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- Page 1 Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems Part No: E37040–04 March 2014...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Installing the Operating System ......................23 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names ........... 23 Install a Linux OS (Oracle System Assistant) ................27 Installing a Linux OS Manually ....................32 Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers ............. 38 Updating a Linux OS to a New Version .................. -
Page 5: Using This Documentation
(blade), and blade chassis are updated periodically. You can obtain the latest version in one of three ways: Oracle System Assistant – This is a factory-installed option for Sun Oracle x86 servers. It has ■ all the tools and drivers you need and resides on a USB drive installed in most servers. -
Page 6: Documentation And Feedback
PDF button in the upper left corner of the HTML page. Support and Training These web sites provide additional resources: Support: ■ http://support.oracle.com Training: ■ http://education.oracle.com Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014... -
Page 7: Access To Oracle Support
Change History Access to Oracle Support Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info if you are hearing impaired. http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs Contributors Primary Authors: Lisa Kuder, Ray Angelo, Mark McGothigan Contributors: Mike Ma, Qing-su Hu, Lu Wei, Cynthia Chin-Lee, Michael Tabor, Ralph Woodley, Ling Chen, Qing Gu, Donghua Zhou, David Zhuang. -
Page 9: About Linux Os Installation
This section contains an overview for installing a new Linux operating system (OS) on your server. If you have a Sun Blade X4-2B server module with preinstalled Oracle Linux, refer to the Note – Sun Blade X4-2B Server Module Installation Guide for instructions on configuring the operating system. -
Page 10: Supported Linux Os Versions And Latest Information
BIOS Boot Mode. If you choose to boot the server in UEFI BIOS Boot Mode, the preinstalled image is not accessible. Therefore, if you want to use the Oracle Linux 6.x OS with the UEFI/ BIOS Boot Mode set to UEFI BIOS, you must perform a fresh installation of Oracle Linux 6.x. -
Page 11: Linux Os Installation Options
Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux The Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 for Linux is a recommended kernel that is installed by default on Oracle Linux 5.9 and 6.3 and can be installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9, 6.3, and 6.4. - Page 12 CD/DVD drive, USB device, or CD/DVD image. You also need to supply the necessary drivers. The drivers for the server are available from the My Oracle Support site as OS-specific and server-specific packages. To install the OS, use the distribution media's installation wizard.
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Page 13: Oracle System Assistant
Obtaining Oracle System Assistant Oracle System Assistant Oracle System Assistant is delivered on a USB storage device embedded in the system as an integral part of your server and is ready to use as soon as you apply standby power. This embedded storage device includes everything you need to start using the server with your choice of supported operating system and hardware. - Page 14 Obtaining Oracle System Assistant Oracle X4 Series Servers Administration Guide (http://www.oracle.com/goto/ x86AdminDiag/docs) Related Information “Preparing to Install the OS” on page 15 ■ Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014...
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Page 15: Preparing To Install The Os
“Download RHEL Media Kits” on page 16 ■ ▼ Download Oracle Linux Media Kits For Oracle Linux, go to the Oracle e-delivery site : http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux Create an account (if you do not already have one). You need an account to download the updated ISO images. -
Page 16: Selecting The Installation Method
A local OS installation is performed at the server. The preferred procedure for a local installation method is to use the Oracle System Assistant's Install OS task. Use this procedure to set up for a local Oracle System Assistant assisted installation or a local manual (unassisted) installation. - Page 17 CD/DVD drive or CD ISO image. The easiest method for a remote installation is to use Oracle System Assistant's assisted Install OS task. Use this procedure to set up for a remote Oracle System Assistant assisted installation or a remote manual (unassisted) installation.
- Page 18 Some of the screen shots shown in this procedure might differ from the screens you see. Note – To access Oracle ILOM, type the IP address of the service processor into a browser on the Remote Console system. Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014...
- Page 19 The Security Alert dialog box appears. Click the I Understand the Risks link. Click Add Exception. The Oracle ILOM login screen appears. Type the user name and password and click Log In. The default user name is root, and default password is changeme.
- Page 20 CD/DVD contents from the CD/DVD-ROM drive attached to the Remote Console system. CD-ROM Image. Select CD-ROM Image to redirect the server to the operating system ■ software .iso image file located on the Remote Console system. Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014...
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Page 21: Setting Up Bios
Setting Up BIOS “Setting Up BIOS” on page 21 Next Steps ■ Setting Up BIOS Before you install the operating system, you should ensure that BIOS settings are configured to support the type of installation you plan to perform. The following topics provide specific instructions on how to configure the BIOS to support the installation: “Load BIOS Optimal Default Settings”... - Page 22 Press Enter and use the up or down arrow keys to select the Legacy or UEFI BIOS Boot Mode option. To save the changes, and exit the BIOS Setup Utility, press F10. “Installing the Operating System” on page 23 Next Steps Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014...
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Page 23: Installing The Operating System
This section explains how to obtain the needed logical information in these situations. It provides the following topics. “Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names (Oracle Linux or RHEL)” on ■ page 24 “Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names (SLES)” on page 25... - Page 24 Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names (Oracle Linux or RHEL) During installation and configuration of the Oracle or Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS, you reach a point where you must enter the logical and physical names (MAC addresses) of the network interfaces.
- Page 25 RX bytes:1282625453 (1.1 GiB) TX bytes:118834056 (113.3 MiB) Interrupt:54 Base address:0xc000 The eth0 entry in the first column is the Oracle Linux logical named interface. This first ■ column in the output identifies the logical names Oracle Linux or RHEL assigned to the network interface.
- Page 26 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:44 Base address:0x6000 Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014...
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Page 27: Install A Linux Os (Oracle System Assistant)
SUSE OS installation. To exit the Rescue shell, do one of the following: From the Oracle ILOM web interface, select Remote Control > Remote Power Control > Reset. ■ From other consoles, at the Rescue prompt (#), type reboot, and then press Enter. - Page 28 Ensure that the server is in standby power mode. Boot the server and watch the video monitor or Remote Console screen for the prompt to press the F9 key to enter Oracle System Assistant. Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014...
- Page 29 When the prompt appears, press the F9 key. The Oracle System Assistant main screen appears. To update the Oracle System Assistant application, click the Get Updates button. This action ensures that the application has the latest firmware and drivers before you begin the OS installation.
- Page 30 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names To update the server firmware, click the Update Firmware button. This action ensures that the server has the latest firmware before you begin the OS installation. Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014...
- Page 31 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names To install the OS, click the Install OS button. The Install OS screen appears. From the Select Operating System drop-down list, select the OS. Select the BIOS boot mode. For more information. See “Setting Up BIOS”...
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Page 32: Installing A Linux Os Manually
“Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers” on page 38 Next Steps Installing a Linux OS Manually The easiest method for installing a Linux OS is to use the Oracle System Assistant application. For more, see “Install a Linux OS (Oracle System Assistant)” on page Use the procedures in the following sections to install a Linux OS manually—without the... - Page 33 Installing a Linux OS Manually Power on or reset the server. BIOS messages appear on the console. 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). Select a boot device from the list.
- Page 34 Solaris OS), it appears as a partition during the installation process. If you choose to install Oracle Linux on that partition, it overwrites the OS. If you wish to preserve the partition, you must install Oracle Linux on a different partition.
- Page 35 Installing a Linux OS Manually Power on or reset the server. BIOS messages appear on the console. 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). Select a boot device from the list.
- Page 36 “Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers” on page 38 Next Steps ▼ Install RHEL Manually Prepare the server storage drives. For more information, refer to the Sun Blade X4-2B Before You Begin ■ Installation Guide . Perform the steps in the section, “Preparing to Install the OS”...
- Page 37 Installing a Linux OS Manually 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). 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.
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Page 38: Installing Server System Tools And Updating Drivers
MSM, MegaCLI, or hmp-tools. If your system has Oracle System Assistant: ■ a. From the OS, open a file browser, and navigate to the Oracle System Assistant USB device. The USB device is named: ORACLE_SSM b. Navigate to the appropriate Linux OS Tools folder using the following path structure: Linux/OS_name/version/Tools/tool Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems •... - Page 39 OS installation, use the .rpm file or the Linux OS InstallPack application, respectively. The InstallPack application and the .rpm files are available with the Oracle System Assistant software on the internal USB stick and the downloaded OS-specific software package.
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Page 40: Updating A Linux Os To A New Version
Within the unzipped directory file system, navigate to the Linux OS InstallPack folder: Linux/OS_name/version/InstallPack where OS_name is the installed OS as OL (Oracle Linux), RHEL (Red Hat), or SLES (SUSE), and version is the version of the installed Linux OS. - Page 41 Updating a Linux OS to a New Version This yum server is offered without support of any kind. If you require errata, security Note – patches, and other updates, you should use the Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) at http://linux.oracle.com/. ▼...
- Page 42 Answer the questions and make your choices before the packages are downloaded and installed. You should periodically update the system using yum. For more information, refer to the man page. Type: # man yum Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014...
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Page 43: Index
(Linux), 16–17 documentation getting latest Linux, 10 manual OS installation, Linux, 12 manual OS installation (Oracle Linux), 32–34 manual OS installation (RHEL), 36–37 firmware manual OS installation (SLES), 34–36 update information media kits, OS installation, 15... - Page 44 BIOS boot mode Linux, 22 software and hardware information Linux, 10 supported operating system Linux, 10 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) logical and physical interface names, identifying, 25–27 Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014...