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Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris Operating System
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Using This Documentation

1.  Getting Started

Supported Oracle Solaris Operating Systems

Oracle Solaris Documentation Collection

Installation Considerations

Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 Installation Programs

Installation Task Overview

2.  Installing Oracle Solaris

Installing Oracle Solaris 10 or 11 OS Using Local or Remote Media

Before You Begin

Install Oracle Solaris 10 or 11 OS Using Local or Remote Media

Installing Oracle Solaris 10 or 11 OS Using a PXE Network Environment

Before You Begin

Install Oracle Solaris 10 or 11 OS Using Network PXE Boot

Post Installation Tasks

3.  Getting Server Firmware and Software

Firmware and Software Updates

Firmware and Software Access Options

Available Software Release Packages

Accessing Firmware and Software

Download Firmware and Software Using My Oracle Support

Requesting Physical Media

Installing Updates

Installing Firmware

Installing Hardware Drivers and OS Tools

A.  Supported Installation Methods

Console Outputs

Installation Boot Media

Installation Targets

B.  BIOS Defaults for New Installations

Verification of BIOS Factory Defaults

Before You Begin

View or Edit BIOS Settings for New Installations

C.  Supported Operating Systems

Supported Operating Systems

Index

Installation Considerations

Refer to the following important considerations before beginning the operating system installation on your x86 server.

Consideration
Description
For More Information, See:
Selection of a local or remote deployment method for manually installing the operating system
You can install the operating system using any of the supported deployment methods:

  • Local install using an internal or external storage device and attached KVMS.

  • Network install using the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Remote Console, an Automated Installer installation, or a custom JumpStart installation.

  • Appendix A, Supported Installation Methods, Supported Installation Methods

  • Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Systems

  • Creating a Custom Oracle Solaris 11 Installation Image

  • Sun Solaris 10 9/10 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations

  • Sun Solaris 10 9/10 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations
RAID volume creation
If you want to include your boot drive as part of a RAID configuration, you need to configure a RAID volume on it before you install the operating system.

  • If you are using the optional SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z host bus adapter (HBA), you must use the LSI integrated RAID controller setup utility to configure a RAID volume. For instructions, see the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal Installation Guide and the LSI MegaRAID SAS Software User's Guide.

  • If you are using the optional SGX-SAS6-INT-Z HBA, you must use the BIOS Configuration Utility to configure a RAID volume. For instructions, see the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA Internal Installation Guide.
Verification of BIOS settings for new OS installations
Prior to installing the operating system, you should verify that the BIOS factory-default properties are set.
Installation of optional supplemental software
After performing the operating system installation, you might need to install critical Solaris patches pertaining to your system. Solaris patches can contain new features, enhancements, or fixes to known problems.
Access to late-breaking information and patches for OS installations
Review the Sun Server X2-4 Product Notes for late-breaking information about supported operating system software and patches.
  • Sun Server X2-4 Product Notes
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