Set Up The Boot Media For A Local Installation - Oracle X5-2 Installation Manual

Set Up the Boot Media for a Local Installation

The installation media CD/DVD can be installed on the server DVD drive.
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The installation media CD/DVD can be installed on an external DVD drive that is attached
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to the server.
The installation media can be copied to a USB flash drive and installed in one of the server's
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external or internal USB ports.
Remote Boot Media Requirements
Remote boot media enable you to boot the install over the network. You can start the
installation from a redirected boot storage device or another networked system that exports the
ISO image over the network using a PreBoot eXecution Environment (PXE).
Supported OS remote boot media sources can include:
CD/DVD-ROM installation media installed in remote DVD drive, and a remote USB
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removable flash drive installation media
CD/DVD ISO image available in a location on the network that is setup for virtual
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redirection
CD/DVD-ROM installation media image mounted on the server service processor (SP)
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For instructions on mounting an installation image onto the server SP, refer to the Oracle
ILOM Administrator's Guide for Configuration and Maintenance at
com/goto/ILOM/docs. Alternatively, refer to the More Details link in the Oracle ILOM
Remote Control → Remote Device web interface page.
The DVD/ISO image made available as a PXE network boot. The instructions for
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performing PXE network installations for the supported Linux operating systems are
provided in the following sections:
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Set Up the Boot Media for a Local Installation
To set up the local boot media, you must insert a storage device that contains the Linux OS
installation media into the server using one of the following options.
If the server is equipped with an optional DVD drive, insert the Linux OS
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installation DVD into the DVD drive located on the front of the server; otherwise,
proceed to the next step.
14 Oracle Server X5-2 Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems • October 2016
"Install Oracle Linux 6.5, 6.6, or 7 Using PXE Network Boot" on page 64
"Install RHEL 6.5, 6.6, or 7 Using PXE Network Boot" on page 72
"Install SLES OS Using PXE Network Boot" on page 101
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