIX® commands and procedures, such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:

http://docs.sun.com

Third-Party Web Sites

Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.

Typographic Conventions


Typeface[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; onscreen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with onscreen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.


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http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback

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