Booting Installation Media; How To Boot From Os Media Locally - Oracle Sun Fire X2270 M2 Installation Manual

Booting Installation Media

This topic describes how to boot from an OS distribution media (CD or DVD) or an equivalent
ISO file. It contains the following topics.
"How to Boot From OS Media Locally" on page 27
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"How to Boot From OS Distribution Media or ISO File Remotely" on page 28
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When you are done, control passes from the BIOS to the OS installation procedures. Follow the
steps in your OS installation guide.
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How to Boot From OS Media Locally

Connect to the console.
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For more information, see
Installation Guide.
Insert the distribution media.
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Reset the server .
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Do one of the following:
From the ILOM web interface, select Remote Control > Remote Power Control, then select
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the Power Cycle option from the Host action list box.
From the local server, press the Power button (approximately 1 second) on the front panel of
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the server to power off the server, then press the Power button again to power on the server.
The next events occur very quickly; therefore, focus your attention on the following
Note –
steps. Watch carefully for these messages as they appear on the screen for a brief time. You
might want to enlarge the size of your screen to eliminate scroll bars.
When you see a message offering a series of selections, press F8.
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Initializing USB Controllers .. Done.
Press F2 to run Setup (CTRL+E on Remote Keyboard)
Press F8 for BBS POPUP (CTRL+P on Remote Keyboard)
Press F12 to boot from the network (CTRL+N on Remote Keyboard)
"Connecting to the System Console" in Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server
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