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Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. Part No: 820–6772–11 August 2009, Revision A...
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Etats-Unis et dans d'autres pays; elle est licenciée exclusivement par X/Open Company, Ltd. Sun, Sun Microsystems, le logo Sun, le logo Solaris, le logo Java Coffee Cup, docs.sun.com, Open Solaris, Java et Solaris sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de Sun Microsystems, Inc., ou ses filiales, aux Etats-Unis et dans d'autres pays.
Contents Preface ..............................5 Installation Overview ...........................9 Process Flow ............................9 Installing the OpenSolaris Operating System ................11 System Requirements .......................... 11 Preparing for OpenSolaris OS Installation ..................12 Erasing a Currently Installed OS ....................12 Setting the BIOS for the OpenSolaris OS .................. 13 Setting the LSI RAID Configuration ..................
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Installing the Solaris Operating System From a JumpStart Server ..........33 ▼ Install the Solaris Operating System from a JumpStart Server ..........33 Index ..............................35 Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide • August 2009, Revision A...
Preface The Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide provides instructions for installing and configuring the Solaris and Linux operating systems. Typographic Conventions The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book. Typographic Conventions TABLE P–1 Typeface...
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Preface Change History The following changes have been made to the documentation set. March 2009, initial documentation was published. ■ August 2009, OpenSolaris installation instructions were added. ■...
C H A P T E R Installation Overview This guide provides procedures for installing an operating system (OS) on your workstation if you do not want to use an optional preinstalled OS from Sun. For OpenSolaris installation instructions, see Chapter 2, “Installing the OpenSolaris ■...
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Process Flow Installation Flow Diagram FIGURE 1–1 Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide • August 2009, Revision A...
This chapter provides information about installing the OpenSolaris OS on your workstation if your workstation did not come with the preinstalled OpenSolaris OS option. OpenSolaris 2009.06 (x86/x64) is the minimum version supported for your Sun Ultra 27 Workstation. If you do not already have the latest LiveCD distribution media, you can download it from: http://www.opensolaris.com/get/index.jsp...
Otherwise, the only output is the display on the diagnostic screen. If you accidentally remove the diagnostic partition, you can re-create and mount it using the Create Diagnostic Partition option on the Tools and Drivers DVD. See the Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Service Manual for instructions.
Preparing for OpenSolaris OS Installation ▼ To Erase the Currently Installed OS To erase all partitions on primary boot hard drive except the diagnostic partition: Back up any data on the workstation's boot hard disk that you want to save. Insert the Tools and Drivers DVD into the workstation DVD drive and power cycle the workstation.
“hands-free” network installations of the OpenSolaris OS. For information on using the automated installer, refer to the OpenSolaris Automated Installer Guide on the web at: http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/2009.06/AIinstall/ index.html Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide • August 2009, Revision A...
Post OpenSolaris Installation Tasks After completing one of the above installation options, proceed to “Post OpenSolaris Installation Tasks” on page Post OpenSolaris Installation Tasks After completing the OpenSolaris installation and rebooting the Operating System, review the following post installation tasks and, if necessary, perform the tasks that are applicable to your system.
Solaris OS. Solaris 10 10/08 (x86/x64) is the minimum version supported for your Sun Ultra 27 Workstation. If you do not already have the latest CD distribution media, you can download it from: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/releases.jsp...
Otherwise, the only output is the display on the diagnostic screen. If you accidentally remove the diagnostic partition, you can re-create and mount it using the Create Diagnostic Partition option on the Tools and Drivers DVD. See the Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Service Manual for instructions.
Preparing for the Solaris OS Installation This option erases all partitions currently located on the primary hard drive, except for the diagnostic partition. The diagnostic partition, if it is present, remains untouched. Setting the BIOS for the Solaris OS SATA is configured as AHCI in the BIOS by default. If the BIOS was not changed, you do not need to perform this setup.
After installing the OS, run the installation script provided on the Tools and Drivers DVD to install the drivers that correspond to your OS. The Tools and Drivers DVD is included with your workstation. Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide • August 2009, Revision A...
The Tools and Drivers DVD also contains the tools to re-create and mount the diagnostic Note – partition. You should not have to do this unless you accidentally erased it. See the Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Service Manual for details.
C H A P T E R Installing the Linux Operating System This chapter provides information about installing the Linux OS on your workstation. The following Linux operating systems (or later versions) are supported for this workstation: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Release 5.3, 32–bit and 64–bit ■...
Otherwise, the only output is the display on the diagnostic screen. If you accidentally remove the diagnostic partition, you can re-create and mount it using the Create Diagnostic Partition option on the Tools and Drivers DVD. See the Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Service Manual for instructions.
Preparing for Linux Installation This option erases all partitions currently located on the primary hard drive, except for the diagnostic partition. The diagnostic partition, if it is present, remains untouched. Setting the BIOS for Linux SATA is configured as AHCI in the BIOS by default. To verify that this option is set correctly in the BIOS, do the following procedure: ▼...
The Tools and Drivers DVD also contains the tools to recreate and mount the diagnostic Note – partition. You should not have to do this unless you accidentally erased it. See the Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Service Manual for details.
Installing Drivers ▼ To Install the Linux Drivers Log in to the system as superuser. Insert the Tools and Drivers DVD into the DVD drive and type: # cd /mountpoint/drivers/linux/operating_system Where: mountpoint is the directory to which the DVD is mounted. operating_system is the type of Linux OS installed on the workstation.
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% init 3 b. Log in as superuser. c. Repeat Step 4 Step Eject the DVD after the driver installation is complete. Reboot the workstation. Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide • August 2009, Revision A...
A P P E N D I X Installing Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris OS Remote Images This appendix describes how to install Linux and the Solaris OS from remote images. It includes the following sections: “Installing the Linux Operating System From a PXE Server” on page 29 ■...
MASK: 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP: 10.6.68.49 GATEWAY: 10.6.68.1 When prompted, press F12 for a network service boot. The PXE image menu will be displayed. Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide • August 2009, Revision A...
Installing the OpenSolaris Operating System Using the Automated Installer Select the image that you want to install. Reboot when the installation is complete. Install the workstation–specific drivers from the Tools and Drivers DVD as described in “Installing Drivers”on page 26, unless your client image is configured to preload the drivers. Installing the OpenSolaris Operating System Using the Automated Installer If you want to install the OpenSolaris operating system (OS) on multiple client systems on a...
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The image is selected automatically after a timeout. Note – The OpenSolaris OS installation will start and the workstation will reboot when it is complete. Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide • August 2009, Revision A...
Installing the Solaris Operating System From a JumpStart Server Installing the Solaris Operating System From a JumpStart Server Before you begin, build and place on the JumpStart server a Solaris image that includes Note – the Intel Ethernet Drivers (e1000g). The Solaris OS does not include e1000g drivers. For more information about JumpStart installations, see the Solaris 10 7/07 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations, 819-5778.
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/var/sadm/system/logs/install_log begin_log finish_log sysidtool.log Install drivers as described in “Installing Drivers”on page 20, unless your JumpStart image is configured to preload the drivers. Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Linux, OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide • August 2009, Revision A...
Index erasing an installed OS, 18-19 Linux, preinstall tasks, 24-26 OpenSolaris automated installer, 14 erasing a currently installed OS, 12-13 installation, 14-15 installing device drivers, 15 installing updates, 15 obtaining, 11-15 preinstall tasks, 12-14 RAID configuration, 13-14 setting SATA to AHCI in the BIOS, 13 system requirements, 11-12 Solaris erasing a currently installed OS, 18-19, 24-25...
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