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Document Information

Preface

Related Books

About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)

Documentation Comments

Download Server System Tools and Drivers

Documents History

Hardware Installation and Product Notes

Hardware Installation

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide

Installation Overview and Preparation

Installing the Server Into a Rack With Optional Slide Rails

Managing Your Server

Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console

Configuring the Factory--Installed Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System

Powering On and Powering Off the Server

Troubleshooting and Support

Product Notes

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Product Notes

Operating System Installation

Oracle Solaris Operating System

Planning the Oracle Solaris Operating System Installation

Installing Oracle Solaris 10 OS

Linux

Introduction to Linux Installation

Supported Operating Systems

Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)

SIA Task Overview

Obtaining 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

How to Download OEL Media

How to Install OEL From Distribution Media

Updating OEL

How to Update the OEL Operating System

How to Update the OEL Drivers

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

Post SLES Installation Tasks

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

Updating RHEL

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

Overview of PXE Servers

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

Disabling the Firewall

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 Set Up SUSE PXE Files

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

Oracle VM

Installing Oracle VM

Windows

Planning the Operating System Installation

Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System

Post Installation

Incorporating Sun Fire Drivers Into a WIM Image

Configuring RAID Controller in the BIOS Setup Utility

ESX

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide for ESX Software

Preparing to Install VMware ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0

Installing VMware ESX 4.0

Installing VMware ESXi 4.0

Booting Installation Media

Administration, Diagnostics, and Service

Administration Using ILOM

Overview of the ILOM Supplement

ILOM Feature Set

Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console

ILOM Platform Features for the Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server

Using ILOM to Monitor the Host

Updating Firmware

Diagnostics

Preface

Diagnostics Guide

Introduction to Diagnostic Tools

U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests

Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility

Accessing the Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility on the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD

Service

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

Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Specifications

Index

How to Install SLES10 Using Local or Remote Media

Before You Begin

Before you perform the installation, the following requirements must be met:

  1. Ensure that the installation media is available to boot.
    • For a distribution CD/DVD, insert the SLES10 boot disc (CD labeled number 1 or DVD) into the local or remote CD/DVD-ROM drive.
    • For ISO images, ensure that the ISO images are available and that the boot disc image (CD labeled number 1 or DVD) has been selected in the ILOM Remote Console application (Device menu —> CD-ROM Image).
  2. Reset the power on the server.

    For example:

    • From the ILOM web interface, select Remote Control —> Remote Power Control, then select the Power Cycle option from the Host action drop-down list.
    • On the local server, press the Power button (approximately 1 second) on the front panel of the server to power off the server, then press the Power button again to power on the server.
    • From the ILOM CLI on the server SP, type reset /SYS.

      The BIOS screen appears.


      Note - The following events occur very quickly. Watch carefully for the messages, which appear on the screen for only a brief time.


  3. With the BIOS power-on self-test screen displayed, press F8 to specify a temporary boot device for the SLES 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 the Boot Device menu are in the format of: device type, slot indicator, and product ID string.

    After a few seconds the SUSE initial boot screen appears.

  5. In the initial SUSE boot installation screen, use the Tab key to select the second option Installation, then press Enter.

    This option continues the normal user interactive installation process.

    The Language screen appears.


    Note - The Language screen might take several minutes to appear.


  6. In the Language screen, select the appropriate language option, then click Next.

    The License Agreement screen appears.

  7. In the SUSE Linux Novell License Agreement screen, click Accept.

    The SUSE YaST installation program initializes. The YaST graphical installation screen appears.

    Depending on the AutoYaST file configuration, the YaST Language Selection screen might appear.

  8. If the YaST Language Selection screen appears, specify which language to use.

    Depending on the AutoYaST file configuration, the YaST Installation Mode screen might appear.

  9. If the YaST Installation Mode screen appears, select New Installation, then click OK to continue.

    The system’s hardware is detected. The YaST Installation Settings screen appears.

  10. In the YaST Installation Settings screen, do the following:
    1. Click the Partitioning option.
    2. Select Create Custom Partition, then click OK.
    3. Partition the disk as appropriate.

      Refer to the YaST Partitioning instructions for more information.


      Note - If the Solaris OS is preinstalled on the disk, you can choose to partition the disk to remove the preinstalled OS, or you can choose to keep the preinstalled OS and partition the disk to support dual-boot operating systems.


  11. Continue the basic installation setup until all the SLES OS files are installed and the system reboots.
  12. After completing the basic installation setup, refer to the YaST documentation to perform the following tasks:
    1. Create a password for your account.
    2. Configure and test the Internet access and network settings.
    3. Register the OS, then download available updates to the operating system.

      Alternatively, see How to Update the SLES Operating System for information about how to manually update your SLES OS.

  13. Review and, if necessary, perform the post installation tasks described later in this chapter.

    Refer to Post SLES Installation Tasks.

  14. After completing this procedure, review and perform the required post installation tasks in Post SLES Installation Tasks.