Use the Service Processor to Boot From the VTS Image

You can use the bootable CD/DVD directly instead of using the physical CD/DVD. The SP can be used to boot from the bootable image. Then, declare the ISO image as the virtual CD-ROM drive.

In the virtual BIOS, you must ask the computer to boot from the CD-ROM. This does not require the actual CD-ROM media for booting. For this method, the booting device can be on the network, in which case, you must specify the IP address. In the directions below, the SP is being used as the network device. You should know the SP IP address.

1. Point your browser to the SP IP address of the machine.
2. Log in as root using your root password.
3. Accept the certificates prompts.
4. Click Remote Control.
5. Click Launch Redirection (8-bit).
6. Log in again as root using a root password for the SP.
7. Once connected appears in the left bottom, enable the keyboard and mouse in Devices at the top of the window.
8. On the redirected ILOM remote console, click Devices.
9. Click the CD-ROM image.
10. Attach the ISO image (that is, the file with the .iso extension) from your path.
11. Reboot the Host through the SP.
    1. Log in as root using your root password.
    2. Select OK, Run, Accept Certificate, and so on, when prompted.
    3. Select Remote Control.
    4. Select Remote Power Control.
    5. Select Reset.
12. Check the redirected ILOM remote console for shutdown and then reboot messages.
13. Go to the BIOS setup options.

    On a Linux system, this is generally done by pressing the F2 key.

14. Use the arrow keys to navigate to Boot Priority.
15. In the Boot Priority menu, make the first boot device the CD media.
16. Save and exit BIOS setup.

    On a Linux system, this is generally done by pressing the F10 key.

    The bootloader then looks for the OS binary on the CD-ROM. In the SP, however, a virtual CD-ROM has been created by attaching the ISO image as the CD-ROM image. It therefore boots from your ISO image, and it may be a bit slow when booting from the ISO image. In case that the redirection on the ILOM remote console expires the session, do a reconnect making sure that the keyboard, mouse, and CD-ROM image in the Devices menu are properly checked.

17. In case of SPARC systems, the bootable image does not directly boot but reaches the ok prompt. Run the following commands to boot the SPARC image:

    To see the "rcdrom" device:
    # ok devalias
    To boot:
    # ok boot rcdrom

    For other systems, run the following command:

    # ok boot vcdrom

18. Login to the OS by providing the username /password (jack/jack).
19. Open the terminal and run the following command to become root user:

    # su root

    The password is "solaris"

20. Use OracleVTS for qualifying the hardware under test.

Related Information

• Using the Oracle VTS 8.1.0 Bootable Image Built on Oracle Solaris 11 Update Release