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Hardware Installation and Product Notes
Sun Fire X4640 Server Front and Back Panel Features and Components
Installing the Server Hardware
Removing the Server From the Rack
Getting Service for Your Server
Sun Fire X4640 Server Specifications
Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console
Setting Up Your Operating System
Overview of the Sun Fire X4640 Server Product Notes
Supported Software and Firmware
Solaris Operating System Issues
Windows Operating System Issues
VMware ESX and VMware ESXi Issues
Sun Installation Assistant Issues
MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) Issues
Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Issues
Introduction to Sun Installation Assistant
Getting Started With Sun Installation Assistant
Starting SIA and Preparing for Deployment or Recovery Tasks
Using SIA to Upgrade System Firmware
Using SIA to Recover a Service Processor
Performing an SIA PXE-Based Attended Installation
Performing an SIA PXE-Based Unattended Installation
Observing an SIA PXE-Based Unattended Installation
Creating a Bootable SIA USB Flash Drive
Identifying a Linux Boot Device on a Sun Fire X4500 Server
Introduction to Solaris OS and OpenSolaris Installation
Installing the Solaris 10 Operating System
Installing the OpenSolaris Operating System
Booting From OS Distribution Media
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS
Introduction to Linux Installation
Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Installing and Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE Installation
Booting From OS Distribution Media
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration
Introduction to Windows Installation
Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)
Getting Started With Windows Server 2008 Installation
Selecting a Media Delivery Method
Installing Windows Server 2008
Updating Critical Drivers and Installing Supplemental Software
Incorporating Sun Fire Drivers Into a WIM Image
Identifying Network Interfaces in Windows
Introduction to ESX Installation
How to Obtain VMware Installation and Administration Documentation
How to Identify the Network Interface
How to Obtain an Image of the Installation File
Installing VMware ESXi 4.0 Installable
How to Obtain VMware Installation and Administration Documentation
How to Obtain an Image of the Installation File
How to Install VMware ESXi 4.0 Installable
How to Update VMware ESXi 4.0 Installable
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
Administration, Diagnostics, and Service
Overview of the ILOM Supplement
Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console
Using ILOM to Monitor the Host
Overview of the Diagnostics Guide
Introduction to System Diagnostics
Using the ILOM to Monitor the Host
Using SunVTS Diagnostics Software
Creating a Data Collector Snapshot
Sun Fire X4640 Server Service Manual Overview
Controlling Power and Performing Hardware Reset
Removing and Installing Components
Configuring the System Using the BIOS Setup Utilities
The installation of VMware ESX4 includes the following tasks.
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Note - This procedure shows how to install VMware ESX4 locally, from a DVD/CD-ROM drive. You can also install it remotely, using the remote console. This allows you to install it from a DVD/CD-ROM, or an equivalent ISO image. While the steps are similar, there are some differences. See Connecting to the System Console in Sun ILOM 3.0 Supplement for the Sun Fire X4640 Server for details.
VMware supports other booting options. See the VMware documentation for details.
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