Before You Begin
Ensure that the following requirements are met:
Perform the procedures in Preparing to Install a Linux Operating System.
If you want to configure the boot drive (that is, the storage drive onto which you are installing the OS) for RAID, you must do so before you install the Linux OS. For instructions on how to configure RAID on your server, refer to Configuring Server Drives for OS Installation in Oracle Server X5-4 Installation Guide.
For an ISO image on a DVD, insert the DVD into the local or remote DVD-ROM drive.
For an ISO image on the network, ensure that the ISO image is available and that the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus application has mounted the ISO image.
For additional information about how to set up the installation media, see Selecting the Boot Media Option.
The Oracle ILOM Summary Information page appears.
The Oracle System Assistant System Overview screen appears.
The Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus window appears.
For example, do one of the following:
From the local server, press the Power button (approximately 1 second) on the front panel of the server to power off the server, then press the Power button again to power on the server.
From the Oracle ILOM web interface, click Host Management → Power Control, select Reset from the Select Action list box, then click Save.
From the Oracle ILOM CLI, type: reset /System
The BIOS screen appears in the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus application.
The Oracle System Assistant System Overview screen appears.
This action ensures that the server has the latest version of Oracle System Assistant installed before you begin the OS installation.
This action ensures that the server has the latest firmware and BIOS before you begin the OS installation.
The Operating System Installation screen appears.
For more information about changing BIOS boot mode, refer to the Oracle X5 Series Servers Administration Guide at http://www.oracle.com/goto/x86AdminDiag/docs.
This is the location of the OS installation media. The options are DVD and Network.
The Installation Details dialog appears.
The server boots.
For post installation tasks, see the following sections: