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Sun Fire X4800 Server Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems Sun Fire X4800 Server Documentation |
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Introduction to Linux Installation
Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant
Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Task Overview
Obtaining Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS
How to Erase Your Boot Hard Disk
Selecting a Media Delivery Method
Local Installation By Accessing the Console Using the Serial or Video Port
Remote Installation By Accessing the Console Using ILOM
Installing Oracle Linux from Distribution Media
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Installing RHEL From Distribution Media
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Installing SLES From Distribution Media
Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE Installation
How to Install and Configure a DHCP Server for PXE
How to Install Portmap on Your PXE Server
How to Configure the TFTP Service on Your PXE Server
How to Configure PXELINUX on Your PXE Server
How to Configure the NFS Service on Your PXE Server
How to Disable the Firewall for SUSE Linux
How to Disable the Firewall for Oracle or Red Hat Enterprise Linux
How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Oracle Linux
How to Create a PXE Installation Image for RHEL
How to Create a PXE Installation Image for SLES
How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Oracle VM
How to Install Linux From a PXE Server
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration
How to Identify Installed Network Ports
How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing Oracle Linux or RHEL
How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing SLES
The Linux preboot execution environment (PXE) can be used to boot your server from a network interface instead of local storage. For OS installation, booting the target server from a PXE-based OS distribution image is like booting from a DVD except that the media is on the network. To use PXE, you need to setup the necessary network infrastructure:
DHCP server running Linux and configured for PXE booting. In the example listed in this section, the DHCP server will also be the PXE server.
TFTP server that supports PXE boot. The PXE boot images will be located on the TFTP server. In the example listed in this section, the DHCP server will act as the PXE server with TFTP running on it as a service.
PXELINUX installed on the PXE server
PXE image on the PXE server. In the example listed in this section, the image will be Linux OS distribution installation media which will be used to do a remote OS installation on the PXE client.
PXE client (also called the “target system”) with a network interface card that supports network booting. The client will boot over the network using a PXE image.
Note - Your PXE network must be running IPv4 networking (IPv6 is not support PXE network booting).
The onboard network interface card (NIC) in your 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 you can use PXE to boot and install a supported version of Linux (Oracle Linux or SLES) on your server.
Proceed to How to Install and Configure a DHCP Server for PXE.