Table of Contents
Advertisement
Use this procedure to install a supported operating system on the server using Oracle System
Assistant.
Caution -
your platform product notes for details.
Note -
all operating systems have their own unique variations. See your operating system installation
guide for details.
Obtain the operating system media or image.
Before You Begin
Complete the preparations in
1.
Click the Install OS task button.
The Install Operating System screen appears.
From the Supported OS drop-down list, select the operating system to install.
2.
The list contains only the supported operating systems that can use the Install OS task.
3.
In the Select the desired BIOS mode for booting operating system portion of the
screen, select UEFI or Legacy BIOS mode.
The choice of BIOS modes is available only if the target operating system supports booting in
UEFI mode.
See
"Legacy BIOS Boot Mode and UEFI Boot Mode" on page
In the Select your install media location portion of the screen, select the location
4.
of your operating system installation media.
Options are Physical CD/DVD, Virtual ISO images, or Network Location. Network Location is
available for installing Linux operating systems using Oracle System Assistant 1.2 or newer.
If you launched Oracle System Assistant locally and you want to install an operating system
from a network location, ensure that you have configured the network settings as described in
"Configure Network Interface Settings (Oracle System Assistant)" on page
Note -
URL. For more information see
Click the Refresh button to update the list of devices.
Before you install Oracle Solaris 11.3, you might have to update your firmware. See
This section provides the basic steps required to install an operating system. However
"Preparing to Install an Operating System" on page
If you select Network Location, use lowercase letters for the http or ftp portion of the
Install an Operating System (Oracle System Assistant)
"Oracle System Assistant Known Issues" on page
117.
196.
165.
178.
Installing an Operating System
119
Advertisement
Table of Contents
