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Introduction to Linux Installation
Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Overview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation
Installing RHEL From Distribution Media
Installing and Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Introduction to Installing SLES From Distribution Media
How to Install SLES From Distribution Media
Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE Installation
How to Copy Files from the Tools and Drivers CD
How to Install and Configure a DHCP Server
How to Install Portmap on Your DHCP Server
How to Configure the TFTP Service on Your DHCP Server
How to Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon
How to Configure the NFS Service on Your PXE Server
How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Red Hat Linux
Creating a PXE Image for SUSE Linux
How to Install RHEL and SUSE Linux From a PXE Server
Booting From OS Distribution Media
How to Boot From OS Media Locally
How to Boot From OS Distribution Media or ISO File Remotely
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS
Accessing the Server Output During Installation
How to Configure the Serial Port
How to Erase Your Boot Hard Disk
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration
SUSE Linux - How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing the OS
RHEL - How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing the OS
The following tasks can be performed using SIA:
Note - The available tasks are server-dependent and may vary.
Upgrade your system BIOS, ILOM service processor firmware, and installed storage device firmware to the latest version (regardless of the OS on your server).
Perform an assisted installation of a supported Linux operating system. SIA installs appropriate drivers and platform-specific software, eliminating the need to create a separate driver disk. You provide the licensed OS distribution media (from CD or network image file) and the SIA wizard guides you through the installation.
Note - As of the release of this document, SIA can not be used to install Windows Server 2008 R2. You will need to perform a manual installation of Windows as described in this document.
Update your SIA session with the latest firmware and drivers from Sun.