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Using This Documentation

Hardware Installation

Operating System Installation

Oracle Solaris Operating System

Introduction to Oracle Solaris OS Installation

Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS

How to Erase Your Boot Hard Disk

Creating a Virtual Disk

How to Create a Virtual Disk

How to Set the Boot Drive

Solaris OS Installation Tasks

Choosing an Installation Method

Obtaining Solaris 10 Documentation

Obtaining Solaris 11 Express Documentation

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris 10 OS Installation

How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names

Administration, Diagnostics, and Service

Index

Choosing an Installation Method

Caution

Caution - The Sun Fire X4800 server supports only 64–bit Solaris installations. 32–bit installations are not supported.


Your server supports the following Solaris OS installation methods:


Note - The Solaris OS provides additional programs for installation, such as booting over a wide area network (WAN), but your server supports only those methods listed in this document.


The following table describes installation methods available for installing the Solaris OS.

Method
Description
Instructions
Boot from the preinstalled image.
Depending on your configuration, a Solaris OS image might be preinstalled on a hard drive.
Install from DVD or CD-ROM media.

Solaris 11 Express can also be installed from USB media using a special .usb image file.

Use the Solaris Installation Program on the CD or DVD media to install one server interactively.
Follow the instructions for x86 installation.
Install from the network by using PXE.

Caution

Caution - When you install the Solaris 10 OS from a PXE server, the netboot environment must be configured to use the 64–bit kernel. You can do this by changing the PXE boot menu to include amd64 on the kernel and module lines. For details, refer to the Solaris 10 10/09 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations or the Solaris 10 9/10 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installationsin the Solaris 10 Operating System documentation collection.


You need to use PXE to install the Solaris OS over the network when there is a need for automated installation.

To boot over the network by using PXE, you need to set up an installation server and a DHCP server, and configure the BIOS on each server to boot from the network.

Follow the instructions for an x86 PXE installation.
Use a serial console to install the Solaris OS in a PXE-based network installation.
Follow the instructions for an x86 PXE installation.
Boot the Solaris OS on your server without a hard drive. Use this method with a PXE-based network installation.
Follow the instructions for an x86 PXE installation.

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