Oracle System Assistant is the preferred method of installing an operating system and drivers, as it provides a complete suite of tools for preparing the system, installing the operating system, and updating the drivers.
Use this procedure to install a supported operating system on the server using Oracle System Assistant.
Caution - Before you install Oracle Solaris 11.3, you might have to update your firmware. See your platform product notes for details. |
Before You Begin
Obtain the operating system media or image.
Complete the preparations in Preparing to Install an Operating System.
The Install Operating System screen appears.
The list contains only the supported operating systems that can use the Install OS task.
The choice of BIOS modes is available only if the target operating system supports booting in UEFI mode.
Options are Physical CD/DVD, Virtual ISO images, or Network Location. Network Location is available for installing Linux operating systems using Oracle System Assistant 1.2 or newer.
If you launched Oracle System Assistant locally and you want to install an operating system from a network location, ensure that you have configured the network settings as described in Configure Network Interface Settings (Oracle System Assistant).
Click the Refresh button to update the list of devices.
This is the device on which you install the operating system.
If you select a Linux distribution, the Select the boot disk portion of the screen appears.
If you select a Windows distribution, the Select the boot disk portion of the screen does not appear.
Oracle System Assistant prepares the selected disk with the preinstallation environment and the components required to install the operating system.
Caution - Data loss: The operating system installation erases the contents of the disk. |
The Operating System Installation Details dialog box displays the operating system and driver software components.
Deselect any components you do not want to install. For most operating systems, all components listed are required.
The Install Operating System screen appears.
After the installation is complete, the server boots.
See Also
See the operating system installation documentation for your server.