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Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems |
Installing the Operating System
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names
Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names (Oracle Linux or RHEL)
Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names (SLES)
Install a Linux OS (Oracle System Assistant)
Installing a Linux OS Manually
Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers
Update or Install System Drivers
Updating a Linux OS to a New Version
Update the Oracle Linux Operating System Version
Update the SLES Operating System Version
Before You Begin
Prepare the server storage drives. For more information, refer to the Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide .
Perform the steps in the section, Preparing to Install the OS.
While configuring an operating system for a networked server, you must provide the logical names (assigned by the OS) and the physical name (MAC address) of each network interface. See Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for details.
OEM OS installation guide available with the media kit.
Refer to: Getting Server Firmware and Software Updates in Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide .
These are the OS-specific drivers and supplemental software (tools) for the server.
For information about the file system structure, refer to Oracle X4 Series Servers Administration Guide .
BIOS messages appear on the console.
After a delay, a menu offers a selection of boot devices (see the following example).
To boot from a physical CD/DVD or from an ISO image, select CD/DVD.
Control passes to the OS installation program on the media.
Next Steps