Preparing the Server for Operating System Installation

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This section describes how to prepare your server for operating system installation.

A number of tasks must be completed before you can install an operating system. These include:

Getting firmware and software updates
Installing firmware updates
Configuring Oracle ILOM network addresses
Configuring RAID

Once these tasks are done, you can install the operating system.

You can perform these tasks using Oracle System Assistant, or using other methods. Oracle recommends that you use Oracle System Assistant.

To use Oracle System Assistant, see Preparing the Server for Operating System Installation.
To prepare the server for OS installation using other methods, see Oracle X5 Series Servers Administration Guide at https://www.oracle.com/goto/x86admindiag/docs.

Note - For Oracle Solaris installations, Oracle System Assistant does not install recommended drivers or tools. For Linux, Oracle VM, and Windows Server, Oracle System Assistant installs the recommended drivers and tools that are supported by the specific operating system or virtual machine software. For the list of optional software that can be installed when you use Oracle System Assistant to install operating systems, refer to the Oracle System Assistant ReadMe.

Related Information

Launching Oracle System Assistant