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Sun N1 System Manager 1.3.1 What's New

ProcedureTo Provision A Supported Solaris OS Or Linux Distribution on to A Sun Blade X8400 Server Module

This procedure explains how to provision the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 Update 3 operating system on a Sun Blade X8400 Server Module. Read Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Operating System Provisioning Guide for full details about provisioning.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 Update 3 operating system is only supported for Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules. You cannot provision this operating system to other hardware.

Before You Begin

You must discover the Sun Blade X8400 Server Module using SP-based discovery.

  1. For the OS you are deploying, follow the procedures described in Chapter 2, Provisioning UNIX Operating Systems, in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Operating System Provisioning Guide.

  2. To load the OS profile on a Sun Blade X8400 Server Module, type the following command:


    N1-ok> load server server-name osprofile profile-name bootip bootip networktype=static [bootnetworkdevice bootnetworkdevice]
[networkdevice networkdevice]

    The bootnetworkdevice and the networkdevice can be a physical or logical network device name.

    For more command line options, see load server in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Command Line Reference Manual.

    Physical interfaces names can be used only when every server being provisioned is part of a Sun Blade 8000 Modular System. For groups of servers that consist of more than one type of server, physical device names cannot be used.

    • If you do not specify the bootnetworkdevice and the networkdevice options:

      N1 System Manager selects the logical interface names corresponding to the first network boot device that is reported by the Sun Blade X8400 Server Module, based on the mapping of physical device names to logical device names as described in this section.

    • If you specify the physical interface name for the bootnetworkdevice and/or the networkdevice options:

      N1 System Manager selects the corresponding logical interface name that is reported by the Sun Blade X8400 Server Module, based on the mapping of physical device names to logical device names as described in this section.

    • If you specify the logical device name for the bootnetworkdevice and/or the networkdevice options:

      N1 System Manager selects the corresponding physical interface name that is reported by the Sun Blade X8400 Server Module, based on the mapping of physical device names to logical device names as described in this section.

    Note –

    If NEM or EM modules have been hot-plugged without also resetting any affected Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules, the network device list reported by N1 System Manager might be out of date. If so, the logical interface mapping may have changed from what is expected. To update the network device list:

    1. Run the reset server command on all Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules that are to be provisioned.

    2. Run the set server command with the refresh subcommand on all Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules that are to be provisioned.

    These steps are not necessary if you specify physical interface names. For more information about hot-plugging Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules, see Hot-Plugging Sun Blade 8000 Chassis Modules in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3.1 Troubleshooting Guide.

    Use the load group command with the group name, to provision the operating system on to a group of servers. See Chapter 5, Managing Servers and Server Groups, in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide for details about grouping servers.