Features and Benefits

The features and benefits of the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant application version 2.5:

• Supports multiple boot media options. Launch the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant application from either a local drive attached to the server (CD/DVD or USB flash drive), a remote redirected network drive (virtual CD/DVD drive or ISO image), or an image available on your PXE network environment.

• Assists in OS installation.

  • Provides Oracle-certified server- and configuration-specific device drivers for optional accessory cards and other system hardware.

  • Eliminates the need to obtain and prepare OS-level device drivers on separate media before installing the OS.

  • Assists in OS installation for Oracle VM and supported versions of Windows and Linux (Oracle, SLES and RHEL) operating systems.

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    Note - A licensed retail version of the OS software is required for the installation. The Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant application does not provide the OS software.

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  • Supports OS installation on hard disk, solid state disk, or compact flash.

  • Supports unattended OS installation and firmware update tasks using PXE-based Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant.

  • Supports autorun (Windows client only) allowing you to perform additional tasks outside of the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant environment (version 2.4 and later).

• Assists in RAID configuration for servers that contain an integrated LSI disk controller. Support is for RAID 0 and RAID 1 integrated mirror or integrated mirror enhanced (striping). Assisted RAID 1 configuration is also available (beginning with Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant 2.4) for LSI SAS-2 controllers (926x, 9280).

• Provides an Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant application update option, allowing you to maintain the latest version of the application.

  • Update from the Oracle download site to ensure your session has the latest drivers and firmware.

• Provides a specific set of service processor and Oracle ILOM configuration capabilities.

  • Enables management of Oracle ILOM user account settings and configuration of network settings, system clock, and system identification information.

  • Allows BIOS-level boot device priority configuration and next boot device selection.

• Contains firmware update capabilities for:

  • System BIOS and Oracle ILOM firmware

  • HBA firmware

  • Expander firmware

• Management and troubleshooting capabilities:

  • Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.1 contains Management Agents, Sun Server Hardware SNMP plug-ins, and CLI Tools. These components provide flexible in-band management to monitor and to configure your Sun Fires Server and Blade module's hardware.

    • For Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation, go to: http://www.oracle.com/goto/OHMP/docs

    • For information about Oracle Hardware Management Pack, see the System Management product page at: http://www.oracle.com/goto/system-management.

  • Supports Oracle's Sun Service Tags installation packages.

  • Includes recovery capability for a non-functioning (corrupt or inaccessible) service processor. This feature is server-specific.

  • Creates an Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant session event log to facilitate troubleshooting.

See Also:

• http://www.oracle.com/goto/hia

• Supported Provisioning Tasks List

• Media Availability

• Supported Operating Systems