About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
Introduction to Sun Installation Assistant
Getting Started With Sun Installation Assistant
Supported Servers and SIA Media Availability
Starting SIA and Preparing for Deployment or Recovery Tasks
Local and Remote Media Options
How to Start SIA and Prepare for Tasks Using Local or Remote Media
How to Create a RAID Volume Using SIA
How to Delete a RAID Volume Using SIA
How to Install Windows With SIA Using Local or Remote Media
How to Install Linux With SIA Using Local or Remote Media
Using SIA to Upgrade System Firmware
How to Upgrade the System BIOS and ILOM Firmware
How to Upgrade Expander Firmware
Using SIA to Recover a Service Processor
How to Recover a Service Processor
Performing an SIA PXE-Based Attended Installation
Obtain the SIA PXE Image Files
How to Create the SIA Image and Prepare for PXE Boot
How to Boot SIA From a PXE Server for an Attended Installation
Performing an SIA PXE-Based Unattended Installation
Obtain the SIA PXE Image Files
Contents of the SIA State File
How to Prepare for an Unattended SIA Installation of Linux
How to Prepare for an Unattended SIA Installation of Windows Server
How to Prepare for an Unattended SIA Firmware Upgrade
How to Create the SIA Image and Prepare for PXE Boot
How to Boot SIA From a PXE Server and Perform an Unattended Installation
Observing an SIA PXE-Based Unattended Installation
Set Up Passwords for Root and Virtual Access
Using a Virtual Console or Secure Shell (SSH) Connection
Debugging Unattended Installation Problems
Creating a Bootable SIA USB Flash Drive
Setting BIOS Parameters and Booting Off the SIA USB Flash Drive
Identifying a Linux Boot Device on a Sun Fire X4500 Server
How to Identify a Linux Boot Device on a Sun Fire X4500 Server
How to Install Service Tags in Linux
SIA versions 2.3 through 2.4 provides the following features and benefits:
Multiple media options. SIA is available on a variety of bootable media. You can boot SIA from either a local drive attached to the server (CD/DVD or USB flash drive), a remote redirected network drive (virtual CD-ROM or ISO image), or from an image available on your PXE network environment.
SIA update option that updates the SIA software from the Oracle download site to ensure your SIA session has the latest drivers and firmware.
Assisted RAID configuration for supported servers that include an LSI–based integrated disk controller. Supports RAID-1 integrated mirror or integrated mirror enhanced (striping). New with SIA 2.4: assisted RAID 1 configuration for LSI-based SAS-2 controllers (926x, 9280).
Assisted installation for supported Windows or Linux (Oracle, SLES and RHEL) operating systems. This includes the most recent Oracle-supported device drivers required for your system. Supports OS installation on hard disk, solid state disk, or compact flash.
Note - SIA does not provide the operating system software. You must have a licensed retail version of the operating system software available during the SIA installation.
Provides Oracle's Sun Service Tags installation packages. Following an assisted OS install, Service Tags installation package are copied to a folder on the server. A service tag enables automatic discovery of systems, software, and services (gear). A service tag uniquely identifies each tagged piece of gear, and allows information about the gear to be shared over a local network in a standard XML format.
System BIOS and device firmware upgrade capabilities. Upgrade options are server-specific.
Recovery from a non-functional (corrupt or inaccessible) service processor. This feature is server-specific.
Attended or unattended installations (including OS installation and firmware upgrades) using PXE-based SIA.
An SIA session event log is created for troubleshooting issues. The log file located at /root for Linux, or C:\ for Windows on the newly installed server.
On a Windows client, SIA supports an autorun menu that allows you to perform additional tasks outside of the SIA environment. New with SIA 2.4.