About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
Introduction to Sun Installation Assistant
Getting Started With Sun Installation Assistant
SIA Version 2.3 Through 2.4 Features and Benefits
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 currently only supports RAID configuration on systems that include an integrated LSI 1068E controller, or optional LSI SAS-2 controllers (926x, 9280). If your system does not include any of these controllers, the RAID configuration task in SIA will not be available.
SIA can only be used to configure RAID 1 (mirroring) on available SAS or SATA disk drives. You cannot mix SAS and SATA drives in a RAID volume. If you plan on using SAS and SATA disks, they must reside in separate RAID volumes.
The types of RAID 1 volumes that can be configured using SIA depends on the controller type you are using.
For LSI 1068E controllers you can configure:
RAID IM — An Integrated Mirroring volume that uses two mirrored disks. Up to two RAID volumes are supported. Each volume must have 2 disks. Hot spares cannot be configured using SIA. To configure hot spares, use the disk controller's BIOS configuration tool available during system boot.
RAID IME — An Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volume that can have three to ten striped, mirrored disks. Up to two RAID volumes can be configured for the system. The two volumes can have up to 12 disks. Hot spares cannot be configured using SIA. To configure hot spares, use the disk controller's BIOS configuration tool available during system boot.
For LSI MegaRAID (926x, 9280) SAS-2 controllers you can configure:
RAID 1 — A mirrored volume that uses two mirrored disks. Up to 32 RAID volumes are supported. Each volume must have 2 disks. Hot spares cannot be configured using SIA. To configure hot spares, use the disk controller's BIOS configuration tool available during system boot.