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Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems
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Preparing to Install an OS

Preparing the Server

Things You Must Decide

Obtaining Necessary Items

Obtaining Drivers

Installing Oracle Linux

Installing Oracle Linux from Distribution Media

How to Install Oracle Linux From a PXE Image

How to Install Required Drivers

How to Update the Oracle Linux Operating System

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Installation Overview

RHEL Installation and Administration Documentation

How to Install the OS From the Distribution Media

How to Install RHEL From a PXE Image

How to Install Required Drivers

How to Update RHEL

Installing the SLES Operating System

Installation Overview

SLES Installation and Configuration Documentation

Installing the SLES OS From the Distribution Media

Installing SLES From a PXE Server

Updating the SLES Operating System

Obtaining Drivers

You must obtain the server-specific drivers for the OS you are installing. They include:

Table 1 Required Server-Specific Drivers

Server Module
Operating System
Minimum Driver Version Required
Location
Sun Blade X6275 M2 with 1GbE
Linux
  • AST2100 video 64-bit driver version: 6.00.10.0090
  • Intel NIC 64-bit driver version: 1.2.10 (Oracle Linux, RHEL, SLES)

  • Intel NIC 32-bit driver version: 1.2.10 (Oracle VM Server)

Tools and Drivers CD/DVD ISO image (additional NIC configuration software is available for post-OS installation)
Windows
  • AST2100 video 64-bit driver version: 6.00.10.0090
  • Intel chipset 64-bit driver version: 9.1.1.1027

  • Intel NIC 64-bit driver version: 15.5

Tools and Drivers CD/DVD ISO image (additional NIC configuration software is available for post-OS installation)
Sun Blade X6275 M2 with 10GbE
Linux
  • AST2100 video 64-bit driver version: 6.00.10.0090
  • Mellanox CX–2 EN NIC 64-bit driver version: 1.5.1.3 (Oracle Linux, RHEL)

  • Mellanox CX–2 EN NIC 32-bit driver version: 1.5.1.3 (Oracle VM Server)

  • Mellanox CX–2 EN NIC 64-bit driver version: 1.5.1.5 (SLES)

Tools and Drivers CD/DVD ISO image (additional NIC configuration software is available for post-OS installation)
Windows
  • AST2100 video 64-bit driver version: 6.00.10.0090
  • Intel chipset 64-bit driver version: 9.1.1.1027

  • Mellanox CX–2 EN NIC 64-bit driver version: 1.3.0

Tools and drivers CD/DVD (additional NIC configuration software is available for post-OS installation)

You can get a copy of the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD ISO image from http://www.oracle.com/goto/x6275m2.

You can also get the latest drivers by running the corresponding install.sh script. The following table shows the location of the corresponding install.sh script and drivers.

OS
install.sh Script
Driver Location
Oracle Linux
\Linux\OL\install.sh
\Linux\OL\OL5U5\Drivers\64bit
RHEL
\Linux\RHEL\install.sh
\Linux\RHEL\RHEL5.5\Drivers\64bit
SLES
\Linux\SLES\install.sh
\Linux\SLES\SLES10SP3 or

\Linux\SLES\SLES11SP1