Chapter 1
Preparing for Sun Solaris Operating System and Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Software Installation
1. There are two versions of the Cisco Solaris 10 Operating System Jumpstart Disk for Opteron-based platforms. If you are
Minimum System Requirements
Refer to the
minimum hardware requirements. Before using the minimum hardware configuration, consult your
Cisco representative to determine the hardware that gives you the best performance results based on your
network configuration, proposed traffic, and desired processing power.
Required Site-Specific Information
Your system site administrator can provide the required site-specific information in
Notes column in this table to record the information. Several steps in the installation procedure in
Chapter 2, "Installing the Sun Solaris 10 Operating System"
Table 1-2
Required Information
Subnet Mask
(Example: 255.255.255.0)
Default router
(Example: 111.11.xxx.1)
DNS server
NTP server IP address
Time zone
(Example: United States (Eastern))
Root password
(Assigned by your system site
administrator)
Required Machine-Specific Information
Your system site administrator can provide the information called for in
target Sun Netra machine. Use the Notes column in this table to record the information. Several steps in
the installation procedure require you to provide this information.
Table 1-3
Information
Host name of target machine
IP address of target machine
Default router IP address
Additional Ethernet IP address
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Solaris 10, Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Software Release 9.8 and Higher Software Release Preinstallation Checklists
installing the Sun Solaris 10 Operating System on an X4640 Quad-core platform, use the 10/08 version (the latest version).
If you are installing the Sun Solaris 10 Operating System on other Opteron-based platforms, use either the 10/08 version or
the 01/06 version.
Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Hardware Installation Guide (Release 7 & 9)
Site-Specific Information
Machine-Specific Checklist
Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Release 9.8 Software Installation and Configuration Guide
require you to provide this information.
Notes
Notes
for the host
Table
1-2. Use the
Table 1-3
as it applies to your
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