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Installing the Solaris  Operating System
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This chapter provides instructions for installing the Solaris 10 5/09 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS) on a Sun Blade X6275 server module.
There are three methods for installing the Solaris 10 OS onto your server. They include:
This chapter contains the following sections:
The following list provides an outline of the installation procedure, including prerequisites. See the actual procedures for installation details.
1. Verify that you have the correct hardware. You need:
iv. Dongle connector to plug into the front slot of the server module.
2. Obtain a copy of the Solaris 10 distribution media from the Solaris CD/DVD, equivalent ISO file, or network repository.
3. Install the OS. See the following:
4. Patch and update the OS. See the following:
Solaris provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for installing and configuring the operating system. Whether you are using a CD/DVD to install Solaris from a locally attached CD/DVD drive or from an ISO file on a remote CD/DVD drive attached via RKVM, the installation procedure is fundamentally the same.
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If you are using a CD/DVD drive connected to the USB:
a. Connect the USB CD/DVD drive into the USB port of the dongle.
b. Insert the Solaris OS distribution CD/DVD into the CD/DVD drive connected to the server module.
If you are using a RKVM, mount the CD/DVD drive or an equivalent ISO image using RKVM, as described in Using a Remote Control Application (RKVM).
For additional information about how to set up the install media, see Installing an OS onto a Sun Blade X6275 Server Module.
a. Press F8 during POST to access the BBS pop-up menu.
b. Select the CD/DVD drive from the boot list.
The server boots from the selected media and displays a boot: menu.
3. At the boot prompt, select one of the following:
4. Refer to the Installation Guide to guide you through the remainder of the installation process.
| Note - Make sure your installation includes the development tools. You will need them later to install the drivers. |
5. Update the operating system.
See Updating Solaris.
The following procedure describes how to boot the Solaris operating system installation from a PXE network environment.
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1. Download the Sun Blade X6275 Solaris driver package from the Sun web site:
http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/downloads.jsp
2. Connect the PXE client to the same network as the PXE server, and power on the PXE client.
The PXE client is the target Sun Blade X6275 server module to which you are installing the software.
3. During the BIOS POST, press the F8 key and select the nic interface of your choice.
The PXE client connects to the PXE server and attempts to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server.
4. At the boot: prompt, type the label you gave the image when you installed the Solaris OS image onto the PXE server.
The install image is downloaded onto the target Sun Blade X6275 server module.
5. Follow the system prompts to install or configure your operating system.
6. Update the operating system files.
See Updating Solaris.
To update Solaris by downloading the appropriate firmware or patches for your system, go to this web site:
http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/downloads.jsp
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1. Download the patch to host from www.sun.com.
2. Open a terminal window and change directories to the location to which the patch was saved.
3. Type: patchadd -d . pkgname
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