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Sun Server X2-8 (formerly Sun Fire X4800 M2) Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems     Sun Server X2-8 (formerly Sun Fire X4800 M2) Documentation Library
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Sun Server X2-8 Name Change

Product Downloads

Documentation and Feedback

About This Documentation

Change History

Linux Installation Task Map

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant (OHIA)

Task Overview

Obtaining OHIA

Preparing for OS Installation

How to Erase Your Boot Hard Disk

Creating a Virtual Disk

How to Create a Virtual Disk

About Using the x2APIC Option

Selecting a Media Delivery Method

Local Installation by Accessing the Console Using the Serial or Video Port

Remote Installation by Accessing the Console Using Oracle ILOM

Installing Oracle Linux

Installing Oracle Linux From Distribution Media

Updating Oracle Linux

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Installing RHEL From Distribution Media

Updating RHEL

Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Installing SLES From Distribution Media

Updating SLES

Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE Installation

Overview of PXE

How to Install and Configure a DHCP Server for PXE

How to Install Portmap on Your PXE Server

How to Configure the TFTP Service on Your PXE Server

How to Configure PXELINUX on Your PXE Server

How to Configure the NFS Service on Your PXE Server

Disabling the Firewall

How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Oracle Linux

How to Create a PXE Installation Image for RHEL

How to Create a PXE Installation Image for SLES

How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Oracle VM

How to Install Linux From a PXE Server

Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration

How to Identify Installed Network Ports

How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing Oracle Linux or RHEL

How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing SLES

Index

About Using the x2APIC Option

You can enable or disable the x2APIC architecture from the BIOS Setup Utility. Access the BIOS Setup Utility, select Advanced > CPU Configuration > x2APIC > Enabled or Disabled. Then Exit and save changes. See the following screen example.

image:Screenshot of the x2APIC BIOS Configuration screen.

Note the following conditions regarding the x2APIC option:

Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.6: Disable x2APIC for installation. After installation set back to enable x2APIC if UEK is going to be used.

Oracle Enterprise Linux 6: Enable x2APIC for installation and operation.

RHEL 5.6: Disable x2APIC for installation and operation.

RHEL 6: Enable x2APIC for installation and operation.

SLES 11 SP1: Enable x2APIC for installation and operation. And disable x2APIC if XEN is being used.