Sun Microsystems Sun Ultra 27, Operating System Installation Manual

Page 1: ...Sun Ultra 27Workstation 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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Page 3: ...RAID Configuration 13 Installing OpenSolaris 14 Post OpenSolaris Installation Tasks 15 Installing Device Drivers to Support Additional Hardware 15 Installing Updates 15 3 Installing the Solaris Operat...

Page 4: ...e Linux Operating System From a PXE Server 29 Before You Begin 29 To Install the Linux Operating System From a PXE Server 30 Installing the OpenSolaris Operating System Using the Automated Installer 3...

Page 5: ...xample AaBbCc123 The names of commands files and directories and onscreen computer output Edit your login file Use ls a to list all files machine_name you have mail AaBbCc123 What you type contrasted...

Page 6: ...s not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content advertising products or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources Sun will not be responsible or liable fo...

Page 7: ...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 Preface 7...

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Page 9: ...OpenSolaris Operating System For Solaris OS installation instructions see Chapter 3 Installing the Solaris Operating System For Linux OS installation instructions see Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Op...

Page 10: ...FIGURE 1 1 Installation Flow Diagram Process Flow Sun Ultra 27Workstation Linux OpenSolaris and Solaris Operating System Installation Guide August 2009 Revision A 10...

Page 11: ...et index jsp Note For information describing how to configure the optional preinstalled OpenSolaris OS image refer to the Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Installation Guide 820 6771 for setup instructions Do...

Page 12: ...OS for the OpenSolaris OS on page 13 Setting the LSI RAID Configuration on page 13 Erasing a Currently Installed OS To erase the currently installed OS you can use the Tools and Drivers DVD to erase p...

Page 13: ...S has not been changed still at factory defaults it is already set correctly and you can skip this section To verify the SATA configuration setting in the BIOS do the following To Set the BIOS for the...

Page 14: ...have two options for installing OpenSolaris on your workstation Install OpenSolaris locally at the workstation using the LiveCD To install OpenSolaris from the LiveCD refer to the Getting Started with...

Page 15: ...Utility choose Applications System Tools Device Driver Utility For more about device drivers and using the Device Driver Utility refer to http dlc sun com osol docs content dev getstart devdriver htm...

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Page 17: ...tion describing how to configure the optional preinstalled Solaris OS image refer to the Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Installation Guide 820 6771 for setup instructions Do not follow the instructions list...

Page 18: ...rming this action The system diagnostic software requires the diagnostic partition to write its test scripts Otherwise the only output is the display on the diagnostic screen If you accidentally remov...

Page 19: ...Configured SATA As option to AHCI Press the F10 key to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setting the LSI RAID Configuration If your workstation has multiple disks you can use this procedure to set u...

Page 20: ...to the Solaris 10 OS Installation Guide Basic Installations on the web in the documentation collection for the version of Solaris you are installing http docs sun com app docs prod solaris 10 Install...

Page 21: ...VD drive The DVD is automounted by the Solaris OS Change to the cdrom cdrom0 drivers sx86 directory by typing the following command cd cdrom cdrom0 drivers sx86 Run the installation script by typing t...

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Page 23: ...esktop for the workstation from the following Sun web site http www sun com software linux index html This chapter includes the following sections System Requirements on page 23 Preparing for Linux In...

Page 24: ...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...

Page 25: ...BIOS Setting the LSI RAID Configuration If your workstation has multiple disks you can use this procedure to set up a mirrored RAID volume The process of RAID creation for the LSI controller included...

Page 26: ...Note If you are installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS after installing the OS but before installing the video drivers run the up2date utility If you have already installed the NVIDIA video driver...

Page 27: ...and mount the DVD by typing the following command mount o ro dev cdrom mountpoint Where mountpoint is the appropriate mount point for the OS and optical drive type For example mount o ro dev cdrom mn...

Page 28: ...pe the following at the system prompt init 3 b Log in as superuser c Repeat Step 4 and Step 5 Eject the DVD after the driver installation is complete Reboot the workstation 6 7 8 Installing Drivers Su...

Page 29: ...se a PXE Preboot Execution Environment to accomplish that task BeforeYou Begin Set up your PXE server that will hold the OS images for your client Setup the install client image on the PXE server For...

Page 30: ...workstation s BIOS configuration program The network card boots and after receiving the correct response from the DHCP server displays the Boot Agent message similar to Intel R Boot Agent PXE Base Co...

Page 31: ...the automated installer before review the Automated Installer Task Map at http dlc sun com osol docs content 2009 06 AIinstall tasks html If you have already set up an install server you can go to the...

Page 32: ...1997 2007 Intel Corporation CLIENT MAC ADDR 00 14 4F 29 04 12 GUID FF2000008 FFFF FFFF FFFF 7BDA264F1400 CLIENT IP 10 6 68 29 MASK 255 255 255 0 DHCP IP 10 6 68 49 GATEWAY 10 6 68 1 When prompted pres...

Page 33: ...umpStart Server Power cycle the workstation Hold down the F8 key until you see the BBS Popup menu This menu allows you to select a boot device Select a Network IBA GE Slot entry and press Enter The ne...

Page 34: ...isplayed if there is more than one image available Select the Solaris image to install if multiple are listed and press Enter The operating system is installed and the workstation reboots when it is c...

Page 35: ...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 1...

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