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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
Solaris OS Installation Overview
Where to Find Solaris 10 Information
Installing the OpenSolaris Operating System
OpenSolaris OS Installation Overview
How to Install Support Repository Updates
Booting From OS Distribution Media
How to Boot From OS Media Locally
How to Boot From OS Distribution Media or ISO File Remotely
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation
How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS
How to Configure the Serial Port
How to Erase Your Boot Hard Disk
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
Installing VMware ESXi 4.0 Installable
Booting From OS Distribution Media
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS
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
Installing the OS requires you to view the system console output. This can appear on both the serial port and the video port.
Note - This topic describes the default video and serial port outputs. Other settings, including console commands and GRUB menu selections, can change this behavior.
Your server is equipped with a serial port and a video port.
Serial Port – From the moment you start the SP until the OS assumes control of the display, all output appears on the serial port.
There are two ways to connect to the serial port:
Physically, by connecting a cable to the serial port. See How to Configure the Serial Port.
Virtually, by configuring an SSH connection to the SP, then by issuing the start /SP/console command. See Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console in Sun Fire X4640 Server Installation Guide for more details.
Video Port – After the SP startup is complete, the system begins POST/BIOS, and displays all output on the video port. This continues until the OS assumes control of the display. Most OS configurations continue to display information on the video port.
There are two ways to connect to the video port:
Physically, by connecting a DB9 cable to the video port on the server. See Installing the Server Hardware in Sun Fire X4640 Server Installation Guide.
Virtually, by starting a JavaRConsole session. See Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console in Sun Fire X4640 Server Installation Guide.
Other settings can affect this behavior. They include console commands, ILOM settings, and GRUB settings for operating systems that include a GRUB.