The Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Windows Operating System Installation Guide contains operating system installation for the Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 operating systems and initial software configuration procedures for bringing the server to a configurable and usable state.
This document is written for technicians, system administrators, authorized service providers (ASPs), and users who have experience with installing operating systems.
Product Updates
For product updates that you can download for the Sun Fire X4170, X4175, and X4275 Servers, visit the following web site:
http://www.sun.com/download/index.jsp
Find the Hardware Drivers section and click x64 Servers & Workstations. The Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers sites contain updates for firmware and drivers, as well as CD-ROM .iso images.
Related Documentation
The related documents listed in the following table are available online at:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4170#hic
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4270#hic
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4275#hic
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Content
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Part Number
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Format
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Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Product Notes
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Late-breaking information about the server
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820-5831
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PDF
HTML
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Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Getting Started Guide
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Basic installation information for setting up the server
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820-5833
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PDF
Print
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Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Installation Guide
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Detailed installation information for setting up the server
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820-5827
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PDF
HTML
Print option
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Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Solaris and Linux Operating Systems Installation Guide
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Installation instructions for the Linux, VMware, and Solaris operating systems
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820-5828
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PDF
HTML
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Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Windows Operating System Installation Guide
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Installation instructions for the Windows Server operating system
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820-5829
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PDF
HTML
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Sun Installation Assistant for Linux and Windows User’s Guide
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Instructions for using the Sun Installation Assistant to install the Windows and Linux operating systems
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820-3357
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PDF
HTML
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Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Service Manual
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Information and procedures for maintaining and upgrading the server
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820-5830
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PDF
HTML
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Sun x64 Servers Diagnostics Guide
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Information for diagnosing and troubleshooting the server
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820-6750
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PDF
HTML
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x64 Servers Utilities Reference Manual
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Information for using applications and utilities common to x64 servers
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820-1120
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PDF
HTML
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Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 3.0 Documentation Collection
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These documents cover ILOM features and tasks that are common to servers and server modules that support ILOM 3.0.
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820-5523
820-6410
820-6411
820-6412
820-6413
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PDF
HTML
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Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 2.0 User’s Guide
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ILOM 2.0 features and tasks that are common to servers and server modules that support ILOM
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820-1188
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PDF
HTML
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Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Supplement for Sun X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers
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ILOM 3.0 information that is specific to the Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers
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820-7959
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PDF
HTML
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Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 2.0 Supplement for Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers
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ILOM 2.0 information that is specific to the Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers
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820-7629
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PDF
HTML
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Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Safety and Compliance Guide
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Hardware safety and compliance information for the server.
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820-5832
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PDF
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Important Safety Information for Sun Hardware Systems
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Multilingual hardware safety and compliance information for all Sun hardware system
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816-7190
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Print
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Translated versions of some of these documents are available at the web site described above in French, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. English documentation is revised more frequently and might be more up-to-date than the translated documentation.
Documentation, Support, and Training
Using UNIX Commands
This document might not contain information about basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:
- Software documentation that you received with your system
- Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at:
http://docs.sun.com
Third-Party Web Sites
Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.
Typographic Conventions
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Examples
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AaBbCc123
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The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output
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Edit your.login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
% You have mail.
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AaBbCc123
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What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output
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% su
Password:
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AaBbCc123
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Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.
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Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be superuser to do this.
To delete a file, enter rm filename.
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