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Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant 2.5 User's Guide for x86 Servers
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Overview of the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant User's Guide

Getting Started With Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

What is Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant?

Features and Benefits

Supported Provisioning Tasks List

Media Availability

Supported Operating Systems

Product Documentation Library

Launching the Application and Performing Provisioning Tasks

Local and Remote Media Launch Options for Sun Fire and Sun Blade Servers

How to Perform Provisioning Tasks

Configuring RAID

RAID Support

How to Create a RAID Volume

How to Delete a RAID Volume

Installing Windows

How to Install Windows Using Local or Remote Media

Installing Linux

How to Install Linux Using Local or Remote Media

Updating System and Component Firmware

How to Update the System BIOS and Oracle ILOM Firmware

How to Update Expander Firmware

How to Update HBA Firmware

Recovering a Service Processor

How to Recover a Service Processor

Configuring Service Processor Settings

How to Configure Service Processor Identification Information Settings

How to Configure Network Information Settings

How to Manage Oracle ILOM User Accounts

How to Set the System Clock

Configuring BIOS Boot Device Settings

How to Set the Boot Device Order

How to Set the Boot Device for the Next Boot

Setting Up PXE-Based Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

How to Set Up the PXE Infrastructure

Preparing the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant PXE Image Files

Launching an Attended PXE-Based Session

Attended PXE-Based Session Overview

How to Create the Image for a PXE-Based Session

How to Launch an Attended Installation From a PXE Server

Performing Unattended PXE-Based Provisioning Tasks

Unattended PXE-Based Provisioning Tasks Requirements

Creating a State File for Unattended Installation

How to Prepare for an Unattended Installation of Linux

How to Prepare for an Unattended Installation of Windows Server

How to Prepare for an Unattended Firmware Update

How to Create the Application Image and Prepare for a PXE-Based Launch

How to Launch an Unattended Session From a PXE-Based Server

Observing Unattended PXE-Based Provisioning Tasks

Establishing a Viewing Connection Using a Virtual Console or Secure Shell (SSH) Connection

How to Set Up Root and VNC Passwords

How to Establish a Connection Using a VNC Viewer

How to Establish a Connection Using a Serial Console

Troubleshooting Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

No Driver Found Message Appears During Oracle VM 2.2.1 Server Installation

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Can Go Into a Loop at Last OS Install Screen

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Error Messages

How to View the Application Log File

How to Debug a PXE Image That Does Not Boot

Launching Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Using a USB Flash Drive

Requirements

How to Get the Syslinux and Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Software

Creating an Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant USB Flash Drive

How to Boot the USB Flash Drive and Launch Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

Installing Service Tags

How to Install Service Tags in Linux

How to Install Service Tags in Windows

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observing unattended installation, index iconObserving Unattended PXE-Based Provisioning Tasks
operating systems
installation media, index iconFeatures and Benefits
installing Linux, index iconInstalling Linux
installing Windows, index iconInstalling Windows
supported
index iconFeatures and Benefits
index iconSupported Operating Systems
Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant
booting
PXE server
index iconHow to Create the Image for a PXE-Based Session
index iconHow to Launch an Attended Installation From a PXE Server
unattended, index iconHow to Launch an Unattended Session From a PXE-Based Server
USB flash drive, index iconHow to Boot the USB Flash Drive and Launch Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant
CD, ISO, USB image availability, index iconMedia Availability
configuring network information, index iconHow to Perform Provisioning Tasks
debugging, index iconHow to Debug a PXE Image That Does Not Boot
description, index iconWhat is Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant?
features and benefits, index iconFeatures and Benefits
firmware update, index iconFeatures and Benefits
unattended, index iconHow to Prepare for an Unattended Firmware Update
ISO image, index iconFeatures and Benefits
launching
local or remote media, index iconHow to Launch Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Using Local or Remote Media
log file, index iconHow to View the Application Log File
media boot options, index iconFeatures and Benefits
obtaining the media, index iconMedia Availability
OS installation, index iconWhat is Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant?
overview, index iconWhat is Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant?
performing tasks, index iconHow to Perform Provisioning Tasks
PXE boot
booting for attended installation, index iconHow to Launch an Attended Installation From a PXE Server
creating image for an attended install, index iconHow to Create the Image for a PXE-Based Session
creating image for unattended PXE boot, index iconHow to Create the Application Image and Prepare for a PXE-Based Launch
creating state file, index iconCreating a State File for Unattended Installation
creating the image file, index iconHow to Create the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant PXE Image File Using the DVD
downloading the image file, index iconHow to Download the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant PXE Image Files
overview, index iconAttended PXE-Based Session Overview
required files, index iconPreparing the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant PXE Image Files
setting up infrastructure, index iconHow to Set Up the PXE Infrastructure
unattended provisioning tasks, index iconPerforming Unattended PXE-Based Provisioning Tasks
unattended requirements, index iconUnattended PXE-Based Provisioning Tasks Requirements
viewing state file, index iconHow to View the Contents of the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant State File
setting up VNC access passwords, index iconHow to Set Up Root and VNC Passwords
supported
operating systems, index iconSupported Operating Systems
servers, index iconMedia Availability
tasks
index iconWhat is Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant?
index iconSupported Provisioning Tasks List
troubleshooting
index iconFeatures and Benefits
index iconOracle Hardware Installation Assistant Error Messages
unattended
booting, index iconHow to Launch an Unattended Session From a PXE-Based Server
PXE boot preparations, index iconHow to Create the Application Image and Prepare for a PXE-Based Launch
using a serial console, index iconHow to Establish a Connection Using a Serial Console
Oracle Hardware Management Pack, index iconFeatures and Benefits
Oracle ILOM
configuration, index iconSupported Provisioning Tasks List
firmware update, index iconHow to Update the System BIOS and Oracle ILOM Firmware
managing user accounts, index iconHow to Manage Oracle ILOM User Accounts
Oracle ILOM configuration
index iconWhat is Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant?
index iconFeatures and Benefits
OS installation
index iconFeatures and Benefits
index iconSupported Provisioning Tasks List
unattended, index iconPerforming Unattended PXE-Based Provisioning Tasks
Linux, index iconHow to Prepare for an Unattended Installation of Linux
Windows, index iconHow to Prepare for an Unattended Installation of Windows Server
overview
document, index iconOverview of the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant User's Guide
Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant, index iconWhat is Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant?