Before you begin, review the installation prerequisites in Before You Begin.
For instructions, see Selecting the Console Display.
For instructions, see Selecting the Boot Media Option.
For example, to reset the server, do one of the following:
From the local server, press the Power button on the front panel of the server (for approximately 1 second) to power off the server, and then press the Power button again to power on the server.
From the Oracle ILOM web interface, select Host Management → Power Control, select Reset from the Select Action list box, then click Save.
From the Oracle ILOM CLI, type: reset /System
The server begins the boot process and the BIOS screen appears.
The Please Select Boot Device menu appears.
The device strings listed in the Boot Device menu are in the following format: device type, slot indicator, and product ID string.
After a few seconds, the splash screen for Oracle VM Server appears. The screen that appears will be different depending on whether you have the UEFI/BIOS Boot Mode configured for Legacy BIOS or UEFI.
For Legacy BIOS Boot Mode, a screen similar to the following appears:
For UEFI Boot Mode, a screen similar to the following appears:
If you do not press a key, after one minute, the installer automatically starts. The installer is only available in text mode.
The Oracle VM Installation and Upgrade Guide for Release 3.4 provides step-by-step instructions for installing Oracle VM.
Refer to the Oracle VM Installation and Upgrade Guide for Release 3.4 at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/vm-096300.html.
If you do not have an Oracle VM Manager configured to manage the Oracle VM Server, you will need to install it before proceeding to Post Installation Tasks for Oracle VM Server Software.
For instructions for installing Oracle VM Manager, refer to the Oracle VM Installation and Upgrade Guide for Release 3.4 at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/vm-096300.html.
If you already have an Oracle VM Manager configured to manage the Oracle VM Server, proceed to Post Installation Tasks for Oracle VM Server Software.