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Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module
Installation Guide for Oracle® VM Operating
Systems
Part No: 821–2368
January 2011, Rev A

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  • Page 1 Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide for Oracle® VM Operating Systems Part No: 821–2368 January 2011, Rev A...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2010, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. License Restrictions Warranty/Consequential Damages Disclaimer 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.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Using This Documentation ........................5 Product Information Web Site ......................5 Related Books ..........................5 About This Documentation (PDF and HTML) ................7 Documentation Comments ......................8 Contributors ............................8 Change History ..........................8 Introduction to Oracle VM Installation ....................9 Installing Oracle VM ........................... 11 System Requirements ........................12 How to Obtain Oracle VM Software ..................
  • Page 5: Using This Documentation

    Product information and specifications ■ Software and firmware downloads ■ Related Books The following is a list of documents related to Oracle's Sun Blade X6275 M2 server module. These and additional support documents are available on the web at: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19962-01/...
  • Page 6 Servers Applications and Sun x64 Server Utilities Reference How to use the available utilities Utilities Documentation Manual included with your server. Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide for Oracle VM Operating Systems • January 2011, Rev A...
  • Page 7: About This Documentation (Pdf And Html)

    About This Documentation (PDF and HTML) Document Group Document Description Oracle Integrated Lights Out Oracle Integrated Lights Out Information about new ILOM Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Feature features. Documentation Updates and Release Notes Oracle Integrated Lights Out Overview of ILOM 3.0. Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Getting Started Guide Oracle Integrated Lights Out...
  • Page 8: Documentation Comments

    Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Supplement for the Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module for proving physical presence, reading available_power in ILOM. Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide for Oracle VM Operating Systems • January 2011, Rev A...
  • Page 9: Introduction To Oracle Vm Installation

    Introduction to Oracle VM Installation This document provides information about installing the Oracle VM server. It provides the following topics. Description Link Describes how to install Oracle VM. “Installing Oracle VM” on page 11 Describes how to create a PXE installation image for “Creating a PXE Installation Image for Oracle VM”...
  • Page 11: Installing Oracle Vm

    If you purchased a pre-installed version of Oracle VM on an FMod. Follow the Note – instructions in “Configuring a Pre-Installed OS” in Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide. Oracle VM includes the following components: Oracle VM Manager: A web application that acts as the user interface for creating and ■...
  • Page 12: System Requirements

    “How to Install Oracle VM Server” on page 13 ■ “How to Install Drivers” on page 15 ■ “How to Install Oracle VM Manager” on page 16 ■ Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide for Oracle VM Operating Systems • January 2011, Rev A...
  • Page 13: How To Obtain Oracle Vm Software

    Connect to your server console using one of the methods described in “Accessing the Host Console Through ILOM” in Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide. If not done already, insert your Oracle VM Server distribution CD/DVD or access the ISO image...
  • Page 14 When you see a message offering a series of selections, press F8. After a delay, a menu offers a selection of boot devices (see the following example). Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide for Oracle VM Operating Systems • January 2011, Rev A...
  • Page 15: How To Install Drivers

    System Requirements Select a boot device from the list. To boot from a physical CD/DVD or from an ISO image, select CD/DVD. Control passes to the OS installation program on the media. Enter the following command at the boot prompt: Enter Follow the prompts to install the software.
  • Page 16: How To Install Oracle Vm Manager

    ■ Create your virtual machines in the server pool. ■ For detailed information, refer to the Oracle VM installation documentation at: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15458_01/index.htm Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide for Oracle VM Operating Systems • January 2011, Rev A...
  • Page 17 Creating and Managing VM Resources See Also “System Requirements” on page 12 ■ “How to Obtain Oracle VM Software” on page 13 ■ “How to Install Oracle VM Server” on page 13 ■ “How to Install Drivers” on page 15 ■...
  • Page 19: Creating A Pxe Installation Image For Oracle Vm

    Creating a PXE Installation Image for Oracle VM This section describes how to create a PXE image for Oracle VM. “How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Oracle VM” on page ▼ How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Oracle VM At the release of this document, Oracle VM 2.2.1 is the minimum supported version of Oracle VM.
  • Page 20 Using a text editor, create the PXE configuration file (to be named default). This file defines the menu shown to the target system during network boot. The following shows two examples labels for an Oracle VM menu: Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide for Oracle VM Operating Systems • January 2011, Rev A...
  • Page 21 Creating a PXE Installation Image for Oracle VM Type the text block from append through ks.cfg as one continuous string with no Note – returns. label ovm_svr_2.2 sda eth select kernel ovm_svr_2.2/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz append initrd=ovm_svr_2.2/images/pxeboot/initrd.img load_ramdisk=1 network ks=nfs:n.n.n.n:/home/pxeboot/ovm_svr_2.2/ks.cfg mem=32g label ovm_svr_2.2 sda eth select serial console kernel ovm_svr_2.2/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz append initrd=ovm_svr_2.2/images/pxeboot/initrd.img load_ramdisk=1 network ks=nfs:n.n.n.n:/home/pxeboot/ovm_svr_2.2/ks.cfg mem=32g...

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