C H A P T E R 4 |
Installing Oracle Enterprise Linux |
This chapter provides information about installing:
This chapter includes the following topics:
Use TABLE 4-1 to preview the installation process defined as a series of tasks. The table identifies the required tasks, describes them, and provides pointers to the instructions for performing the task.
Verify that all applicable requirements are met for installing an operating system to your server. |
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Evaluate and select an installation method that meets the needs of your infrastructure. |
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Verify that the factory default settings in the BIOS are set prior to performing the operating system installation. |
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The installation instructions in this chapter explain the initial steps for booting the installation media and launching the OEL installation program. For further information about installing OEL, refer to the Oracle and Red Hat documentation at: |
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After installing OEL, you should register your system and activate your subscription with Oracle to receive automatic updates to the software. |
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If the OEL operating system does not include the necessary device drivers to support your system, you might need to install additional device drivers. |
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This feature enables you to power on the server from another location over the network. |
The following procedures describe how to boot the OEL operating system installation from local or remote media. The procedures assume that you are booting the OEL installation media from one of the following sources:
Note - If you are booting the installation media from a PXE environment, refer to Installing OEL4 or OEL5 Using a PXE Network Environment for instructions. |
Refer to the following procedures to install the OEL OS from local or remote media:
Prior to performing the installation, the following requirements must be met:
Note that the following procedures explain the initial steps for booting the install media and partitioning the drive. For further details about installing OEL, see OEL documentation at:
After completing this procedure, you should review and perform the required post installation tasks described later in this chapter. For more details, see Post OEL Installation Tasks.
Install OEL4 Using Local or Remote Media |
1. Ensure that the installation media is available to boot.
For additional information about how to set up the install media, see TABLE 1-4 Boot Media Options for Performing the OS Installation.
2. Reset the power on the server.
3. In the BIOS power-on self-test screen, press F8 to specify a temporary boot device for the OEL installation.
The Please Select Boot Device menu appears.
4. In the Boot Device menu, select either the external or virtual CD/DVD device as the first boot device, then press Enter.
The device strings listed on Boot Device menu are in the format of: device type, slot indicator, and product ID string.
After a few seconds, the splash screen for the Oracle installation appears. The bottom half of the splash screen lists instructions, function keys, and the boot prompt.
5. In the Oracle Enterprise Linux splash screen, press Enter to continue the normal user interactive installation.
Alternately, for text mode, enter the following command:
boot: linux text
6. In the Testing CD Media screen, press the Tab key to select Skip, then press Enter.
Note - If you are experiencing problems with the initial setup for the installation, it might be necessary to test the installation CD media by selecting OK. |
A message appears about running Anaconda, the Oracle Enterprise Linux system installer. After a few seconds the Oracle splash screen appears displaying the Welcome screen.
7. In the Oracle Welcome screen, click Next to continue the installation.
8. In the Language screen, select the appropriate language, then click Next.
The Keyboard Configuration screen appears.
9. In the Keyboard Configuration screen, select the appropriate keyboard configuration, then click Next.
10. When the Disk Partitioning Setup screen appears, do the following:
a. Select the Manually Partition with Disk Druid radio button, then click Next.
b. Partition the disk as appropriate by referring to the instructions presented on the Oracle disk partitioning screen.
11. Continue the basic Oracle installation setup by following the on-screen instructions and Oracle documentation.
12. Upon completing the basic Oracle installation setup, perform the following post-installation tasks:
a. Configure your system for automatic updates.
Refer to Oracle documentation for more information.
b. If required, download and install the latest errata and bug fixes for
OEL4.
Refer to Oracle documentation for more information.
c. Review and, if necessary, perform the post installation tasks described later in this chapter.
Refer to Post OEL Installation Tasks.
Install OEL5 Using Local or Remote Media |
1. Ensure that the installation media is available to boot.
For additional information about how to set up the install media, see TABLE 1-4 Boot Media Options for Performing the OS Installation.
2. Reset the power on the server.
3. In the BIOS power-on self-test screen, press F8 to specify a temporary boot device for the OEL installation.
The Please Select Boot Device menu appears.
4. In the Boot Device menu, select either the external or virtual CD/DVD device as the first boot device, then press Enter.
The device strings listed on Boot menu are in the format of: device type, slot indicator, and product ID string.
After a few seconds, the splash screen for the OEL5 installation appears. The bottom half of the splash screen lists instructions, function keys, and the boot prompt.
5. In the Oracle Enterprise Linux splash screen, press Enter to continue the normal user interactive installation.
Alternately, for text mode, enter the following command:
boot: linux text
6. In the Language screen, select the appropriate language, then click OK.
The Keyboard Type screen appears.
7. In the Keyboard Type screen, select the appropriate keyboard configuration, then click OK.
The Installation Method screen appears.
8. In the Installation Method screen, select the appropriate installation method (Local CDROM or NFS Image), then click OK.
9. In the CD Found screen, click Skip.
The Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 screen appears.
10. In the Oracle Enterprise 5 screen, click Next.
The Installation Number dialog appears.
11. In the Installation Number dialog, enter the “Installation number” or click Skip entering installation number, then click OK.
The Disk Partition Setup screen appears.
12. In the Disk Partition Setup screen, do the following:
a. Select the option for Remote Linux partition on selected drives and create default layout or manually partition the disk using the Create custom layout option of Disk Druid, then click Next.
b. Partition the disk as appropriate by referring to the instructions presented on the Oracle disk partitioning screen.
13. Continue the basic Oracle installation setup by following the on-screen instructions and Oracle documentation.
14. After completing the basic Oracle installation setup, perform the following post-installation tasks:
a. Configure your system for automatic updates.
Refer to Oracle documentation for more information.
b. If required, download and install the latest errata and bug fixes for OEL5.3.
Refer to Oracle documentation for more information.
c. Review and, if necessary, perform the post installation tasks described later in this chapter.
Refer to Post OEL Installation Tasks.
This section describes how to boot the OEL4 or OEL5 OS from a PXE network environment. It assumes that you are booting the installation media from one of the following sources:
The following requirements must be met prior to performing the OEL PXE installation:
Follow the KickStart installation instructions in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: Administration Guide (http://www.redhat.com/docs).
Follow the PXE network installation instructions in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: Administration Guide (http://www.redhat.com/docs).
Install OEL4 or OEL5 Using Network PXE Boot |
1. Ensure that the PXE network environment is properly set up and the OEL installation media is available for PXE boot.
2. Reset the power on the server.
3. Press F8 to specify a temporary boot device.
The Please Select Boot Device menu appears listing the available boot device.
4. In the Boot Device menu, select the network port that is configured to communicate with your PXE network install server.
The network bootloader loads and a boot prompt appears. After a few seconds the installation kernel will begin to load.
5. Refer to one of the following procedures to complete the installation:
After completing the OEL installation, you should review the following post installation tasks and, if necessary, perform the tasks that are applicable to your system.
TABLE 4-2 identifies the system device drivers available for you to install on your system. Review this table to determine which drivers, if any, are currently required for installation on your system.
Sun Dual-Port 4X PCIe Infiniband Host Channel Adapter X1236A-Z (PCIe) |
Refer to the Readme file for install instructions. The Readme file is available on the Mellanox driver download site. |
http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=26&menu_section=34 |
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After installing the operating system, you might want to consider enabling the Wake On LAN (WOL) option in the BIOS Setup utility. This features enables you to power on the server from another location over the network. For details about the requirements for enabling WOL, see “Wake On LAN” in the Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Service Manual.
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