Sun Oracle Fire X4470, Installation Manual

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Page 3: ...orted Windows Server Operating Systems 8 Windows Installation Prerequisites 8 Windows Server Installation Task Overview 9 SAS PCIe HBAs Requiring LSI Mass Storage Driver for Windows Server 2008 SP2 10 3 Installing Windows Server 2008 13 Before You Begin 13 Installing Windows Server Using Local or Remote Media 14 Install Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 Using Local or Remote Media 14 Windows Server In...

Page 4: ...ental Software 28 Configuring Support for TPM 29 Configuring Intel NIC Teaming 29 Part II Windows Server System Administrator References A Supported Installation Methods 33 Console Outputs 33 Installation Boot Media 34 Installation Targets 37 B Supported Operating Systems 39 Supported Operating Systems 39 C BIOS Defaults for New Installations 41 Verification of BIOS Factory Defaults 41 Before You ...

Page 5: ... Device Drivers to Incorporate Into WIM Image s 49 Prerequisites and Task Overview 50 Procedures for Incorporating Drivers Into WIM Image s 52 Before you Begin 53 Create an ImageUnattend xml Setup Script Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 53 Add Device Driver s to Boot WIM Windows Server 2008 SP2 Only 57 Map ImageUnattend xml Setup Script to Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 Install Image 60 Index 65 ...

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Page 7: ...uct Information on page vii Related Documentation on page viii Documentation Support and Training on page ix Documentation Feedback on page x Product Downloads on page x Product Information For information about the Sun Fire X4770 Server go to the following web site http www oracle com goto x4470 At that site you can find links and navigate to the following information and downloads Product inform...

Page 8: ...ating systems 821 1213 PDF HTML Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Windows Operating Systems Installation instructions for the Windows Server operating systems 821 0701 PDF HTML Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris Operating System Installation instructions for the Oracle Solaris operating system 821 0700 PDF HTML Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Virtua...

Page 9: ... Oracle Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Documentation Collection formerly known as Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager Documentation Collection Documents covering ILOM features and tasks that are common to servers and server modules the support ILOM 3 0 820 5523 820 6410 820 6411 820 6412 820 6413 PDF HTML Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 3 0 Supplement for Sun Fire X4470 Server ILOM 3 0 inform...

Page 10: ...er of your document with your feedback Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Windows Operating Systems part number 821 0701 10 Product Downloads To download the latest product software go to the following web site http www oracle com goto x4470 At that site you can find links and navigate to the following items Tools and Drivers DVD image Sun Installation Asssitance DVD image Sun Validation...

Page 11: ...ion With Sun Installation Assistant SIA Experienced Users Manually install the Windows operating system and the required system drivers Chapter 2 Getting Started Chapter 3 Windows Server 2008 Installation Chapter 4 Post Installation of Windows Server 200 Experienced Users Reference content for manual Windows operating system installations Appendix A Supported Installation Methods Appendix B Suppor...

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Page 13: ...tribution from the menu and follow the on screen instructions SIA scans your system to ensure that it has the drivers it needs to configure your server components 1 It also provides you the option of having SIA check for the latest drivers available SIA will prompt you for the appropriate media as needed and any other required information during the OS installation process such as license keys Not...

Page 14: ...r Optionally update your SIA session with the latest firmware and drivers Optionally recover from a corrupt or inaccessible ILOM service processor How to Obtain SIA SIA ships with most x86 Oracle server platforms and is available in CD format or a web download Regular updates are made available to ensure that the latest OS versions are supported You can download per your platform server the latest...

Page 15: ...Chapter 1 Assisted OS Installation With Sun Installation Assistant SIA 5 http www sun com bigadmin features articles install_assista nt jsp ...

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Page 17: ...structions provided in Chapters 2 through 4 of this guide and not using the Sun Installation Assistant SIA If you prefer to perform an assisted Windows installation by using SIA see Chapter 1 of this guide Topics discussed in this chapter include Supported Windows Server Operating Systems on page 8 Windows Installation Prerequisites on page 8 Windows Server Installation Task Overview on page 9 SAS...

Page 18: ...08 operating system installation on your server Windows OS Edition Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard Edition 64 bit Enterprise Edition 64 bit Datacenter edition 64 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition 64 bit Enterprise Edition 64 bit Datacenter edition 64 bit TABLE 2 1 Windows Installation Prerequisites Requirement Description For more information see Server is set up and operational The ser...

Page 19: ...Server 2008 installation you might need to Install server specific device drivers to support additional hardware Note the Windows 2008 SP2 does not include the LSI mass storage drivers for the SAS PCIe host bus adapters HBAs If you have a SAS PCIe HBA option installed the LSI mass storage driver for the SAS PCIe HBA option must be made accessible from the Tools and Drivers DVD during installation ...

Page 20: ...ers into WDS images For instructions on how to incorporate the drivers into WDS images see Appendix E 2 Choose and set up an installation method for deploying the Windows Server installation as described in Appendix A 3 Follow the instructions for performing a manual installation of the Windows Server operating system as described in Chapter 3 4 Follow the instructions for performing the Windows S...

Page 21: ...tall Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 Using Local or Remote Media on page 14 If you do not have a copy of the Tools and Drivers DVD you can download the ISO image for the Tools and Driver DVD For details see Appendix D TABLE 2 2 Supported SAS PCIe HBAs Requiring LSI Mass Storage Driver Supported SAS PCIe HBAs Option Number Driver Required During Installation Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Interna...

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Page 23: ...page 13 Installing Windows Server Using Local or Remote Media on page 14 Windows Server Installation Using a PXE Network Boot on page 23 Before You Begin Ensure that the following requirements are met before you proceed with the instructions in this chapter for manually installing the Windows Server operating system All applicable installation prerequisites for installing an operating system shoul...

Page 24: ...dows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 operating system from local or remote media It assumes that you are booting the Windows installation media from one of the following sources Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or subsequent release CD or DVD Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or subsequent release ISO image Note The Windows Server 2008 SP 2 or R2 ISO image can be used for re...

Page 25: ...the Power button on the front panel of the server to power off the server then press the Power button again to power on the server From the ILOM CLI type reset SYS The BIOS screen appears Note The next events occur very quickly therefore focused attention is needed for the following steps Watch carefully for these messages as they appear on the screen for a brief time You might want to enlarge the...

Page 26: ...ry method select TEAC as the physical DVD device or select CD DVD if this option is shown in boot device dialog If you elected to use the ILOM Remote Console delivery method select Virtual CDROM 5 When prompted with Press any key to boot from CD press any key The Windows installation wizard starts Continue the Windows installation wizard until the Installation Type dialog appears 6 In the Installa...

Page 27: ...any storage targets listed and have a Sun Storage SAS PCIe RAID HBA option configured on your server click Load Driver then proceed to Step 8 or If you see the storage target where you want to install the operating system but want to change the default partition settings associated with that target select the target click Drive Options then proceed to Step 9 or If you see the storage target where ...

Page 28: ... in a floppy drive mounted as a device from the ILOM Remote Console Windows Server 2008 R2 or subsequent Windows 2008 R2 release Perform one of the following If you see the storage target where you want to install the operating system but want to change the default partition settings associated with that target select the target click Drive Options then proceed to Step 9 or If you see the storage ...

Page 29: ...ds SG SAS6 R INT Z or SG SAS6 R EXT Z navigate to the following directory on the Tools and Drivers DVD to load the appropriate LSI driver windows w2k8 drivers 64bit hba lsi megaraid For a system configured with either of these SAS PCIe HBA option cards SG SAS6 INT Z or SG SAS6 EXT Z navigate to the following directory on the Tools and Driver DVD to load the appropriate LSI driver windows w2k8 driv...

Page 30: ...e X4470 Server Installation Guide for Windows Operating Systems June 2010 d In the Select the Driver to Be Installed dialog click Next to install the driver The Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog appears ...

Page 31: ...hen proceed to Step 10 or Select the storage target listed and click Drive Options Advanced to view and change the default partition settings then proceed to Step 9 The partition settings for the selected target appear at the bottom of the Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog 9 Partition Drive advanced In the lower portion of the Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog do the following ...

Page 32: ...ge target d In the Size scroll box increase or decrease the partition size as needed then click Apply The partition is created e Click Next to install the operating system to the selected storage target 10 The Windows installation program begins and will reboot the server multiple times during the installation process 11 When the Windows installation is complete Windows starts and prompts you to c...

Page 33: ...Network Boot on page 24 Note that the procedure presented in this section documents the initial steps to install Windows Server 2008 over the network using a Windows Deployment Services WDS Specifically it explains the steps for selecting the server PXE network interface card that will communicate with your WDS installation server For further information about using WDS to install the Windows Serv...

Page 34: ...ore focused attention is needed for the following steps Watch carefully for these messages as they appear on the screen for a brief time You might want to enlarge the size of your screen to eliminate scroll bars 2 Press F8 to specify a temporary boot device The Please Select Boot Device menu appears 3 In the Please Select Boot Device menu select the appropriate PXE installation boot device and pre...

Page 35: ...rivers and Supplemental Software on page 26 Installing Supplemental Software on page 27 Configuring Support for TPM on page 29 Configuring Intel NIC Teaming on page 29 Before You Begin The procedures in this chapter assume that you have Installed the Microsoft Windows Server operating system Obtained a copy of the Tools and Drivers DVD If you do not have a copy of the Tools and Drivers DVD you can...

Page 36: ...ers containing the appropriate InstallPack file for example InstallPack_1_0_1 exe and double click it DVD Windows W2K8 Packages DVD Windows W2K8R2 Packages The Server Installation Package dialog appears 2 In the Install Pack dialog click Next to accept the default installable items Note You should always accept the default installable items to ensure that the most recent versions of the drivers ar...

Page 37: ...ion Typical Installs all Supplemental Software applicable for your server Custom Installs only the Supplement Software selected for installation TABLE 4 1 identifies the optional Supplemental Software components available for your server TABLE 4 1 Install Pack Optional Supplemental Software Available Supplemental Software Components Servers With LSI Integrated RAID Controller Servers With Intel In...

Page 38: ...stalling Critical Device Drivers and Supplemental Software on page 26 and selected No in Step 7 the Install Pack Supplemental Software dialog appears Proceed to Step 2 of this procedure 2 In the Install Pack Supplemental Software dialog click Next to accept the typical settings or select Custom to choose the options to install see descriptions of the Supplemental Software in TABLE 4 1 The Componen...

Page 39: ...the TPM security hardware in your server For additional information about implementing this feature refer to the Windows Trusted Platform Module Management documentation provided by Microsoft Configuring Intel NIC Teaming For more information on setting up NIC teaming for your environment refer to the Intel Connectivity web page on Advanced Networking Services Teaming at http support intel com sup...

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Page 41: ...Server installation program Appendix A A complete list of operating systems supported on the Sun Fire X4470 Server at the time of this publication Appendix B Instructions for ensuring that the BIOS default properties are set prior to performing the Windows Server installation Appendix C Instructions for downloading the latest version of the ISO image for the Tools and Drivers DVD Appendix D Instru...

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Page 43: ...cal console You can install the OS and administer the server by attaching a local console directly to the server SP Examples of local consoles include Serial console VGA console with USB keyboard and mouse 1 Attach a local console to the server For details see the Attaching Devices in the Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide 821 0332 2 At the ILOM prompt type your ILOM user name and password 3...

Page 44: ...vice redirection mouse keyboard etc in the Device menu For SSH client connection perform these steps 1 From a serial console establish an SSH connection to the server SP ssh root ipaddress 2 log in to ILOM 3 redirect the serial output from the server to the SSH client by typing start SP console For additional information about establishing a remote connection to the ILOM SP or using the ILOM Remot...

Page 45: ...n to the server ILOM SP and launch the ILOM Remote Console application For more details see the Setup Requirements for web based client connection in TABLE A 1 3 In the Device menu of the ILOM Remote Console application specify the location of the boot media for example For CD DVD ROM boot media select CD ROM For CD DVD ROM ISO image boot media select CD ROM Image For floppy device driver boot med...

Page 46: ...m these steps 1 Configure the network server to export the installation via PXE boot 2 Make the OS install media available for PXE boot If you are using an automated OS installation image you will need to create and provide the automated OS install image For example Solaris Jumpstart image SLES AutoYAST image Windows WDS image For detailed instructions for automating the installation setup process...

Page 47: ...ion about installing and powering on an HDD or SDD refer to the Sun Fire X4470 Server Service Manual 821 0703 All supported operating systems listed in Appendix B Fibre Channel FC Storage Area Network SAN device For servers equipped with Fibre Channel PCIe host bus adapters HBAs you can choose to install the operating system to an external FC storage device Ensure that the FC PCIe HBA is properly ...

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Page 49: ...Sun Fire X4470 Server supports the installation and use of the following operating systems or a subsequent release of the operating system TABLE B 1 Supported Operating Systems Operating System Supported Version Additional Information Windows Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard Edition 64 bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise Edition 64 bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Datac...

Page 50: ...e for Linux Operating Systems 821 1213 Oracle Solaris Oracle Solaris 10 10 09 Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris Operating System 821 0700 Virtual Machine Software Oracle VM 2 2 VMware ESX Server 4 0 Update 1 VMware ESXi Server 4 0 Update 1 Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Virtual Machine Software 821 1214 TABLE B 1 Supported Operating Systems Continued Operati...

Page 51: ...l the next time you change them In addition to using the F2 key to view or edit the system s BIOS settings you can use F8 during the BIOS start up to specify a temporary boot device If you use F8 to set a temporary boot device this change is only in effect for the current system boot The permanent boot device specified through F2 will be in effect after booting from the temporary boot device Befor...

Page 52: ...ew moments the BIOS Setup Utility appears 3 To ensure that the factory defaults are set do the following a Press F9 to automatically load the optimal factory default settings A message appears prompting you to continue this operation by selecting OK or to cancel this operation by selecting CANCEL b In the message highlight OK then press Enter The BIOS Setup Utility screen appears with the cursor h...

Page 53: ...boot device then press Enter Note You can change the boot order for other devices in the list by repeating Steps 7a and 7b for each device entry you want to change The device strings listed on the Boot Device Priority menu and Options menu are in the format of device type slot indicator and product ID string 8 To save changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility press F10 Alternatively you can save the...

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Page 55: ...e below to download the ISO image for the Tools and Drivers DVD Download the Tools and Drivers DVD Image 1 Go to the Sun Fire x4470 Server web site and navigate to the appropriate page to download the Tools and Driver DVD http www oracle com goto x4470 2 Select and download the ISO image for the Tools and Drivers DVD to an accessible network location or local storage location 3 Prepare the ISO ima...

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Page 57: ...rial for WDS or Microsoft s Windows System Imaging Manager WSIM For detailed information about WDS or WSIM refer to Microsoft s WDS and WSIM documentation Topics in this section include Getting Started on page 48 Location of Device Drivers on Tools and Drivers DVD on page 48 Which Device Drivers to Incorporate Into WIM Image s on page 49 Prerequisites and Task Overview on page 50 Procedures for In...

Page 58: ...ver directories on the Tools and Drivers DVD Note To obtain the latest device drivers available for the Sun Fire X4470 Server download the Tools and Drivers DVD from the Sun Fire X4470 Server web site at http www oracle com goto x4470 TABLE E 1 Device Driver Directory Location on Tools and Drivers DVD Device Drivers Directory Location on Tools and Driver DVD Intel Network Driver For Windows 2008 R...

Page 59: ...h Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 installations LSI MegRAID Driver Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA SG SAS6 R INT Z Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA SG SAS6 R EXT Z windows w2k8 drivers 64bit hba lsi megaraid LSI MPT2 Driver Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA SG SAS6 INT Z Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA SG SAS6 EXT Z windows w2k8 drivers 64bit hba lsi mpt2 Intel ICH10 Controller F...

Page 60: ... Services Step by Step Guide at http www microsoft com downloads details aspx familyid 14CA18B1 B433 4F62 8586 B0A2096460EB displaylang en 2 Install the Windows Automated Installation Kit WAIK The WAIK contains applications to mount and modify WIM images as well as applications to create and modify XML unattended setup scripts Microsoft provides separate WAIK downloads for Windows Server 2008 SP2 ...

Page 61: ...ice driver repository is not provided and you must manually create one The following is an example of how you might want to set up the directory structure for a new device driver repository C unattend drivers w2K8 W2k8R2 catalogs vendor version Where unattend is the unattend device driver store drivers is the name for device driver directory W2K8 or W2K8R2 is the name for Windows Server 2008 SP2 o...

Page 62: ...the required boot device drivers described in TABLE E 2 to boot wim For details about adding the device drivers to the boot wim see Add Device Driver s to Boot WIM Windows Server 2008 SP2 Only on page 57 7 Map the imageunattend xml Setup Script to the Windows Server 2008 image For details see Map ImageUnattend xml Setup Script to Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 Install Image on page 60 8 For Windows...

Page 63: ...it will be saved to the device driver repository Note The ImageUnattend xml Setup Script in a later procedure described in this section will be mapped to a Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 install image After the setup script is mapped to the install image the install image will install the specified device drivers during the Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 network installation 1 Insert the Windows Ser...

Page 64: ...lling a In the Windows Image pane right click and select Select Windows Image b In the Files Type list box select Catalog files clg then click Browse to specify the Catalogs folder in the device driver repository Ensure that you select the Catalog file that matches the Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 edition you are installing For example for Windows Server 2008 SP2 Datacenter select C Unattend Driv...

Page 65: ...hAndCredientials and select Add Setting to Pass 2 OfflineServing 6 Repeat Step 5 for each device driver you want installed during the Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 installation Refer to TABLE E 2 for the list of device drivers to include in the install wim file 7 Do the following to specify an installation key value a In the Answer File pane click and expand 2 offlineServicing architecture_Microso...

Page 66: ...BA option enter Key 1 Path wds server W2K8 Drivers Lsi 1 19 2 64 c In the Credential section for each PathAndCredentials component click and expand the component to insert the UNC domain logon and password if required which allow access to the device drivers stored in the repository For example d Repeat Steps 7a through 7c for each device driver you want installed during the Windows Server 2008 SP...

Page 67: ...For Windows Server 2008 R2 installation proceed to Map ImageUnattend xml Setup Script to Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 Install Image on page 60 For Windows Server 2008 SP2 installations proceed to Add Device Driver s to Boot WIM Windows Server 2008 SP2 Only on page 57 prior to mapping the ImageUnattend xml Setup Script to the install wim image Add Device Driver s to Boot WIM Windows Server 2008 SP...

Page 68: ... 2008 SP2 boot WIM file For example DVDDrive sources boot wim c Click Open then Next 3 To import the Windows Server 2008 SP2 boot image click Next twice then click Finish 4 Disable the Windows Server 2008 SP2 boot WIM using the Windows Deployment Services Administration Click and expand Boot Images right click Microsoft Windows Server Setup x64 then select Disable 5 Launch and run the Deployment T...

Page 69: ... cd DVDDrive RemoteInstall Boot x64 images c Use the imagex command to mount the Windows Server 2008 SP2 boot WIM with read write permissions to the temporary directory mount point For example imagex mountrw boot wim 2 C Mnt d Use the cd command to change the directory to the device driver repository containing the Windows Server 2008 SP2 device driver for the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA op...

Page 70: ...g a Launch the Windows Deployment Services administration tool Click Start All Programs Windows Deployment Services b In the Windows Deployment Services WDS Administration tool click and expand Boot Images c Right click Microsoft Windows Server Setup x64 and select Enable 8 The modifications to include the device drivers into the boot wim image are complete Exit the Deployment Tools Command Prompt...

Page 71: ...Note that if no image groups exist create a new image group named Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 and click Next c Click Browse to select the Windows Server 2008 SP2 Install WIM image located at DVDDrive sources install wim then proceed by clicking Open then Next d Select the Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 edition Data Center Standard or Enterprise to import into Windows Deploymen...

Page 72: ...yment Tools Command Prompt perform the following a Use the cd command to change the directory to the folder containing the Windows Server 2008 SP2 install WIM image For example the Windows Server 2008 SP2 Datacenter x64 edition WIM image would be located at cd Drive RemoteInstall images Windows Server 2008 SP2 b Use the mkdir command to create a directory with the exact same spelling and case as t...

Page 73: ...xml 5 Perform the following steps to open the Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 image properties a Launch the Windows Deployment Services administration tool Click Start All Programs Windows Deployment Services b In the Windows Deployment Services WDS Administration tool click and expand the Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 image group c Right click Microsoft Windows Server SP2 or R2 and select Propertie...

Page 74: ...r R2 WIM image The Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 WIM image is ready to be installed using the Windows Deployment Services d Exit the Deployment Tools Command Prompt and the Windows Deployment Services Administration tool 7 To deploy the Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 refer to the following procedure Install Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 Using PXE Network Boot on page 24 ...

Page 75: ...ystems supported 39 P post installation tasks configuring Intel NIC teaming 29 configuring TPM 29 install device drivers 26 installing supplemental software 27 overview 25 S SIA documentation URL 4 overview 3 software download URL 4 supplemental software post installation 28 support and training ix T Tools and Driver DVD device driver locations 48 download 45 TPM configuration post installation 29...

Page 76: ...uide for Windows Operating Systems June 2010 task overview 50 Windows Server 2008 before you begin 13 installation considerations 8 installation overview tasks 9 media installation 14 PXE network installation 23 supported operating systems 8 ...