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Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems |
About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)
Download Server System Tools and Drivers
Introduction to Linux Installation
Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing an OS
Accessing the Console During Installation
How to Configure the Serial Port
How to Erase Your Boot Hard Disk
Installing Oracle Enterprise Linux
Installing OEL from Distribution Media
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Installing SLES10 or SLES11 From Distribution Media
Installing SLES10 Using Local or Remote Media
Installing SLES10 or SLES 11 Using a PXE Network Environment
How to Install SLES10 or SLES11 Using Network PXE Boot
How to Update the SLES Operating System
Installing System Device Drivers to Support Additional Hardware
How to Install System Device Drivers Using Local or Remote Media
How to Install the System Device Drivers Using a Network Share or USB Device
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Overview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation
Installing RHEL From Distribution Media
Booting From OS Distribution Media
How to Boot From OS Media Locally
How to Boot From OS Distribution Media or ISO File Remotely
How to Install and Configure a DHCP Server
How to Install Portmap on Your DHCP Server
How to Configure the TFTP Service on Your DHCP Server
How to Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon
How to Configure the NFS Service on Your PXE Server
How to Disable the Firewall for SUSE Linux
How to Disable the Firewall for Red Hat Linux
How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Oracle Enterprise Linux
How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Red Hat Linux
Creating a PXE Image for SUSE Linux
How to Set Up and Copy SUSE Software to a Directory
How to Install Linux From a PXE Server
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration
SUSE Linux - How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing the OS
RHEL - How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing the OS
This topic describes how to configure a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) server on a Linux system and use it to install Linux on your servers.
PXE is a powerful and convenient solution for setting up a number of servers so their configuration is identical. It allows you to configure a server, which you can then use to install identical versions of the OS on any number of network systems.
The on-board network interface card (NIC) in your server supports the PXE network booting protocol. The system BIOS and network interface BIOS on your server automatically query the network for a DHCP server. If that DHCP server on the network has been configured to support the PXE protocol and PXE image servers on the same network, then the BIOS on your system can be used to install a bootable Linux image on your server.
Configuring a PXE server consists of the following procedures.
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