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Download Server System Tools and Drivers
Hardware Installation and Product Notes
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide
Installation Overview and Preparation
Installing the Server Into a Rack With Optional Slide Rails
Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console
Configuring the Factory--Installed Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System
Powering On and Powering Off the Server
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Product Notes
Oracle Solaris Operating System
Planning the Oracle Solaris Operating System Installation
Installing Oracle Solaris 10 OS
Introduction to Linux Installation
Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing an OS
How to Configure the Serial Port
How to Erase Your Boot Hard Disk
Installing Oracle Enterprise Linux
Installing OEL from Distribution Media
How to Install OEL From Distribution Media
How to Update the OEL Operating System
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Installing SLES10 or SLES11 From Distribution Media
Installing SLES10 Using Local or Remote Media
How to Install SLES10 Using Local or Remote Media
How to Install SLES11 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
How to Download RHEL Media Kits
How to Install RHEL From Distribution Media
How to Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software
Booting From OS Distribution Media
How to Boot From OS Media Locally
How to Boot From OS Distribution Media or ISO File Remotely
Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE Installation
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
Planning the Operating System Installation
Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System
Incorporating Sun Fire Drivers Into a WIM Image
Configuring RAID Controller in the BIOS Setup Utility
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide for ESX Software
Preparing to Install VMware ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0
Administration, Diagnostics, and Service
Overview of the ILOM Supplement
Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console
ILOM Platform Features for the Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server
Using ILOM to Monitor the Host
Introduction to Diagnostic Tools
U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests
Accessing the Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility on the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Service Manual Organization
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Overview
Maintaining the Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server
Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Service Procedures and Information
Installing the OS requires you to view the system console output. This can appear on both the serial port and the video port.
Note - This topic describes the default video and serial port outputs. Other settings, including console commands and GRUB menu selections, can change this behavior.
Your server is equipped with a serial port and a video port.
Serial port – From the moment you start the SP until the OS assumes control of the display, all output appears on the serial port.
There are two ways to connect to the serial port:
Physically, by connecting a cable to the serial port. See How to Configure the Serial Port.
Virtually, by configuring an SSH connection to the SP, then by issuing the start /SP/console command. See Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console in Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide for more details.
Video port – After the SP startup is complete, the system begins POST/BIOS, and displays all output on the video port. This continues until the OS assumes control of the display. Most OS configurations continue to display information on the video port.
There are two ways to connect to the video port:
Physically, by connecting a cable to the video port on the server. See Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console in Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide.
Virtually, by starting a JavaRConsole session. See the ILOM 3.0 documentation collection for details.
Other settings can affect this behavior. They include console commands, ILOM settings, and GRUB settings for operating systems that include a GRUB.