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Page 1: Installation Guide
Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide Part No: 821–0244 December 2010, Rev A... - Page 2 Copyright © 2009, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish, or display any part, in any form, or by any means.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Preface ..............................5 Product Information Web Site ......................5 Related Books ..........................5 About This Documentation (PDF and HTML) ................7 We Welcome Your Comments .....................8 Change History ..........................8 Introduction to Solaris OS and OpenSolaris Installation ..............9 Installing the Solaris 10 Operating System ..................11 Solaris OS Installation Overview .................... -
Page 5: Preface
At that site, you can find links to the documentation, parts lists and downloads. Related Books The following is a list of documents related to your Oracle Sun Fire X4640 server. These and additional support documents are available on the web at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/server.x64#hic... - Page 6 Pictorial label on racking your Label server Sun Fire X4640 System Overview Label Pictorial label on servicing your server Sun Fire X4640 Top Cover Label Pictorial label on removing components Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A...
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Page 7: About This Documentation (Pdf And Html)
About This Documentation (PDF and HTML) Document Group Document Description Sun Fire X4640 CPU Matrix Label Pictorial label on CPU module and fillers Sun Integrated Controller Disk Sun x64 Server Disk Management Information about managing your Management Overview server's storage. -
Page 8: We Welcome Your Comments
Installation Guide - Revised power specifications ■ December 2010, two documents revised ■ Service Manual - Revised motherboard FRUID update instructions ■ Product Notes - Revised software information and fixed bugs ■ Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A... -
Page 9: Introduction To Solaris Os And Opensolaris Installation
Introduction to Solaris OS and OpenSolaris Installation This document provides information for installing the Solaris OS and OpenSolaris on Oracle's Sun Fire X4640 server. Solaris OS – “Installing the Solaris 10 Operating System” on page 11 provides some of the ■... - Page 10 If you are configuring the preinstalled Solaris 10 5/09 operating system that is shipped Note – with the server, refer to the Sun Fire X4640 Server Installation Guide. Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A...
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Page 11: Installing The Solaris 10 Operating System
Your server supports the following Solaris OS installation methods: Boot from the preinstalled Solaris 10 5/09 OS image on the hard drive as described in the ■ Sun Fire X4640 Server Installation Guide. Install on one server from DVD or CD-ROM media interactively with the Solaris ■... - Page 12 Follow the instructions for x86 installation CD-ROM media. the CD or DVD media to install one in the Solaris 10 5/09 Installation Guide: server interactively. Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning. Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A...
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Page 13: Where To Find Solaris 10 Information
Solaris 10 5/09 Installation Guide: ■ Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations. See the Sun Fire X4640 Server Product Notes for patch and other late-breaking information. ■ Patches and instructions are available from the SunSolve Patch Portal at http://www.sunsolve.sun.com. Solaris 10 documentation is also available on the Solaris Documentation DVD included with... -
Page 15: Installing The Opensolaris Operating System
Task Map for OpenSolaris Installation TABLE 3 Description For More Information Install server hardware and configure the service Sun Fire X4640 Server Installation Guide processor. Configure the console output and if necessary, erase “Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS” on the boot disk. -
Page 16: How To Install Opensolaris
“How to Configure the Serial Port” on page 30 for more details. The system discovers and configures devices and interfaces, then it loads the OpenSolaris disk image into memory. This can take several minutes. Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A... - Page 17 OpenSolaris OS Installation Overview If the system discovers a keyboard, the Configure Keyboard layout menu appears. Select the desired language from the Configure Keyboard Layout menu, then press Enter. The system configures the keyboard layout, then searches for configuration files. The Select Desktop Language menu appears.
- Page 18 OpenSolaris OS Installation Overview Select a desktop language, then press Enter. After a few moments, the OpenSolaris 2009.06 desktop appears. Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A...
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Page 19: How To Install Device Drivers
OpenSolaris OS Installation Overview Double-click the Install OpenSolaris icon in the OpenSolaris desktop. The OpenSolaris Installer Welcome screen appears. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. “How To Install Device Drivers” on page 19 See Also ▼ How To Install Device Drivers ●... -
Page 20: How To Install Support Repository Updates
OpenSolaris OS Installation Overview ▼ How to Install Support Repository Updates Navigate to the OpenSolaris support site: http://sunsolve.sun.com/show.do?target=opensolaris Find your OpenSolaris release. Follow the directions for accessing and installing SRUs. Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A... -
Page 21: Booting From Os Distribution Media
▼ How to Boot From OS Media Locally Connect to the console. For more information, see “Connecting to the System Console” described the Sun Fire X4640 Server Installation Guide. Power on or reset the server. BIOS messages appear on the console. -
Page 22: How To Boot From Os Distribution Media Or Iso File Remotely
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) Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A... - Page 23 Booting From OS Distribution Media After a delay, a menu offers a selection of boot devices. Please select boot device: -------------------------------- Virtual CD/DVD PXE:IBA GE Slot 1000 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot 1001 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot 4100 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot 4101 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot 8100 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot 8101 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot C100 v1331...
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Page 25: Identifying Logical And Physical Network Interface Names For Solaris Os Installation
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation When you are configuring an operating system for a networked server, you might need to provide the logical name (assigned by the OS) and the physical name (MAC address) of each network interface. - Page 26 At the command prompt (#), type the following command to plumb all network interfaces. # ifconfig -a plumb The plumb process might take some time. At the command prompt, type the following command. # ifconfig -a Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A...
- Page 27 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation The output of Solaris named interfaces and MAC addresses appears. For example: In the sample output above: The el000g# entry in the first column refers to the Solaris logical named interface. This first ■...
- Page 28 This program will also halt the system. Do you want to continue (y/n) ? The system reboots and the configuration script starts. Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A...
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Page 29: Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An Os
Virtually, by configuring an SSH connection to the SP, then by issuing the start ■ /SP/console command. See “Communicating With the ILOM and the System Console” in Sun Fire X4640 Server Installation Guide for more details. Video Port – After the SP startup is complete, the system begins POST/BIOS, and displays ■... -
Page 30: How To Configure The Serial Port
Use the - and + key to change the External Serial Port setting from SP to System. f. To save the change and exit BIOS, press the F10 key. Sun Fire X4640 Server Solaris OS Installation Guide • December 2010, Rev A... -
Page 31: How To Erase Your Boot Hard Disk
Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the server's CD/DVD drive. If your server does not have a CD/DVD drive, use the remote console (JavaRConsole). See “How to Connect Remotely Using the ILOM Web Interface” in Sun Fire X4640 Server Installation Guide. -
Page 33: Index
Index Solaris 10 installation (Continued) RAID arrays, 11 boot OS, 21–23 task map, 12 remotely, 22–23 Solaris 10 Operating System identifying network interfaces by logical and physical names sys-unconfig command, 27 documentation, Solaris 10 operating system, 13 sys-unconfig command, Solaris, 27 OpenSolaris installation task map, Solaris 10 installation, 12 overview, 15...
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