To Install Linux Using Pxe - Sun Microsystems Fire X4150 Installation Manual

To use PXE to boot the installation media over the network, you must:
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▼ To Install Linux Using PXE

1. Ensure that the PXE network environment is properly set up and the SLES
installation media is available for PXE boot.
2. Reset the power on the server.
For example:
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The BIOS screen appears.
Note – The next events occur very quickly; therefore, focused attention is needed
for these steps. Watch carefully for the messages, as they appear on the screen for a
brief time.
3. Press F8 to specify a temporary boot device.
The Please Select Boot Device menu appears listing the available boot device.
4. In the Boot Device menu, select the PXE installation boot device (physical port)
that is configured to communicate with your network installation server.
The network bootloader loads and a boot prompt appears. Wait for the five
second time-out and the installation kernel will begin to load.
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Configure the network (NFS, FTP, HTTP) server to export the installation tree.
Configure the files on the TFTP server necessary for PXE booting.
Configure the Sun Fire X4150, X4250, and X4450 servers MAC network port
address to boot from the PXE configuration.
Configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
From the ILOM web interface, select Remote Control --> Remote Power
Control, then select the Power Cycle option from the Host action drop-down
menu.
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 ILOM CLI on the server SP, type: reset /SYS