Oracle Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Manual page 36

Installing a Linux OS Manually
"Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers" on page 38
Next Steps
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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,
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While configuring an operating system for a networked server, you must provide the logical
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names (assigned by the OS) and the physical name (MAC address) of each network
interface. See
details.
OEM OS installation guide available with the media kit.
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Download the OS-specific ZIP package file from My Oracle Support.
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Refer to:
Guide
Unzip the file to a location accessible to the server.
2
These are the OS-specific drivers and supplemental software (tools) for the server.
For information about the file system structure, refer to
Administration Guide (http://www.oracle.com/goto/x86AdminDiag/docs)
Insert the Linux distribution DVD or access the ISO image distribution media.
3
Power on or reset the server.
4
BIOS messages appear on the console.
36 Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • March 2014
"Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names" on page 23
"Getting Server Firmware and Software Updates" in Sun Blade X4-2B Installation
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"Preparing to Install the OS" on page
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