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1. About Windows Server 2003 Installation This topic describes some of the information you will need to know before installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system software is distributed on an installation media such as a CD Most often the installation media is used to install the operating system locally If you want to install the operating system remotely you should use the Remote Installation Service RIS For instructions on installing Windows Server 2003 remotely via RIS refer to How to Use Remote Installation Service to Install Windows Server 2003 on Remote Computers on the Microsoft support web site Task Map for Windows Server 2003 Installation This section describes the tasks you need to perform to install Windows Server 2003 on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server 65 The following table details the steps required to successfully install Windows Server 2003 software Task Description For Instructions Set up your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server Collect CDs for installation Review the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Release Notes Review the installation prerequisites and system requirements Create a mass storage drivers floppy disk Select an installation method and then complete the installation Update the AMD processor driver Config
2. Configuring a DHCP Server Complete the following steps on the server that will be your DHCP server Power on the server and log in as superuser Determine whether the DHCP server package is already installed on the server Type rpm qa grep dhcp If the DHCP server package is not listed insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD 1 and install the DHCP server Type Note For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 insert CD 5 mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom rpm Uvh mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS dhcp rpm Remove the CD from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 91 5 Set up your DHCP configuration file for example etc dhcpd conf so that only PXEClient requests receive PXEClient responses Add the following entry to the DHCP configuration file Refer to the dhcpd conf man page for more information class PXE match if substring option vendor class identifier 0 9 PXEClient option vendor class identifier PXEClient Note If the server does not already have a dhcpd conf file in its etc directory you an copy the dhcpd conf file from the sample DHCP configuration file in the tmp rhel3_32 pxefiles directory 6 Start the DHCP service Type service dhcpd start 7 Configure the server to always start DHCP Type chkconfig dhcpd on Installing Portmap Complete the following steps on
3. Eject the SLES9 Distribution CD and insert the SLES9 specific Driver CD that you created from the Resource CD Click OK to begin installation of the updated drivers Note You might be prompted to specify the name of the CD DVD drive containing the updated Driver CD from the list of available devices Click OK once the SLES9 boot loader has completed installation of the updated drivers The SLES9 boot loader installs the updated drivers and prompts you to replace the updated Driver CD with the SLES9 Distribution CD Eject the updated Driver CD and insert the SLES9 Distribution CD Click Back from the SUSE boot loader menu to continue installing SUSE Linux from CD DVD Follow the installation instructions provided with the SLES9 Installation Guide to complete installation of the system software What Next Proceed to the Help topics on updating the SUSE operating system and updating SLES9 drivers Chapter 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9 53 How to Upgrade From SLES9 to SLES9 SP1 Note The Sun Installation Assistant will install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES9 and SLES9 with Service Pack 1 SP1 for you You can skip this procedure if you use the Sun Installation Assistant For details see the topic that describes using the Sun Installation Assistant This procedure describes how to upgrade from SLES9 to SLES9 SP1 Note If the base version of SLES 9 is already installed on a system
4. Create Installation Floppy Copying files to floppy Please wait Ok Cancel FIGURE 6 3 Create Installation Floppy Message After the floppy disk is formatted close the message box The mass storage device floppy is created Note During a normal 32 bit or 64 bit Microsoft Windows setup you can use the mass storage device floppy in conjunction with the F6 option Chapter 6 Windows Server 2003 71 72 How to Download Driver Files for Windows Server 2003 This procedure explains how to download the necessary Microsoft Windows related driver files from the server product page You should download these driver files to a portable media before installing the Windows Server 2003 operating system What to Do Browse to the following product download site http www sun com servers entry x4100 downloads jsp Download the following files to a portable media such as CD DVD or a Flash device m FloppyPack lt version gt zip containing LSI 1064 drivers a DriverUpdatePackage lt version gt exe program to install all system device drivers Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 How to Install Windows Server 2003 From Distribution Media This topic describes how to install the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server using the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 distribution media Before You Begin
5. For the most up to date information on the Sun Fire X4100 server go to this site http www sun com products n solutions hardware docs Servers Workgroup_Servers x4100 index html For the most up to date information on the Sun Fire X4200 server go to this site http www sun com products n solutions hardware docs Servers Workgroup_Servers x4200 index html Information Title and Format Part Number Safety information Important Safety Information About Sun 819 7190 Hardware included in system box Safety notices and Safety and Compliance Guide PDF and HTML 819 1161 international compliance certification statements Server setup including Setup Guide included in system box PDF and 819 1155 rack installation HTML Pre Installed Solaris 10 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers 819 4153 instructions Guide for Pre Installed Solaris 10 Operating System PDF and HTML Operating system Operating System Installation PDF and HTML 819 1158 installation System management System Management PDF and HTML 819 1160 Server and software Setup and Maintenance Guide PDF and HTML 819 1157 setup Troubleshooting and Troubleshooting Guide PDF and HTML 819 3284 diagnostics Late breaking Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Server 819 1162 information and issues Release Notes PDF and HTML Diagnostic software SunVTS 6 0 User s Guide HTML 817 7664 Diagnostic software SunVTS 6 0 Patch Set Documentation Supplement 819 2948 patch i
6. dev cdrom mnt cdrom 5 Copy the driver image to the local tmp directory Type Note The driver disk image in this step depends on the version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux you are attempting to install The example shows Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 32 bit version For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 64 bit versions use mnt cdrom support update media rhel3 64 driverUpdate iso For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64 bit versions use mnt cdrom support update_media rhel4 64 driverUpdate img cp mnt cdrom support update_media rhel3 32 driverUpdate img tmp 6 Unmount the Resource CD Type umount mnt cdrom 7 Insert a blank CD R disc into the CD recorder drive 30 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 8 Create the Driver CD Type cdrecord dev drivename tmp driverUpdate img Where drivename is the device name of the CD recorder you obtained in Step 2 Note If you use a program other than cdrecord it might warn you that driverUpdate img is not a valid file You can ignore this warning 9 Remove the newly created CD from the CD recorder when the recording process is complete and the CD recorder ejects the CD Note Use this Red Hat specific Driver CD when you install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software from the Red Hat distribution media How to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux From Distribution Media Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides
7. m If you are installing SP1 you will need to first install the base SLES9 package before installing SLES 9 SP1 because SP1 consists of packages that are installed on top of the base SLES9 operating system See SLES9 version guidelines for more information m If you are installing SP2 you cannot install the SP on top of the base SLES9 package If the base SLES9 package is already installed on the system you will need to remove the base package and install SLES9 SP2 by inserting the SP2 CD first m If you are installing a version higher than SLES 9 SP1 refer to the SLES documentation for installation information You will not need Sun supplied drivers for SP2 and higher SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation Before you install SLES9 Linux on your server consult the following SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 documentation m README file The README file on your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Documentation CD contains late breaking information about system requirements and system configuration for your version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 m SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Installation Manual This manual provides detailed information about installation requirements disk partitioning the YaST2 installation application and other configuration options m SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Administration Manual This manual provides additional information about configuring your system and integrating it with your ex
8. m Resource CD Copying Files From the Resource CD This section describes how to copy the PXE support files which are required for PXE configurations from the Resource CD You can also download the driver RPMs from the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server The download links are at http www sun com servers 1 Insert the Resource CD into the DHCP PXE server 2 Create a temporary directory to copy the PXE support files in to Type mkdir tmp 3 Type the following commands to copy the files to the tmp directory 90 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Note The compressed tar file that is used in this step depends on which version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux you are preconfiguring The remainder of the instructions will assume that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 32 bit is being used Modify the example based upon the version you are using For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 32 bit use rhel3_32 pxefiles tar gz For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 64 bit use rhel3_64 pxefiles tar gz For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64 bit use rhel4_64 pxefiles tar gz mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp mnt cdrom support pxeboot rhel3_32 pxefiles tar gz tmp Uncompress and extract the contents of the tar file into the tmp directory Type cd tmp tar zxvf rhel3_32 pxefiles tar gz When you extract the file a directory with all required files is created at tmp rhel3_32 pxefiles
9. 3 32 bit If you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 64 bit or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64 bit use the following different paths to the drivers For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 64 bit use mnt cdrom support drivers rhel13 64 For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64 bit use mnt cdrom support drivers rhel4 64 4 Determine which driver RPMs correspond to the installed kernel The file names of the RPMs contain the kernel version and type Using the example kernel versions shown above the appropriate SCSI mpt linux drivers would be mptlinux 2 06 16_ 2 4 21 32 EL rhel3_1 athlon rpm mptlinux smp 2 06 16_ 2 4 21 32 EL rhel3_1 athlon rpm 5 Type the following command to install the driver RPM files rpm Uvh mnt cdrom support drivers rhel3 32 mptlinux drivers rpm Where mptlinux drivers rpm refers to the appropriate SCSI driver RPM files determined in the previous step Note Be sure to pick the correct architecture of the driver for the kernel you are running For example if you are running the i686 kernel be sure to choose the correct driver RPM that ends with i686 rpm 6 After successful installation reboot the system by typing reboot Chapter 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 35 How to Install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS Using the Remote Console Application This topic explains how to install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system on your server using the ILOM Remote Console application What to
10. Collect the information described below and ensure that the following items and services are available prior to starting installation m Review the topic About Windows Server 2003 Installation m Review the topic About Preparing to Install Windows Server 2003 m Complete the steps in the topic How to Create a Mass Storage Device Floppy m Have the mass storage device floppy available or have the floppy image floppy img file The floppy img file is available in the FloppyPack zip This file must be accessible from the system that is hosting the JavaRConsole For additional information about console redirected installations see How to Launch the Remote Console Application From a Java Web Start Web Page in the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 System Management Guide 819 1160 m Have the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 distribution media available m Verify that a keyboard and mouse is attached to the appropriate connections on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server m Power off the server Note If console redirection is enabled in the BIOS you will have additional pop up windows displayed during installation asking about EMS Emergency Management Services If using the Installation CD you can click OK when these pop up windows appear and proceed with the installation For information about specific details of the operating system installation refer to your Microsoft Windows documentation Chap
11. Driver Update Package Setup Wizard dialog appears 5 In the Welcome Setup Wizard dialog click Next i Sun Fire X4100 X4200 Driver Update Package Bi x Welcome to the Sun Fire X4100 X4200 Driver Update Package Setup Wizard GIO The installer will guide you through the steps required to install the Sun Fire 4100 4200 Driver Update Package on your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Cancel lt Back FIGURE 6 7 Welcome Setup Wizard Dialog The Select Installation Folder dialog appears 78 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 fe Sun Fire X4100 X4200 Driver Update Package loj x Select Installation Folder amp SS The installer will install Sun Fire X4100 lt 4200 Driver Update Package to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder E Program Files x86 Sun Driver Update Package Browse Disk Cost Install Sun Fire X4100 X4200 Driver Update Package for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer C Everyone Just me Cancel lt Back FIGURE 6 8 Select Installatio
12. Driver Update Setup Program double click the DriverUpdatePackage lt version gt exe file The Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Driver Update Package Setup dialog appears 3 In the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Driver Update Package Setup dialog click OK to install the drivers The Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 dialog appears 4 To install the Microsoft NET Framework do the following 76 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 a In the Microsoft NET Framework dialog click Continue Li Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 Microsoft NET Framework 1 select Run then pr UTI ae rete ni lil f imbimi i Li w F nubi To run the program Click ontinue For more info rmation click Lun Don t d FIGURE 6 4 Microsoft NET Framework Dialog The License Agreement dialog appears i La Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 Setup FIGURE 6 5 Microsoft NET Framework License Dialog Chapter 6 Windows Server 2003 77 b In the License Agreement dialog check the option I Agree then click Install A message appears stating that the Microsoft NET Framework files are being installed c After the installation completes click OK to dismiss the dialog see FIGURE 6 6 Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 Setup a oy x Installation of Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 is complete FIGURE 6 6 Installation Complete Message The Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200
13. Make sure to include all of the drivers recommended by SUSE when installing the operating system See SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation on page 44 for more information on obtaining the correct drivers What to Do To update the SLES9 SCSI driver distributed by Sun Microsystems on the Resource CD do the following Note For updating SLES9 Service Pack 1 SP1 substitute SLES9 SP1 driver RPMs in the following example 1 Determine which kernel is currently installed on the system Type rpm qa grep kernel The following is an example of the output you might get kernel smp 2 6 5 7 97 2 Insert the Resource CD into the local DVD ROM drive of your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server 3 Mount the CD and locate the SCSI driver Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom ls mnt cdrom support drivers sles9 64 50 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 4 Determine which driver RPM corresponds to the kernel version as determined in Step 1 The file names of the RPM contain the kernel version and type For example for the kernel version in Step 1 the SCSI mptlinux drivers would be mptlinux smp 3 02 18_2 6 5_7 97 sles9 _1 x86_64 rpm Where 3 02 18_2 6 5_7 97 represents the kernel number that corresponds to kernel smp 2 6 5 7 97 5 Type the following command to install the RPM files rpm Uvh mnt cdrom support drivers sles9 64 mptlinux dr
14. Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system and drivers Before You Begin Since software is constantly being updated your distribution media might not contain the most up to date versions of the operating system In addition the kernel that is installed on the system might not contain the proper SCSI drivers that the server requires Updating the drivers helps ensure proper system operation The following two procedures assume that you have already installed the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software on the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server These procedures explain how to update that Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation with the latest OS and driver software Chapter 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 33 What to Do Updating the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software Follow these steps to update the operating system software 1 Set up the up2date program on the server Refer to the documentation included with your Red Hat Enterprise Linux media kit for details 2 Run the up2date program Select the kernel packages in the available package updates section Caution Do not reboot the server after running the up2date program If the server is rebooted before you installed the updated SCSI driver the server might not function properly upon restart 3 If necessary After you have finished running up2date proceed to the next section to update the SCSI drivers before rebooting the server Note If you did reboot the system after
15. SLES 9 SP2 cannot be installed until the base SLES 9 version if removed To install SLES9 SP2 use the instructions in the documentation listed in the documentation in SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation on page 44 Before You Begin Before upgrading your system you must gather the following m Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Resource CD a SLES9 SP1 disks m System with SLES9 preinstalled What to Do Follow these steps to upgrade from SLES9 to SLES9 SP1 1 Perform the SLES9 installation described in the Related topic 2 Log in as root 3 Insert the Resource CD and copy the RPM driver files to the hard drive Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp mnt cdrom support drivers sles9 64 rpm tmp umount mnt cdrom 4 Remove the Resource CD from the DVD ROM drive 54 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 10 11 12 13 14 15 Insert the SLES9 SP1 update disk Type mount dev cdrecorder mnt cdrom Execute the command for YaST Type yast Within YaST select software gt change source of installation Select Add and choose the Local Directory option Type mnt cdrom YaST will read the SLES9 SP1 update disk and add it to the source of installation list Select Finish Within YaST select software gt system update A summary of the updates will be displayed At this point you can custom
16. accessible from the system that is hosting the JavaRConsole m Additional system running Microsoft Windows software What to Do 1 On a system running Microsoft Windows software with a floppy device copy the FloppyPack lt version gt zip file to a temporary directory 2 In the temporary directory extract the content from the FloppyPack lt version gt zip file by double clicking the file in Windows Explorer and copying the files to a new directory Alternatively for systems running older versions of Microsoft Windows you can use an application such as Winzip to extract the files Note Within the extracted files is a folder named image This image folder contains a floppy img file You can use the floppy img file or a floppy disk for a redirected installation For additional information about console redirected installations see How to Launch the Remote Console Application From a Java Web Start Web Page in the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 System Management Guide 819 1160 3 Insert a blank floppy disk into the floppy drive Chapter 6 Windows Server 2003 69 4 In Windows Explorer open the directory containing the extracted files and double click mkfloppy exe For older versions of Microsoft Windows you might see this error message This application failed to initialize properly 0xC0000135 Click OK to terminate the application To resolve this issue run dotnet fx exe located in the mkflopp
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18. both a text mode and an easy to use graphical interface for installing and configuring the operating system You can select the interface that you want to use from the boot prompt and both options are shown later in this section Before You Begin Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux software from CDs consists of the following procedures If you are using RHEL 4 Update 2 or later version you do not need to do Procedure 1 Proceed to Procedure 2 1 If necessary create the Enterprise Driver CD or use the Sun Installation Assistant CD See the How to Create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver CD on page 29 or How to Use the Sun Installation Assistant on page 19 Chapter 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 31 2 Install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software 3 Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software See How to Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System and Drivers on page 33 Required Items Installation from distribution media requires the following items m Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server equipped with a DVD ROM drive m USB keyboard and mouse a Monitor m Red Hat Enterprise Linux media CD set m Driver CD You create this yourself See the Help topic about how to create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver CD What to Do To perform a basic installation from local media do the following 1 Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Distribution CD 1 into the local DVD CD drive on the Sun Fir
19. press ENTER when SLES9 prompts you for which device the driver disk is in Select OK when SLES9 finishes installing the driver Choose Back Switch back to the SLES9 installation CD 1 or iso image 1 when SLES9 prompts you to insert CD 1 into the drive Note If SLES9 at this point indicates that there is not enough memory for graphical installation and that you must use text based installation use Tab keys to navigate options Proceed with SLES9 installation as usual SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and PXE About SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1 and PXE The network interface card NIC in your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server supports the Preboot Execution Environment PXE network booting protocol The system BIOS and network interface BIOS on your server automatically query the network for a DHCP server PXE is a powerful and convenient solution for setting up a number of Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 servers so their configuration is identical 58 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Task Map To take advantage of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLSE9 Service Pack 1 SP1 and PXE on your network you need to perform the following tasks Task Related Help Topic Set up your Linux network and PXE server Appendix A Install SUSE Linux images on that PXE How to Create a SLES9 SP1 PXE Install server Image on the PXE Server on page 59 Config
20. pxeboot no_root_squash no_subtree_check insecure Start the NFS service Type service nfs start Configure the server to always start the NFS service Type chkconfig nfslock on Note If you are using a DNS server verify that DNS entries exist for the range of addresses defined in the PXE subnet dynamic bootp entry in the dhcpd conf file If you are not using a DNS server edit the etc hosts file to add the range of host addresses found in the PXE subnet dynamic bootp entry in the dhcpd conf file Disabling the Firewall If you enabled firewall security when you installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux software on the system that will be your PXE server complete the following steps to disable the firewall so that PXE clients can download from the server Stop the ipchains service Type service ipchains stop Stop the iptables service Type service iptables stop Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 95 3 Stop the ipchains service from starting when you restart the server Type chkconfig ipchains off 4 Stop the iptables service from starting when you restart the server Type chkconfig iptables off Note You might encounter error messages if the ipchains service is not installed on the server You can safely ignore these messages Note When you disable the firewall protection on the system that is your PXE server the security of the data on th
21. system software on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server after you have installed it from a PXE server or from Distribution CDs What to Do To update your SLES9 operating system files do the following Log in as the superuser Type the following command to run the YaST Online Update you Follow the directions on the screen Caution Do not reboot your system after the YaST Online Update has completed its updates You must update your SCSI driver before rebooting See the topic that describes how to update the SLES9 SCSI driver Note If a newer kernel is installed as part of the update it might downgrade some drivers Refer to the topic that describes how to update the SLES9 SCSI driver Chapter 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9 49 How to Update the SLES9 SCSI Driver The kernel that is installed on your system might not load the optimal drivers that ensure proper system performance Periodically Sun releases sets of drivers that have been optimized for your system and for your operating environment This procedure describes how to locate and install the latest SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES9 SCSI driver distributed by Sun for your server Sun distributes updated drivers for your server in two ways m On the Resource CD m At Sun server product web sites http www sun com servers entry x4100 downloads jsp Note SLES9 SP2 and later versions do not require additional Sun supplied drivers
22. up the directory structure that will hold the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software Type Note You can use a different target directory than the home pxeboot rhel3_32 directory shown below The examples in this procedure use this directory mkdir p home pxeboot rhel3_32 4 For each Red Hat Enterprise Linux Distribution CD type the following commands to copy the contents of the Distribution CD to the appropriate PXE target subdirectory mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom home pxeboot rhel3_32 umount mnt cdrom Eject and insert Red Hat Enterprise Linux CDs only when the CD DVD drive is unmounted 5 Copy the kickstart file ks cfg to your PXE server Type cp tmp rhel3 32 pxefiles ks cfg home pxeboot rhel3_32 The kickstart configuration file contains a configuration that might not be optimal for your operating environment Modify the file as necessary to suit your environment 6 Copy the initial ramdisk from the PXE files uncompressed in Step 2 into the base of the PXE image Type cp tmp rhel3 32 pxefiles initra img home pxeboot rhel3_32 7 If necessary copy the updated SCSI driver RPM files to the target directory Type cp tmp rhel3 32 pxefiles mptlinux home pxeboot rhel3_32 8 On your PXE server edit and save the kickstart file home pxeboot rhel3_32 ks cfg Edit the nfs line is as follows nfs server n n n n dir home pxeboot rhel3_32 Where n n n n is the IP address of you
23. updating the kernel and before updating the SCSI drivers the system might fail to boot and you must boot from the installation media in rescue mode by typing linux rescue at the installation boot prompt For more information see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide located at http www redhat com docs manuals enterprise Updating the SCSI Drivers Note If you are installing RHEL 4 Update 2 or later version you do not need to update the SCSI drivers This procedure describes how to copy the latest drivers from the Resource CD You can also download the driver RPMs from the product page for the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server http www sun com servers entry x4100 downloads jsp 34 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 1 Determine which kernel is currently installed on the system Type the following command rpm qa qf name version release arch n grep 4kernel The following is an example of the output you might get kernel 2 4 21 32 EL athlon kernel smp 2 4 21 32 EL athlon This example shows the 2 4 21 32 EL athlon kernel 2 Insert the Resource CD into the server s DVD ROM drive 3 Mount the CD and locate the SCSI drivers by typing the following commands mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cd mnt cdrom support drivers rhel3 32 Note The above command assumes that you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux
24. your DHCP server 1 Determine whether the portmap server package is already installed on the server Type rpm qa grep portmap 2 If portmap is not listed insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD 2 and install the portmap service with the following commands mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom rpm Uvh mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS portmap 3 Remove the CD from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Configuring the TFTP Service Complete the following steps on your DHCP server 1 Determine whether the TFTP server package is already installed on the server Type rpm qa grep tftp server 92 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 If the TFTP server package is not listed insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD 1 and install the TFTP service with the following commands Note For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 insert CD 4 mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom rpm Uvh mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS tftp server Remove the CD from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Edit and save the etc xinetd d tftp file Make the following changes m Change the s tftpboot entry to v s home pxeboot m Change the disable attribute to no Restart the inetd server Type service xinetd restart Installing and Configuring the neopxe Boot Server Daemon Complete the following steps on your DHCP server The neo
25. 5 HW1 for x86 x64 platforms or later compatible 256 Mbytes is the recommended size 64 Mbytes is the minimum size 12 Gbytes or greater Chapter 2 Solaris 10 7 TABLE 2 2 Requirement Minimum System Requirements Continued Description Swap area x86 x64 processor requirements BIOS 512 Mbytes is the default size floating point support is required x86 x64 120 MHz or faster processor is recommended Hardware Industry standard x86 x64 BIOS resident in FLASH The BIOS must be able to boot from CD or DVD media TABLE 2 3 Installation Methods Method Install from DVD or CD ROM media Install from the network by using PXE Boot from the preinstalled image Install from a serial console Perform a diskless boot Description Use the Solaris Installation Program on the CD or DVD media to install one server interactively You need a PXE installation to install the Solaris OS over the network from remote DVD or CD images or to automate the installation process and install several systems with a JumpStart installation To boot over the network by using PXE you need to set up an install server and a DHCP server and configure the BIOS on each server to boot from the network Depending on your configuration a Solaris OS image may be preinstalled on a hard drive Use a serial console to install the Solaris OS in a PXE based network installation Boot the Solaris OS o
26. 7 Configure the server to always start DHCP Type chkconfig dhcpd on Installing Portmap Complete the following steps on your DHCP server 1 Determine whether the portmap server package is already installed on the server Type rpm qa grep portmap 2 If portmap is not listed install the package using YaST Type yast i portmap Configuring the TFIP Service Complete the following steps on your DHCP server 1 Determine whether the TFTP server package is already installed on the server Type rpm qa grep tftp 2 If the TFTP server package is not listed install the package using YaST Type yast i tftp 3 Edit and save the etc xinetd d tftp file Make the following changes m Change the s tftpboot entry to v s home pxeboot m Change the disable attribute to no 4 Restart the inetd server Type etc init d xinetd restart Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 99 Installing and Configuring the neopxe Boot Server Daemon Complete the following steps on your DHCP server The neopxe server is designed for use with a DHCP server that is running on the same system 1 If a compiler is not installed on the server use YaST to install gcc with the following commands yast i gcc yast i make 2 Install the neopxe boot server daemon onto your system that is your DHCP server Type cd tmp sles9 pxefiles neopxe 0 2 0 configure make make install 3 Append th
27. 7 documentation Solaris 10 Operating System 9 Sun Fire X4100 server x Sun Fire X4200 server x downloads Sun Fire X4100 server ix Sun Fire X4200 server ix driver CD creation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 29 to 31 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 46 to 48 driver download Windows Server 2003 72 E error messages Sun Installation Assistant 18 F floppy creation Windows Server 2003 69 to 71 installing an operating system overview 1 to 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 25 to Solaris 10 5 to 16 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 43 to 64 Windows Server 2003 65 to 87 L log file Sun Installation Assistant 18 M media installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 31 to 33 Solaris 10 13 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 51 to 53 Windows Server 2003 73 to 75 P preparing for installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 28 Solaris 10 9 to 10 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 46 Windows Server 2003 67 to 68 product updates Sun Fire X2100 server ix Sun Fire X4100 server ix PXE configuration Sun Installation Assistant 23 to 24 PXE installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 38 to creating a PXE install image 38 to 41 installing the OS 41 to preconfiguring the network 89 to 96 96 to Solaris 10 to 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 58 to 64 creating the install image 59 to 63 installing the OS 63 to 64 preconfiguring the network to 103 105 R Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation driver CD creation 29 to 31 media instal
28. CD 3 into your server and copy its contents to your PXE server Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD2 Remove SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 3 from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Insert SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 4 into your server and copy its contents to your PXE server Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD3 Remove SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 4 from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Insert SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 5 into your server and copy its contents to your PXE server Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD4 Remove SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 5 from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Insert SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 6 into your server and copy its contents to your PXE server Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD5 Remove SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 6 from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Chapter 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9 61 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Insert the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SPx CD 1 into your server and copy its contents to your PXE server Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom c
29. D ROM media interactively with the Solaris installation program m Install one or several servers over the network with Preboot Execution Environment PXE technology and the following installation methods m Solaris installation program over the network from remote DVD or CD images JumpStart installation m Diskless boot a Install using a serial console m Boot from the preinstalled Solaris 10 OS image on the hard drive The Solaris Installation Program on the Solaris 10 Operating System media can be run with a graphical user interface GUI or as an interactive text installer in a console session The Solaris Device Configuration Assistant is included in the Solaris Installation Program Use TABLE 2 1 to identify the steps you need to perform to install the Solaris OS Note This topic is intended for experienced system administrators who are familiar with using the Solaris OS on an x86 platform 6 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 TABLE 2 1 Task Map for Initial Solaris OS Installation Task Set up your server Review the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Server Release Notes Review the system requirements Gather the information you need to install the Solaris OS Locate the Solaris OS documentation Install the Solaris OS Install additional software if necessary Install patches if necessary Description Install your server h
30. Do Use the following procedure to install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 OS using the ILOM Remote Console application 1 Locate your Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation CD DVD or the equivalent iso images Note The Remote Console application can redirect iso images 2 Locate the appropriate LSISAS DriverUpdate iso file from the resource CD Check the directory support drivers rhel3 32 support drivers rhel3 64 or support drivers rhel4 64 on the resource CD Note This driver disk image can be written to a floppy disk or left as an image file because the Remote Console application can redirect a floppy image If your hard drive is not displayed during the Red Hat installation process verify that this driver disk was recognized during Red Hat boot 3 Connect to the ILOM Service Processor web GUI See the topic that describes how to log in to and out of the Sun ILOM web GUI 4 Choose the Remote Control Redirection tabs to start the Remote Console application See the topic that describes how to launch the Remote Console application 5 Start keyboard and mouse redirection See the topic that describes how to redirect keyboard video mouse or storage devices 36 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 10 11 12 13 14 15 Start CD DVD redirection There are two choices of redirection type either to redirect a CD ROM drive usin
31. Edit your login file and directories on screen Use 1s a to list all files computer output You have mail AaBbCc123 What you type when contrasted su with on screen computer output password AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide words to be emphasized These are called class options Replace command line variables You must be superuser to do this with real names or values To delete a file type rm filename The settings on your browser might differ from these settings xii Sun Welcomes Your Comments Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions You can submit your comments by going to http www sun com hwdocs feedback Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide part number 819 1158 14 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 CHAPTER 1 Overview About Installing an Operating System on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Server There are several supported operating system OS distributions and several ways to install each This topic is intended only as a general guide that refers you to detailed procedures Prerequisites You must complete the following prerequisite steps before you can begin the installation Install the server h
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33. Installation Guide March 2006 How to Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System and Drivers 33 Before You Begin 33 What to Do 34 How to Install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS Using the Remote Console Application 36 What to Do 36 Red Hat Enterprise Linux and PXE 38 About Red Hat Enterprise Linux and PXE 38 How to Create a PXE Install Image on the PXE Server 38 How to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux From a PXE Server 41 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 43 About SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Installation 43 Important SLES 9 Version Installation Guidelines 43 SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation 44 Task Map for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Installation 45 About Preparing to Install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 46 Installation Prerequisites 46 How to Create a SLES9 or SLES9 SP1 Driver CD 46 Before You Begin 47 What to Do 48 How to Update the SLES9 Operating System 49 What to Do 49 How to Update the SLES9 SCSI Driver 50 What to Do 50 How to Install SLES9 From Distribution Media 51 Before You Begin 51 What to Do 52 What Next 53 Contents v How to Upgrade From SLES9 to SLES9 SP1 54 Before You Begin 54 What to Do 54 How to Install the SLES9 OS Using the Remote Console Application 56 What to Do 56 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and PXE 58 About SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1 and PXE 58 How to Create a SLES9 SP1 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server 59 How to Install SLES9 From a PXE Server 63 W
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35. Operating System on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Server 1 Prerequisites 1 Things You Must Decide 2 What Next 3 Solaris 10 5 About Solaris OS Installation 5 Overview 5 Where to Find Solaris 10 Information 9 About Preparing to Install the Solaris OS 9 Installation Prerequisites 10 How to Boot a Server in a GRUB Based Environment 11 How to Boot a Server Over the Network By Using PXE 11 Before You Begin 12 What to Do 12 How to Install the Solaris OS From Distribution Media 13 Before You Begin 13 What to Do 13 How to Use a Serial Console to Install the SolarisOS 14 Before You Begin 14 What to Do 15 Sun Installation Assistant CD 17 About the Sun Installation Assistant CD 17 Error Messages 18 Log File 18 How to Use the Sun Installation Assistant 19 Before You Begin 19 What to Do 20 How to Configure the Sun Installation Assistant for PXE Boot 23 What Do 23 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 25 About Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation 25 Red Hat Installation and Administration Documentation 26 Task Map for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation 27 About Preparing to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 28 Installation Prerequisites 28 Additional Software Updates or Patches 28 How to Create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver CD 29 Before You Begin 29 What to Do 29 How to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux From Distribution Media 31 Before You Begin 31 What to Do 32 What Next 33 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System
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37. SLES9 OS Using the Remote Console Application This topic explains how to install the SLES9 OS on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server using the ILOM Remote Console application Note To install SLES9 SP2 or later versions use the instructions in the documentation listed in SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation on page 44 What to Do Use the following procedure to install the SLES9 OS on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server using the ILOM Remote Console application 1 Locate your SLES9 installation CD DVD or the equivalent iso images Note The Remote Console application can redirect iso images 2 Locate the appropriate DriverUpdate iso file from the resource CD Check the directory support drivers sles9 64 on the resource CD 56 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 10 11 12 13 14 Note This image can be transferred to a floppy disk or left on a hard disk drive because the Remote Console application can redirect a floppy image If your hard drive is not displayed during the SLES9 installation process verify that this driver is loaded Connect to the ILOM Service Processor web GUI See the topic that describes how to log in to and out of the Sun ILOM web GUI Choose Remote Control Redirection to start the Remote Console application Start keyboard and mouse redirection See the topic that
38. The following is information you might need to collect relevant to the installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software on the server Item to Verify Value DHCP server name servername MAC address of server MAC_address Additional Software Updates or Patches After installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software on the server you might also need to update your system software with the following patches and packages Patch or Software Package Explanation SCSI drivers Download the driver RPMs from the product pages for the server See the Help topic about updating the operating system and drivers for details Operating system update Use the Red Hat up2date program See the Help topic about updating the operating system and drivers for details 28 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 How to Create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver CD If you are installing a RHEL 4 Update 2 or later version the drivers needed to install the OS are incorporated into installation image You do not need to create an additional driver CD Note The Sun Installation Assistant automatically installs this driver You can skip this procedure if you use that application For details see How to Use the Sun Installation Assistant on page 19 The LSISAS1064 SCSI controller on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server is new to the market The driver for that SCSI contr
39. This procedure describes an interactive installation using the Solaris Installation Program The Solaris Installation Program on the Solaris 10 Operating System media can be run with a graphical user interface GUI or as an interactive text installer in a console session The GUI or command line interface CLI uses wizard panels to guide you step by step through installing the OS Note Solaris 10 3 05 HWI is preinstalled You do not need to follow this procedure unless you are installing a new OS version Before You Begin Perform the tasks described in the Related topic about how to prepare for installing the Solaris OS What to Do Insert the Solaris 10 Operating System DVD or CD into your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server Boot the system by shutting it down and then turning it off and on The server BIOS supports booting from a DVD or CD Continue the installation procedure by performing the steps in the procedure x86 To Install or Upgrade with the Solaris Installation Program in Chapter 2 at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 0544 Start the procedure at Step 4 When prompted answer the configuration questions to complete the installation You can accept the default values on the screens to format the entire hard disk use auto layout file systems and install a preselected set of software Or you can customize the installation to modify the hard disk layout modify a Solaris fdisk partition an
40. alogs may appear in some cases 9 In each Security Alert dialog you must click Yes to install the PCIX Tunnel drivers required for operating the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server 80 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 Note After the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Driver Update Package installation completes you must manually update the AMD Processor driver then reboot the system for the updates to take effect Updating the AMD Processor Driver 1 Open Device Manager and expand the Processor list 2 Right click the first processor in the list then select Update Device Manager File Action View Help gt 52 6 2 8 Computer Disk drives a Display adapters A DYD CD ROM drives El Floppy disk drives H E Human Interface Devices IDE ATA ATAPI controllers Keyboards 1 Mice and other pointing devices Monitors Network adapters A Processors AMD Opteron tm Processor 252 88 AMD Opteron tm Processor 252 oS SCSI and RAID controllers Sound video and game controllers Sg Storage volumes System devices E e Universal Serial Bus controllers FIGURE 6 11 Device Manager Window With Processors Expanded The Welcome to the Hardware Update Wizard appears Chapter 6 Windows Server 2003 81 Hardware Update Wizard Welcome to the Hardware Update Wizard Windows wall search for current and updated softwa
41. and use the eeprom command to change bootenv rc eeprom input console ttya Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 CHAPTER 3 Sun Installation Assistant CD About the Sun Installation Assistant CD Note The Sun Installation Assistant CD can be used remotely with the ILOM Remote CD ROM feature and the Remote Console Application For more details see the topic that describes the Remote Console application The Sun Installation Assistant CD helps you to install a supported Linux operating system OS on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server It provides a set of Sun supported drivers that have been tested for quality assurance By using the Sun Installation Assistant CD you can install the operating system the appropriate drivers and additional software on your system The Sun Installation Assistant eliminates the need to create a Driver CD Note The Sun Installation Assistant CD does not automate the OS installation process You will still need to follow the procedures provided in the Help topics about Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 installation but you will not need to create a Driver CD The Sun Installation Assistant automatically installs the Sun supported drivers The Sun Installation Assistant performs the following tasks m Identifies the hardware on your system m Installs the operating system m Identifie
42. ardware Optional Configure the service processor You can do this after installation if you prefer Solaris only Install and set up the software on the Resource CD Linux only Create a Driver CD or use the Sun Installation Assistant recommended procedure See the topic about creating a Driver CD for your particular Linux OS or the topics about the Sun Installation Assistant Gather needed information such as IP address and netmask Things You Must Decide In addition you must decide the following m Which operating system are you installing Operating System Notes Solaris 10 Red Hat Linux SUSE Linux Windows 2003 Server The 64 bit version is supported Both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 U5 and later 32 bit and 64 bit and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U1 and later 64 bit are supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1 and later are supported Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 32 64 bit or Standard Edition 32 64 bit are supported m Are you configuring the server for diskless booting Operating System Relevant Documentation on Diskless Configurations Solaris 10 Red Hat Linux SUSE Linux See About Solaris OS Installation on page 5 or Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 5504 See Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide at https www redhat com docs manuals enterprise See SUSE LINUX Enterpri
43. ardware and configure the service processor The release notes contain late breaking news about the Solaris OS software and patches Verify that your server meets the minimum system requirements The type of information you need to collect depends on your environment and the method you choose to install the Solaris OS The Solaris OS documentation included with your software contains most of what you need to know about installation Choose an installation method and locate the installation instructions The Solaris OS drivers for the server are bundled in the Solaris OS However you may need to install additional software from the Resource CD Patches are available from the SunSolve Patch Portal at http www sunsolve sun com Instructions Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Server Setup Guide 819 1155 Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Server Release Notes 819 1162 TABLE 2 2 About Solaris OS Installation on page 5 Where to Find Solaris 10 Information on page 9 TABLE 2 3 Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Server Release Notes 819 1162 Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Release Notes TABLE 2 2 Requirement Minimum System Requirements Description Hardware requirements Minimum Solaris OS Memory to install Disk space The server hardware and the initial service processor configuration must be installed before you install the Solaris OS versions Solaris 10 3 0
44. at server cannot be ensured If this server is networked outside of your local intranet be sure to re enable the firewall after downloading software to PXE clients Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux From the Network When you have completed all the previous configuration steps do the following 1 Reboot the PXE DHCP server 2 Refer to How to Create a PXE Install Image on the PXE Server on page 38 How to Preconfigure Your Network to Support PXE Installation of SUSE Enterprise Linux Server These procedures describe how to preconfigure your network running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES9 software to support PXE installation of SUSE Linux software on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server These procedures assume that you already have a bootable server that is running a version of the SLES9 operating system 96 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Note Some of the following procedures might not be necessary if you confirm that the server packages are already in place and are configured You might be prompted for a UnitedLinux CD Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation involves the following procedures Copying Files From the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Resource CD Configuring a DHCP Server Installing Portmap Configuring the TFTP Service Installing and Configuring the neopxe Boot Server Daemon Configuring the NFS Service Disabl
45. atically query the network for a DHCP server If that DHCP server on the network has been configured to support the PXE protocol and PXE image servers on the same network then the BIOS on your system can be used to install a bootable Red Hat Enterprise Linux image on your server PXE is a powerful and convenient solution for setting up a number of Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 servers so their configuration is identical Task Map To take advantage of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and PXE on your network you need to perform the following tasks Task Related Help Topic Set up your Linux network and PXE server See Appendix A Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux images on How to Create a PXE Install Image on the that PXE server PXE Server on page 38 Configure your server to install from a Red How to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hat Enterprise Linux image on a PXE server From a PXE Server on page 41 How to Create a PXE Install Image on the PXE Server This procedure describes how to create a Preboot Execution Environment PXE install image on the same server that is your DHCP server so that it will also act as your PXE server The PXE server provides the operating system files to your PXE client 38 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Note If you are installing RHEL 4 Update 2 or later version you do not need to complete the steps that refer to installing
46. ation on page 44 for more information on installing SLES 9 SP2 and later and obtaining the correct drivers Before You Begin Before you create a SLES9 or SLES9 SP1 specific Driver CD you must have the following m Access to another Linux server or Linux workstation that can burn a CD m The name of the CD device on that Linux server or workstation that can create the SUSE specific Driver CD Type one of the following commands on the Linux server or workstation to determine the name of that CD device a If your Linux server or workstation uses IDE drives type the following cdrecord scanbus dev ATAPI The system reports the names of matching devices scsibus0 0 0 0 0 SAMSUNG CDRW DVD SM 352F T900 Removable CD ROM 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 In this example the name of the CD drive would be ATAPI 0 0 0 a If your Linux server or workstation uses SCSI drives type the following cdrecord scanbus The system reports the names of matching devices scsibus4 4 0 0 0 SONY DVD RW DRU 530A 1 0 Removable CD ROM 4 1 0 1 4 2 0 2 In this example the name of the CD drive would be 4 0 0 Chapter 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9 47 What to Do To create a SLES9 or SLES9 SP1 specific Driver CD from the driver images distributed on your Resource CD do the following Note The instructions below show how to create a driver disk for SLES9 For SLES9 SP1 or substitute the SLES9 SP1 o
47. com The supported x86 based systems appear in the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List at http www sun com bigadmin hcl This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types In this document the term x86 refers to the Intel 32 bit family of microprocessors and compatible 64 bit and 32 bit microprocessors made by AMD For supported systems see the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List The minimum Solaris OS for a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server is Solaris 10 3 05 HWI for the x86 x64 family of 64 bit and 32 bit AMD processors The recommended version to use is Solaris 10 1 06 U1 You can download or order the media for Solaris 10 1 06 U1 at http www sun com software solaris get jsp Solaris 10 3 05 HW1 might be preinstalled on the hard drive Additional software is shipped separately on a Resource CD Contact your Sun service provider if you need to order the Solaris OS or if you are missing the Resource CD For updates on Solaris 10 versions and hardware compatibility go to http www sunsolve sun com Note The Solaris 10 Operating System box contains the CD and DVD media and documentation that you will need to install the Solaris OS software for both SPARC and x86 platforms For a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server use the media for x86 platforms The Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server supports the following Solaris OS installation methods m Install one server from DVD or C
48. cs ma nuals enterprise 26 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 Task Map for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Consult the following table to determine which topics documented in this Help system are relevant to the installation tasks that you want to perform Installation Task Goal Collect information about your system and network Create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux driver CD Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux from distribution media using a local or network attached CD or DVD drive Update Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system files and drivers Run the Sun Installation Assistant Relevant Topic About Preparing to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on page 28 How to Create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver CD on page 29 How to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux From Distribution Media on page 31 How to Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System and Drivers on page 33 How to Use the Sun Installation Assistant on page 19 Chapter 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 27 About Preparing to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Although you can install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software from a local CD DVD a remote CD DVD or the network you will need to collect some information about your system and your network before you proceed with any of these installation methods Installation Prerequisites
49. d at tmp sles9 pxefiles 5 Remove the Resource CD from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Configuring a DHCP Server Complete the following steps on the server that will be your DHCP server 1 Power on the server and log in as superuser 2 Determine whether the DHCP server package is already installed on the server Type rpm qa grep dhcp server 3 If the DHCP server package is not listed install the package using YaST Type yast i dhcp server 4 Set up your DHCP configuration file for example etc dhcpd conf so that only PXEClient requests receive PXEClient responses Add the following entry to the DHCP configuration file Refer to the dhcpd conf man page for more information class PXE match if substring option vendor class identifier 0 9 PXEClient option vendor class identifier PXEClient Note You can start with a sample DHCP configuration file in the tmp sles9 pxefiles directory 5 Edit the etc sysconfig dhcpd file and verify that the DHCPD_INTERFACE is set to the interface that is connected to the network you are planning to run the PXE server For example if you are using Ethernet interface 0 the DHCPD_INTERFACE variable would be set as follows DHCPD_INTERFACE eth0 98 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 6 Start the DHCP service Type etc init d dhcpd start
50. d select the software that you want to install Chapter2 Solaris10 13 14 How to Use a Serial Console to Install the Solaris OS The Solaris text installer enables you to type information in a terminal or a console window to interact with the Solaris OS Installation Program Use this procedure to use a serial console to install the Solaris 10 OS on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server with a PXE based network installation Before You Begin Before you set up the serial console you need to set up the following systems for a PXE based network installation m Aninstall server m ADHCP server To set up these systems see Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations at http docs sun con app docs doc 817 5504 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 What to Do To use a serial console to install the Solaris OS do the following Note For Steps 1 through 3 see Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 5504 Connect a terminal to the serial port on the service processor A terminal can be a VT100 a PC running terminal emulation or a terminal server Set the terminal to receive at 9600 baud Add an x86 install client to an install server and specify a boot device to use during the installation If you specify the boot device when you set up the install client you are not prompted for thi
51. describes how to redirect keyboard video mouse or storage devices Start CD DVD redirection There are two choices of redirection type either to redirect a CD ROM drive using the Devices menu and to insert either installation CD 1 into the redirect CD ROM drive or to redirect CD ROM images using the Devices menu Select disk 1 iso image when prompted Power on the server using the ILOM web GUI See the topic that describes how to control power on the host server Press F2 to enter BIOS Setup and set the BIOS boot device to use AMI Virtual CDROM or press F8 and select AMI Virtual CDROM when prompted When the SLES9 installation menu appears use arrow keys to select Installation Do not press ENTER Note Make this selection quickly before another value the default executes Optional Press F2 to change the display resolution to 1024x768 This is the default display resolution for the Remote Console application Press F6 to load the driver SLES9 will indicate that you must have a driver floppy CD ready Press ENTER to continue with the installation SLES9 will prompt you for that driver disk Insert the driver disk into the redirected CD DVD drive or if using iso images switch images by selecting CD ROM Image from the Devices menu Select the CD DVD image again and select driver iso image when prompted Chapter 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9 57 15 16 17 18 19 Select sr0 and
52. e 2 Copy the PXE support files from the Resource CD into the tmp directory by typing the following commands mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom support pxeboot sles9 pxefiles tar gz tmp cd tmp gunzip sles9 pxefiles tar gz tar xvf sles9 pxefiles tar umount mnt cdrom 3 Set up the directory structure that will hold the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 software Type Note You can use a different target directory than the home pxeboot sles9 directory shown The examples in this procedure use this directory mkdir p home pxeboot sles9 sles9 CD1 mkdir p home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD 1 2 3 4 5 4 Insert SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 1 into your server and copy its contents to your PXE server Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 sles9 CD1 5 Remove SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 1 from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom 6 Insert SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 2 into your server and copy its contents to your PXE server Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD1 60 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 10 11 12 13 14 15 Remove SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 2 from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Insert SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
53. e Server 9 Installation Manual SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Installation Manual Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation on page 89 How to Create a SLES9 SP1 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server on page 59 How to Install SLES9 From a PXE Server on page 63 How to Update the SLES9 Operating System on page 49 How to Update the SLES9 SCSI Driver on page 50 Note SLES9 SP2 and later versions do not require additional Sun supported drivers Make sure to include the all of the drivers recommended by SUSE when installing the operating system See SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation on page 44 for more information on installing SLES 9 SP2 and later and obtaining the correct drivers Before you install SUSE Linux from CD from DVD or from the network you need to gather information about your system and your local area network Chapter 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9 45 About Preparing to Install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Although you can install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES9 operating system OS from a local CD DVD remote CD DVD or the network you will need to collect some information about your system before you proceed with any one of these installation The server ships with a DVD ROM device However an external CD ROM device can also be used Note The Sun Installation Assistant is a convenient front
54. e X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server 2 Power on the system The server will boot off of the CD and display a boot prompt 3 Select one of the following installation methods at the boot prompt m For text mode Type the following command boot linux dd m For graphical mode Press Enter The installer starts and prompts you for a driver disk with the following message Do you have a driver disk The installer then prompts you to Insert your driver disk into dev hda and press Ok 4 Eject the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Distribution CD 1 32 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 If necessary insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver CD This is the CD you created earlier See How to Create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver CD on page 29 Select Ok The installer loads the updated mptbase and mptscsih drivers needed to access the hard drives When the installer is finished loading the drivers it prompts with Do you have any more driver disks Select No and remove the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver CD from the system Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide to guide you through the remainder of the installation process What Next See How to Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System and Drivers on page 33 How to Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System and Drivers This procedure describes how to update the
55. e default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed IT Search removable media floppy CD ROM JV Include this location in the search amnd 8131 SHPNP z Browse gose the driver to installi Choose this option to select the device driver from list Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for your hardware lt Back Cancel FIGURE 6 14 Hardware Update Wizard Search Option 5 In the Hardware Update Wizard dialog select the option Don t search I will choose the driver to install and then click Next The Hardware Update Wizard dialog appears prompting you to select a device driver to install Chapter 6 Windows Server 2003 83 Hardware Update Wizard Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware FIGURE 6 15 Hardware Update Wizard Select Driver 6 In the Hardware Update Wizard dialog click Have Disk The Install From Disk dialog appears Install From Disk Copy manufacturer s files from C Program Files x86 Sun Driver Update Packag FIGURE 6 16 Install From Disk Dialog 7 In the Install From Disk dialog click Browse The Locate File dialog appears 84 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Locate File 2 x Look in cpu z 0te gm Ly My Recent Documents E Desktop My Documents 19 My Com
56. e e March 2006 How to Use the Sun Installation Assistant This procedure explains how to use the Sun Installation Assistant to install Linux on your server Note The Sun Installation Assistant does not automate the OS installation process However you will not need to create a driver CD because the Sun Installation Assistant automatically installs the Sun supported drivers Once the installation is complete you will return to the Sun Installation Assistant screen The Sun Installation Assistant can be booted from either the server s CD ROM remote KVM with CD ROM redirection or via a PXE network boot Instructions for configuring PXE network boot can be found in the topic that describes how to configure the Sun Installation Assistant for PXE boot In the steps below that mention booting from the CD ROM simply substitute selecting network boot Media for the Linux system to be installed can be either a network image or a CD ROM Installation from a network image on a LAN is significantly faster to install Before You Begin Installing the Sun Installation Assistant software consists of the following procedures Boot the Sun Installation Assistant via the local CD remote KVM with CD ROM redirection or via PXE booting the images contained on the CD Follow the prompts to provide the media or network image from which to install Linux See the Help topic about how to update the operating system and drivers Chapt
57. e path usr local sbin neopxe to the rc local file by typing the following command making sure to use two greater than signs echo usr local sbin neopxe gt gt etc rc d boot local 4 Copy the PXE Linux image from the tmp directory Type mkdir home pxeboot cp tmp sles9 pxefiles pxelinux 0 home pxeboot 5 Configure the PXE Linux image Type mkdir home pxeboot pxelinux cfg touch home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default 6 Edit the usr local etc neopxe conf configuration file which is read by neopxe at startup m Ifthe usr local etc directory does not exist create it with the following command mkdir usr local etc m If you need to create the neopxe conf file you can copy it from the tmp sles9 pxefiles neopxe 0 2 0 directory 100 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 m A valid configuration file must have entries for each of the following lines including at least one service line ip_addr n n n n prompt boot prompt string prompt_timeout timeout service service number boot server boot file label Where n n n n is the IP address of your PXE server m boot prompt string is the character string displayed during a network boot that prompts the user to press the F8 key for a boot menu timeout is the number of seconds the prompt is displayed before the server defaults to the first service for booting service number is an integer in t
58. eate a directory to hold the updated Ethernet and SCSI driver RPMs Type mkdir home pxeboot sles9 rpms Copy the Ethernet and SCSI RPMs into this new directory Type cp tmp sles9 pxefiles x86_64 rpm home pxeboot sles9 rpms On your PXE server modify and save the file home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default to add the following entry to it Note Type the text block from append through autoyast xml as one continuous line with no returns default sles9 label sles9 kernel sles9 boot loader linux append textmode 1 initrd sles9 initrd install nfs n n n n home pxeboot sles9 insmod mptbase insmod mptscsih autoyast nfs n n n n home pxeboot sles9 autoyast xml Where n n n n is the IP address of your PXE server Note For console based installations add console ttyS0 9600 to the append line How to Install SLES9 From a PXE Server This procedure describes how to configure your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server to initiate the request to download the boot image file from the PXE DHCP server and how to install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES9 boot image onto your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server Before You Begin Before you configure your server to install SUSE Linux from a PXE server you need to have done the following Chapter 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9 63 64 m Configured your Linux network to support a PXE server See the topic that describes how to preconfigure
59. eed of 550 MHz or faster minimum supported speed of 133 MHz applies to Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Editions RAM e A minimum of 128 MB of RAM recommended e A maximum of 32 GB is supported Hard disk e A minimum of 1 25 GB to 2 GB of available hard disk space for availability Windows Server Standard Edition Enterprise 1 5 GB X86 2GB X64 e Larger amounts of space is required if you are running setup across a network or if you are using FAT FAT32 instead of an NTFS file system Monitor e AVGA or higher resolution monitor keyboard and mouse or pointing device Supported Operating System Software The Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server supports the following Microsoft Windows operating systems m Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 32 bit 64 bit a Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition 32 bit 64 bit 68 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 How to Create a Mass Storage Device Floppy This topic identifies how to create a mass storage device floppy This floppy must be created before performing the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 installation Before You Begin Ensure that the following system configurations and materials are readily available m External USB floppy drive m Floppy disk Note If you use the floppy img file you do not need a floppy drive The floppy img file available in the FloppyPack zip must be
60. em boot from the Microsoft Windows 2003 installation media For additional information about console redirected installations see How to Launch the Remote Console Application From a Java Web Start Web Page in the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 System Management Guide 819 1160 Collected the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Installation media Enterprise Edition 32 64 bit or Standard Edition 32 64 bit m Have the Windows Server 2003 Product Key available m Have the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 readily available for installation You can download the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 from the Microsoft website You will need to install the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 after completing the initial Windows Server 2003 installation Chapter 6 Windows Server 2003 67 m Downloaded the device drivers DriverUpdatePackage lt version gt exe from the following server product site http www sun com servers entry x4100 downloads jsp Gather specific information if necessary about the Windows Server 2003 installation See the Getting Started Guide Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition and refer to its Chapter 5 Getting Ready for a New Installation for details about installation preparation System Requirements This section lists the system requirements to install Windows Server 2003 on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server Requirement Description Processors e A recommended minimum sp
61. end application designed to assist you in installing SUSE Linux on your server The Sun Installation Assistant supplements the standard installation utilities and procedures that ship with SLES9 it does not replace them Installation Prerequisites Before installing SLES9 on your server verify or collect the following information m DHCP server name m MAC address on system label How to Create a SLES9 or SLES9 SP1 Driver CD Note The Sun Installation Assistant automatically installs this driver You can skip this procedure if you use that application For details see How to Use the Sun Installation Assistant on page 19 The LSISAS1064 SCSI controller on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server is new to the market The driver for that SCSI controller is not yet available on the SUSE Linux distribution so Sun Microsystems has provided that driver on its 46 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Resource CD You must install this new driver To install this driver on your server you must create a SLES9 or SLES9 SP1 specific CD that contains an installation ready image of the driver distributed on the Resource CD Note SLES9 SP2 and later versions do not require additional Sun supported drivers Make sure to include the all of the drivers recommended by SUSE when installing the operating system See SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Document
62. er 3 Sun Installation Assistant CD 19 What to Do To use the Sun Installation Assistant do the following 1 Insert the Sun Installation Assistant CD into the server s CD DVD drive use PXE booting or use the remote KVM with CD ROM redirection See the topic that describes how to PXE boot or how to start and stop CD ROM drive redirection 2 Power on or reboot the server Your server boots the Sun Installation Assistant This can take a few minutes The first screen that appears is the Software License Agreement screen 3 Read through the terms of the agreement You must scroll to the bottom of the license text window to make active the Accept radio button m If you agree select the Accept radio button and click Next to continue The Next button becomes active only when you select the Accept radio button The Welcome screen now appears with an introduction to the Sun Installation Assistant m If you do not agree select the Decline radio button and click Exit to close the Sun Installation Assistant The system then prompts you to reboot the server 4 On the Welcome screen click Next The Welcome screen explains what the Sun Installation Assistant will do Click Next to proceed 5 Enable networking If you want to use an HTTP or FIP install image select Yes to bring up the Ethernet interface to reach that network install image Select No to install from CD ROM and skip to Step 7 6 Configure networking Answer question
63. for your server as outlined in the Help topics that describe how to update the drivers Verify that the correct software has been installed The final screen identifies additional software that is installed as the following example shows The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 1 AS 64bit installation has completed Installing Sun Fire X4100 drivers completed The installation has completed Note You will be prompted to insert the SLES9 SP1 CD from this screen before the drivers are installed Installing the patches from the SP1 CD will take a few minutes Click Reboot to reboot the server with the newly installed operating system Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 How to Configure the Sun Installation Assistant for PXE Boot This procedure explains how to configure a Preboot Execution Environment PXE to boot the Sun Installation Assistant on your server What Do Note This section presumes the user is already familiar with configuring a PXE boot server The following information is relevant to adding the Sun Installation Assistant boot target on an existing PXE boot server Configuring the Sun Installation Assistant software for PXE boot consists of the following procedures Preconfigure your network to support PXE as described in Appendix A Create a new subdirectory in the PXE Linux directory for the Sun Installation Assistant i
64. g the Devices menu and to insert either installation CD 1 into the redirect CD ROM drive or to redirect CD ROM images using the Devices menu Select disk 1 iso image when prompted Start floppy drive redirection There are two choices of redirection type either to redirect a floppy drive using the Devices menu and to insert the driver disk floppy into the redirect floppy drive or to redirect floppy images using the Devices menu Select driver image when prompted Power on the server using the ILOM web GUI See the topic that describes how to control power on the host server Press F2 to enter BIOS Setup and set the BIOS boot device to use AMI Virtual CDROM or press F8 and select AMI Virtual CDROM when prompted When the boot prompt appears type linux dd When prompted for the driver disk select Yes When prompted for the driver disk source select sda After the driver is done loading select No when asked for additional driver When prompted for testing the CD media before installation select Skip if you do not want the media test to run Proceed with Red Hat OS installation as usual Chapter 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 37 Red Hat Enterprise Linux and PXE About Red Hat Enterprise Linux and PXE The network interface card NIC in your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server supports the Preboot Execution Environment PXE network booting protocol The system BIOS and network interface BIOS on your server autom
65. he range of 1 to 254 that identifies the boot service m boot server is the IP address of the boot server for that boot service a boot file is the name of the boot file that is read from your home pxeboot directory m label is the text string that is displayed when the boot menu is invoked by pressing the F8 key For example ip_addr 192 168 0 1 prompt Press F8 for menu prompt_timeout 10 service 1 192 168 0 1 pxelinux 0 Linux service 2 192 169 0 1 nbp unknown Solaris Note Refer to the neopxe conf man page for more information 7 Start the neopxe daemon Type usr local sbin neopxe Configuring the NFS Service Complete the following steps on your DHCP server Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 101 1 Determine whether the NFS service package is already installed on the server Type rpm qa grep nfs utils 2 If the NFS service package is not listed install the package using YaST Type yast i nfs utils 3 Edit and save the etc exports file to add the following line to it home pxeboot sync no_root_squash no_subtree_ check insecure 4 Start the NES service Type etc init d nfsserver start 5 Configure the server to always start the NFS service Type chkconfig nfslock on chkconfig nfsserver on Note If you are using a DNS server verify that DNS entries exist for the range of addresses defined in the PXE subnet dynamic bootp e
66. indows Server 2003 65 About Windows Server 2003 Installation 65 Task Map for Windows Server 2003 Installation 65 About Preparing to Install Windows Server 2003 67 Installation Prerequisites 67 System Requirements 68 Supported Operating System Software 68 How to Create a Mass Storage Device Floppy 69 Before You Begin 69 What to Do 69 How to Download Driver Files for Windows Server 2003 72 What to Do 72 How to Install Windows Server 2003 From Distribution Media 73 Before You Begin 73 What to Do 74 Next 75 How to Update the Device Drivers for Windows Server 2003 76 Before You Begin 76 Setting Up the Device Driver Update Package 76 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 Updating the AMD Processor Driver 81 Index 105 Contents vii viii Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Preface This Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Setup Guide contains detailed procedures for bringing the server from the packing box to a configurable usable state Hardware installation and initial software configuration are covered Product Updates For product updates that you can download for the Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 servers please visit the following Web site http www sun com servers entry x4100 downloads jsp This site contains updates for firmware and drivers as well as CD ROM iso images Related Documentation
67. ing a JumpStart scenario A PXE network boot is a direct network boot No boot media is required on the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 client system Chapter2 Solaris10 11 12 Before You Begin To boot over the network by using PXE you first need to do the following 1 Set up an install server 2 Add the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 clients to be installed 3 Set up a DHCP server For instructions see Step 1 below What to Do Perform the tasks in Guidelines for Booting with PXE located in Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations located at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 5504 If you have already set up the systems you need for a PXE boot review the Task Map to verify that you have performed all the steps Boot the server over the network by using PXE Complete the steps in Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 5504 Follow the instructions on the screen When the BIOS comes up press F12 to tell the BIOS to perform a network boot from the PXE server Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 How to Install the Solaris OS From Distribution Media Use this procedure along with the instructions for x86 platforms in Solaris 10 Installation Guide Basic Installations to install the Solaris OS onto a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server from CD or DVD media
68. ing the Firewall Required Items Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation requires the following items m SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 server equipped with a CD DVD drive m USB keyboard a Monitor optional m SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 media set m Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Resource CD Copying Files From the Resource CD This section describes how to copy the PXE support files which are required for PXE configurations from the Resource CD You can also download the driver RPMs from the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 web site The downloads links are at http www sun com servers entry x4100 downloads jsp Note This procedure provides instructions for copying files from the Resource CD on SLES9 However these instructions are also valid for SLES9 with Service Pack SP1 For SP1 substitute SLES9SP1 where SLES9 appears in the commands Insert the Resource CD into the DHCP PXE server Create a temporary directory to copy the PXE support files to Type mkdir tmp Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 97 3 Type the following commands to copy the files to the tmp directory mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp mnt cdrom support pxeboot sles9 pxefiles tar gz tmp 4 Uncompress and extract the contents of the tar file into the tmp directory Type tar zxf tmp sles9 pxefiles tar gz When you extract the file a directory with all required files is create
69. inue e Press Enter to continue f Choose Express Setup g Follow the on screen instructions to complete the Windows Server 2003 installation Next After installing the operating system you will need to update the system device drivers see How to Update the Device Drivers for Windows Server 2003 on page 76 Chapter 6 Windows Server 2003 75 How to Update the Device Drivers for Windows Server 2003 The following procedures explain how to update the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 installation with the device driver software m Setting up the Device Driver Update Package m Installing the Device Drivers Before You Begin The following procedures assume that you have already m Installed the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system on the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server m Downloaded the DriverUpdatePackage to a portable media For detail instructions see How to Download Driver Files for Windows Server 2003 on page 72 m Have the portable media containing the DriverUpdatePackage readily available to complete the following procedure Setting Up the Device Driver Update Package Setting Up the Device Driver Update Package 1 Copy the DriverUpdatePackage lt version gt exe file from the portable media to a local drive on the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server Note lt version gt represents the current version of the software update package 2 To launch the
70. ion Guide Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide Red Hat Enterprise Linux Introduction to System Administration Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide System Administration for Diskless Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Guide about system requirements and system configuration for your version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software Brief printed guide containing useful information to assist you during the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Full version of the printed Quick Installation Guide Introductory information for Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators Information on customizing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software Information on configuring your server and Red Hat Linux for diskless booting Guide for securing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software and online from http www redhat com docs Included with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution media Included on the Red Hat Documentation CD and available for download from http www redhat com docs Available for download from http www redhat com docs ma nuals enterprise Available for download from http www redhat com docs ma nuals enterprise Available for download as the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide for the x86 Itanium and AMD64 Architectures at http www redhat com docs ma nuals enterprise Available for download from http www redhat com do
71. ires the following items m Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server equipped with a DVD ROM drive Note The server ships with a DVD ROM device However an external CD ROM device can also be used m USB keyboard and mouse a Monitor m SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 media CD set m Driver CD You create this yourself See How to Create a SLES9 or SLES9 SP1 Driver CD on page 46 What to Do To perform a basic installation from local CD DVD drive do the following 1 Insert the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD 1 or the DVD into your local CD DVD drive Note During the installation process you will be prompted to swap Distribution CDs and to remove media before reboots Follow the prompts 2 Power on the system SUSE Linux boots from the Distribution CD The graphical boot loader displays several boot options 52 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 10 Note You can change the video resolution of the installer by pressing the corresponding Function key on your keyboard displayed on the selection menu Press F6 Driver Update so the installer will prompt you for the additional driver disk that you created when you followed the procedure that explained how to create a SLES9 or SLES9 SP1 Driver CD Select Installation from the driver boot menu The SLES9 boot loader prompts you to insert a CD with updated drivers into the CD DVD drive
72. isting network services m SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Support Sites SUSE provides considerable technical information about the Enterprise Server operating system at its product and support web sites See the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Home Page at http www novell com products linuxenterpriseserver for additional support information 44 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Task Map for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Installation Consult the following table to determine which procedures documented in this Help system are relevant to the installation task s that you need to perform Installation Task Goal Collect information about your system and network Create a Driver CD Run the Sun Installation Assistant Install SLES9 and SLES9 SP1 from local or remote CD DVD drive Install SLES9 SP2 or later version from local or remote CD DVD drive or PXE server Install SLES9 SLES9 SP1 or SLE9 SP2 from an image stored on a networked system Install SLES9 and SLES9 SP1 from a PXE server Update SLES9 and SLES9 SP1 software and drivers Relevant Procedure s or Source s About Preparing to Install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on page 46 How to Create a SLES9 or SLES9 SP1 Driver CD on page 46 How to Use the Sun Installation Assistant on page 19 How to Install SLES9 From Distribution Media on page 51 SUSE Linux Enterpris
73. iver rpm Where mptlinux driver refers to the appropriate SCSI driver RPM files as determined in Step 4 6 After successful installation remove the CD and reboot the system Type umount mnt cdrom reboot How to Install SLES9 From Distribution Media SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES9 provides an easy to use graphical interface for installing and configuring the operating system Whether you are using Distribution CDs to install SUSE Linux from a locally attached CD DVD drive or from a remote CD DVD drive attached via KVMS the installation procedure is fundamentally the same The following procedure documents how to install SUSE Linux from a local CD DVD drive Note To install SLES9 SP2 or later versions use the instructions in the documentation listed in the documentation in SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation on page 44 Before You Begin Installing SUSE software from CD consists of the following procedures Chapter 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9 51 1 Create the Driver CD or use the Sun Installation Assistant CD See How to Create a SLES9 or SLES9 SP1 Driver CD on page 46 or How to Use the Sun Installation Assistant on page 19 2 Install the SLES9 software 3 Update the SLES9 software See How to Update the SLES9 Operating System on page 49 and How to Update the SLES9 SCSI Driver on page 50 Required Items Installation from distribution media requ
74. ize the update or do nothing and accept the default which is recommended Select Next to continue Installation of the update will start and proceed automatically When the installation is complete exit YaST and return to the command prompt Caution Do not reboot your system after the YaST Update has completed its updates You must update your SCSI drivers before rebooting Remove the SLES9 SP1 CD after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Determine whether you are using an SMP or default kernel Type ls 1 boot vmlinux This command will return the kernel that will be used at the next boot You will see a kernel of type default or smp Install the updated storage driver m In the previous step if you see a file that has smp type the following rpm Uvh tmp mptlinux smp 3 02 18 2 6 5 7 139 sles9 _1 x86_64 rpm m In the previous step if you see a file that has default type the following rpm Uvh tmp mptlinux default 3 02 18_2 6 5 7 139 sles9 _1 x86_64 rpm Chapter 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9 55 16 Verify that mptlinux drivers for kernel version 2 6 5_7 139 were installed correctly Type rpm qa grep 139 You will get a list of RPMs Verify that you see the mptlinux for kernel 2 6 5_7 139 If you do not see the correct drivers repeat Steps 11 through 13 The update to SLES9 SP1 is now complete 17 Reboot your system Type shutdown r now How to Install the
75. later updates 64 bit m SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1 and later SPs 64 bit Insert Disc 1 for one of the supported distributions into the server s CD DVD drive Note To install SLES9 SP1 insert the SLES9 CD 1 first You will be prompted to insert the SP1 CD after the SLES9 installation is complete Note For the administrator s convenience the CD ROM redirection feature of the SP can be used See the topic that describes how to start and stop CD ROM drive redirection Note You must supply the OS media on the same CD ROM as you booted the Sun Installation Assistant 9 Click Next The Assistant identifies the Linux distribution as the following example shows Identifying distribution identified as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 1 AS 64bit Note If you provide an unsupported media you will see an error message Chapter 3 Sun Installation Assistant CD 21 22 10 11 12 13 14 Click Next to start the installer for this distribution The installation software specific to the version of Linux that you are installing now takes over Proceed through the installer screens After the installation is complete the Sun Installation Assistant installs RPMs for the Linux OS kernel s that you have just installed The Assistant installs only those RPMs for your specific Linux OS kernel Note This operation replaces the steps for manually upgrading the drivers
76. lation 31 to 33 overview 25 to 27 preparation 28 PXE installation 38 to creating a PXE install image 38 to 41 installing the OS 41 to preconfiguring the network 89 to 96 96 to remote console installation 36 to 37 updating the operating system 33 to 35 updating the SCSI drivers 34 remote console installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 36 to 37 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 56 to 58 S SCSI driver update Red Hat Enterprise Linux 34 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 50 to 51 serial console installation Solaris 10 14 to 16 SLES see SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Solaris 10 installation media installation 13 overview 5 to 9 preparation 9 to 10 PXE installation to 12 serial console installation 14 to 16 Sun Installation Assistant error messages 18 how to use 19 to 22 log file 18 overview 17 to 18 PXE configuration 23 to 24 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation driver CD creation 46 to 48 media installation 51 to 53 overview 43 to 45 preparation 46 PXE installation 58 to 64 creating the install image 59 to 63 installing the OS 63 to 64 preconfiguring the network to 103 remote console application 56 to 58 updating the operating system 49 updating the SCSI driver 50 to 51 upgrading to SP1 54 to 56 T typographic conventions xii U updating SCSI drivers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 34 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 50 to 51 updating the operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux 33 t
77. mages mkdir home pxeboot suninstall Insert the Sun Installation Assistant CD into the PXE server CD drive and mount the CD Copy the vmlinuz and initrd files from the CD to the PXE Linux directory Use the correct path to the mounted CD image This example uses mnt carom cp mnt cdrom boot isolinux vmlinuz home pxeboot suninstall cp mnt cdrom boot isolinux initrd img home pxeboot suninstall Add the Sun Installation Assistant to the PXE configuration file Enter the following lines to home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default Chapter 3 Sun Installation Assistant CD 23 24 Note Type the text block from append through netboot as one continuous string with no returns default suninstall label suninstall kernel vmlinuz append initrd initrd img vga 0x314 ramdisk_size 400000 root dev ram netboot Unmount and remove the CD Booting the Sun Installation Assistant From the PXE Server Connect the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server to the same network as the PXE server and power on the system Press the F12 key on your system while it is initializing to start a network boot The system will attempt to get an IP address from the DHCP server Press the F8 key to begin the downloading of the PXE boot image When you are prompted at the boot prompt type in suninstall The Sun Installation Assistant image downloads onto your system You can continue with the installation as described in Ho
78. manual that is shipped with your Red Hat Enterprise Linux media kit 6 Update the operating system files and driver files if necessary See How to Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System and Drivers on page 33 42 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 CHAPTER 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 About SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Installation If you have installed the SLES9 operating system OS on other x86 based servers you are already familiar with how to install Linux on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server The most common methods to install SLES9 on your server are m Installation from your SLES9 Distribution CD local or remote m Installation from the network either from a Preboot Execution Environment PXE image stored on a PXE server on your local network or from an image stored elsewhere on your network Note The Sun Installation Assistant is a convenient front end application designed to assist you in installing SUSE Linux on your server The Sun Installation Assistant supplements the standard installation utilities and procedures that ship with SLES9 it does not replace them Important SLES 9 Version Installation Guidelines Read the following guidelines for specific versions of the SLES 9 operating system m The minimum supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES version is SLES 9 Service Pack 1 SP1 43
79. n Folder Dialog 6 In the Select Installation Folder dialog do the following a Choose the default installation location specified in the Folder text box or click Browse to specify a different location b Select the option Just Me if you want to limit access to the package to your user ID Otherwise select the option Everyone if you want any user ID to be able to access the package c Click Next A Confirmation Installation dialog appears Chapter 6 Windows Server 2003 79 i Sun Fire X4100 4200 Driver Update Package a b x Confirm Installation amp CS The installer is ready to install Sun Fire 4100 4200 Driver Update Package on your computer Click Next to start the installation FIGURE 6 9 Confirm Installation Dialog 7 In the Confirmation Installation dialog click Next to continue the installation This message appears Inspecting System Please Wait 8 Continue clicking Next until the following dialog appears then click OK Sun Fire X4100 X4200 Driver Update Package D The AMD 8131 PCIX HyperTransport Tunnel driver is about to be installed During this J installation multiple Driver Installation Security Alert dialogs will appear asking if you want to install the driver This driver is safe to install Each time the dialog appears you should click Yes to continue FIGURE 6 10 AMD 8131 PCIX HyperTransport Tunnel Driver Message A series of four Security Alert di
80. n a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server without a hard drive Use this method with a PXE based network installation Instructions How to Install the Solaris OS From Distribution Media on page 13 To set up for a PXE installation see x86 Guidelines for Booting with PXE in the Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations To boot by using PXE see How to Boot a Server Over the Network By Using PXE on page 11 Solaris 10 Installation Guide Basic Installations How to Use a Serial Console to Install the Solaris OS on page 14 x86 Booting and Installing Over the Network PXE in the Solaris10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations Note The Solaris OS provides additional programs for installation such as booting over a wide area network WAN but the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server supports only those methods listed in this topic 8 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Where to Find Solaris 10 Information Solaris OS documentation is available from the web at http docs sun com Select Solaris 10 to display the list of documents in the Solaris 10 Documentation Collection m For the Solaris 10 installation guides see http 7d0cs sun com app docs coll 1236 1 m For the Solaris 10 administration guides see http docs sun com app docs col1 47 16 m For information about upgrading your
81. nformation for x86 Platforms HTML Translated versions of some of these documents are available at the web sites described above in French Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean Japanese and German Note that the English documentation is revised more frequently and might therefore be more up to date than the translated documentation x Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Using UNIX Commands This document might not contain information about basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system booting the system and configuring devices Refer to the following for this information m Software documentation that you received with your system m Solaris Operating System documentation which is at http docs sun com Third Party Web Sites Sun is not responsible for the availability of third party web sites mentioned in this document Sun does 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 for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content goods or services that are available on or through such sites or resources Preface xi Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands files
82. ntry in the dhcpd conf file If you are not using a DNS server edit the etc hosts file to add the range of host addresses found in the PXE subnet dynamic bootp entry in the dhcpd conf file Disabling the Firewall If a firewall is enabled on your PXE DHCP server you must disable it before attempting to install a PXE image onto the client system Note When you disable the firewall protection on the system that is your PXE server the security of the data on that server cannot be ensured If this server is networked outside of your local intranet be sure to re enable the firewall after downloading software to PXE clients 1 Execute the YaST command Type yast 2 Choose Security amp Users 3 Choose Firewall m Choose none to disable the firewall for all network interfaces m Choose specific interfaces to enable the firewall on those only 102 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Installing SLES9 and SLES9 SP1 From the Network When you have completed all the previous configuration steps do the following 1 Reboot the PXE DHCP server 2 Refer to the How to Create a SLES9 SP1 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server on page 59 Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 103 104 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Index D device driver update Windows Server 2003 76 to 8
83. o 35 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 49 W Windows Server 2003 installation device driver update 76 to 87 driver file download 72 floppy creation 69 to 71 media installation 73 to 75 overview 65 to 66 preparation 67 to 68 106 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006
84. oller has not yet been made available on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution so Sun Microsystems has provided the driver on its Resource CD To install this driver on your server you must create a Red Hat specific CD that contains an installation ready driver image Before You Begin Before you create a Red Hat specific Driver CD you must have access to a functioning Linux server or Linux workstation that can burn a CD What to Do To create a Red Hat specific Driver CD from the driver images distributed on the Resource CD do the following 1 Log in as root to the Linux server or workstation that has the CD recorder drive Chapter 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 29 2 Determine the name of the recordable CD drive Do one of the following m If the recordable CD drive is an IDE ATAPI drive type cdrecord scanbus dev ATAPI The system reports the names of matching devices scsibus0 0 0 0 0 SAMSUNG CDRW DVD SM 352F T900 Removable CD ROM Ode 1a Oy 2702 In this example the name of the IDE CD device is ATAPI 0 0 0 m If the recordable CD drive is a SCSI drive type cdrecord scanbus The system reports the names of matching devices scsibus4 4 0 0 0 SONY DVD RW DRU 530A 1 0e Removable CD ROM 40 1 amp 4 2 0 2 In this example the name of the SCSI CD device is 4 0 0 3 Insert the Resource CD into the local system CD drive 4 Mount the CD Type mount
85. on keyboard and monitor For more information see the Solaris 10 Installation Guide Basic Installations 2 Gather the information you need to install the Solaris OS See the Checklist for Installation in Chapter 1 at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 0544 For a non networked system you need to know the host name of the system you are installing and the language and the locales that you intend to use on the system For a networked system use the checklist to gather the following information Host name of the system that you are installing Language and locales that you intend to use on the system IP address of the name server Subnet mask Type of name service for example DNS NIS or NIS IP address of gateway Domain name Host name of the name server IP address of the name server Root password 3 If you are installing the Solaris OS over the network you need to set up a PXE based network installation before you install the Solaris OS For information about setting up a PXE based network installation see Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations at http docs sun con app docs doc 817 5504 Note Consult the appropriate platform guide that ships with Solaris 10 for detailed information about remote installation via USB If USB based installation is not supported use PXE 10 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 How to B
86. oot a Server in a GRUB Based Environment Starting with the Solaris 10 1 06 release the open source GNU Grand Unified Bootloader GRUB has been implemented on x86 based systems that are running the Solaris OS GRUB is the boot loader that is responsible for loading a boot archive into a system s memory The boot archive contains the kernel modules and configuration files that are required to boot the system For more information on GRUB you can see the grub 5 man page For information on how to boot a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server that is running Solaris 10 1 06 in a GRUB based environment refer to the Solaris 10 System Administration Guide Basic Administration at this URL http docs sun com app docs doc 819 2379 How to Boot a Server Over the Network By Using PXE Use this procedure along with the instructions in Solaris 10 Installation Guide Networked Based Installations The Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server implements the Intel Preboot Execution Environment PXE specification required for a PXE network boot PXE technology provides your server with the capability to boot the Solaris OS over the network using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Using a PXE based network installation you can install the Solaris OS onto a server from the network with remote CD or DVD images You can also automate the installation process and install the Solaris OS on several Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 servers us
87. p a mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 SPx CD1 Replace x with 1 for SP1 Remove the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SPx CD 1 from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Replace x with 1 for SP1 Insert SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SPx CD 2 into your server and copy its contents to your PXE server Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 SPx CD2 Replace x with 1 for SP1 Remove SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SPx CD 2 from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Replace x with 1 for SP1 Set up the boot environment for the client system to boot from Type cd home pxeboot sles9 In s sles9 CD1 boot Set up the content and media directories Type ln s sles9 CD1 content ln s sles9 CD1 media 1 ln s sles9 CD1 control xml Set up the appropriate content and instorder files Type mkdir yast cp tmp sles9 pxefiles order yast cp tmp sles9 pxefiles instorder yast Copy the autoyast xml file from the tmp sles9 pxefiles directory to the root of the PXE image Type cp tmp sles9 pxefiles autoyast xml home pxeboot sles9 62 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 24 25 26 27 Copy the updated initrd file from the tmp sles9 pxefiles directory to the root of the PXE image Type cp tmp sles9 pxefiles initrd home pxeboot sles9 Cr
88. pdating the drivers Before You Begin Before you configure your server to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux from a PXE server you need to have done the following Chapter 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 41 m Configured your Linux network to support a PXE server See the topic that describes how to preconfigure your network to support PXE installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux m Installed a Red Hat Enterprise Linux image on that Linux PXE server See the topic that describes how to create a PXE install image on the PXE server What to Do To configure your server to install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux image from a PXE server do the following 1 Connect the PXE client to the same network as the PXE server and power on the PXE client The PXE client is the target Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server to which you are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux software 2 When the PXE client prompts you for a network boot press the F12 key The PXE client connects to the PXE server and attempts to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server 3 Press the F8 key to begin the downloading of the PXE boot image 4 When you are prompted at the boot prompt type in the label you gave the image when you installed a Red Hat Enterprise Linux image on the PXE server The Red Hat Enterprise Linux install image downloads onto the targetSun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server 5 To configure the Linux operating system for your server refer to the
89. ppropriate chapter for your OS You should also gather the installation administration and configuration documentation distributed with the operating system These documents generally accompany the distribution media as printed manuals or else are included as PDF files on the media itself In many cases the latest versions of such documents are also downloadable from the web site of the OS vendor Chapter 1 Overview 3 4 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 CHAPTER 2 Solaris 10 About Solaris OS Installation Note This chapter contains instructions for installing the Solaris 10 operating system from network or media If you are configuring the preinstalled Solaris 10 operating system that is shipped with the server refer to the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Server Guide For the Preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System 819 4153 This chapter describes some of what you need to know to install the Solaris Operating System Solaris OS on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server and points you to the Solaris OS documentation for the more detailed information you will need to complete the installation Overview This Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures UltraSPARC SPARC64 IA 32 AMD64 The supported SPARC based systems are listed in the Solaris Sun Hardware Platform Guide at http docs sun
90. press any key to boot from CD When the text mode setup instruction dialog appears then do the following Note If you miss the prompt to boot from the CD restart the system so that the BIOS boots from the DVD ROM drive again 74 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 a When prompted press F6 to install mass storage drivers Note If you miss the prompt to install third party drivers restart the system and press F6 within this time period or the installation fails You are prompted to enter S to install the mass storage drivers b Press S to specify the device drivers to be installed c Insert the Driver Disk into Drive A when prompted A message appears listing the available drivers d In the message listing the available drivers do the following i Select either the 32 bit or 64 bit LSI driver version driver then press Enter You must install the 32 bit driver if installing 32 bit Windows Server 2003 or the 64 bit driver if installing 64 bit Windows Server 2003 ii For remote installations using the Virtual Floppy or a virtual floppy image remote KVMS over IP from ILOM Select the AMI Virtual Floppy Driver 32 bit or 64 bit version then press Enter You must install the 32 bit driver if installing 32 bit Windows Server 2003 or the 64 bit driver if installing 64 bit Windows Server 2003 A message appears prompting you to press Enter to cont
91. puter J 3 Floppy A s Local Disk C Program Files x86 Sun Driver Update Package Drivers amd om a USB DISK D s New Volume E s Local Disk F amp CD Drive G amp DVD CD RW Drive H File name femdk8 int z Files of type Setup Information inf z Cancel ZA Desktop My Documents PE My Computer FIGURE 6 17 Locate File Dialog 8 In the Locate File dialog specify the location of the AMD CPU Program Files Sun DriverUpdatePackage Drivers AMD CPU then click OK The Select Device Driver dialog appears with the AMD K8 Processor in the Model list Hardware Update Wizard Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware amp Select the manufacturer and model of your hardware device and then click Next If you have a disk that contains the driver you want to install click Have Disk M Show compatible hardware Model W AMD K8 Processor IF This driver is digitally signed Have Disk hy drive FIGURE 6 18 Select Device Driver Dialog Chapter 6 Windows Server 2003 85 9 In the Model list select the AMD K8 Processor then click Next The Completing the Hardware Update Wizard dialog appears Hardware Update Wizard Completing the Hardware Update The wizard has finished installing the software for gt AMD K8 Processor The hardware you installed vaill not work until you restart your computer Click Finish
92. pxe server is designed for use with a DHCP server that is running on the same system Install the neopxe boot server daemon onto your system that is your DHCP server Type cd tmp rhel3 32 pxefiles neopxe 0 2 0 configure make make install Append the path usr local sbin neopxe to the rc local file by typing the following command making sure to use two greater than signs echo usr local sbin neopxe gt gt etc rc d rc local Copy the PXE Linux image from the tmp directory Type mkdir home pxeboot cp tmp rhel3 32 pxefiles pxelinux 0 home pxeboot Appendix A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation 93 4 Configure the PXE Linux image Type mkdir home pxeboot pxelinux cfg touch home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default 5 Edit the usr local etc neopxe conf configuration file which is read by neopxe at startup m If the neopxe conf file is not in the usr local etc directory you can copy it from the tmp rhel3_32 pxefiles neopxe 0 2 0 directory m A valid configuration file must have entries for each of the following lines including at least one service line ip_addr n n n n prompt boot prompt string prompt_timeout timeout service service number boot server boot file label Where a n n n n is the IP address of your PXE server m boot prompt string is the character string displayed during a network boot that prompts the user to press the F8 key for a boot menu m timeo
93. r PXE server Ensure that the location indicated after dir is pointing to the top level of your image 9 Add the following entry to the file home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default 40 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 10 11 Note Type the text block from append through ks cfg as one continuous string with no returns default rhel3_32 label rhel3_32 kernel rhel3_32 vmlinuz append ksdevice eth0 console tty0 load ramdisk 1 initrd rhel3_32 initrd img network ks nfs n n n n home pxeboot rhel3_32 ks cfg Where n n n n is the IP address of your PXE server Note For console based installations add console ttyS0 9600 to the append line Save the modified version of the home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default file Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Distribution CD1 into the CD DVD drive of the DHCP PXE server mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp mnt cdrom images pxeboot vmlinuz home pxeboot rhel3_32 How to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux From a PXE Server This procedure describes how to configure your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server to initiate the request to download the boot image file from the PXE DHCP server and how to install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux boot image onto your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server Note If you are installing RHEL 4 Update 2 or later version you do not need to complete the steps that refer to u
94. r driver disk iso 1 Log in as root to the Linux server or workstation that has a CD recorder drive 2 Insert the Resource CD into the local system CD drive 3 Mount the CD Type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom 4 Copy the driver image from the Resource CD to the local tmp directory Type cp mnt cdrom support update_media sles9 64 driverUpdate iso tmp 5 Unmount the Resource CD Type umount mnt cdrom 6 Remove the Resource CD 7 Insert a blank CD into the CD recorder drive 8 Create a SUSE specific Driver CD from the local copy of the driver image Type Note Use the device name of the CD recorder obtained in the Before You Begin on page 47 cdrecord v eject dev ATAPI 0 0 0 tmp driverUpdate iso 9 Remove the newly created CD from the CD recorder when the recording process is complete and the CD recorder ejects the CD Note Use this SUSE specific Driver CD when you install SLES9 Linux from the SUSE Distribution CDs 48 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 How to Update the SLES9 Operating System The operating system installation media shipping with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES9 software might not contain the most up to date versions of the SUSE software Since the media has been released there have been many updates to the SLES9 software that you should install This procedure describes how to update the SUSE operating
95. r network prior to performing a PXE installation Follow the procedures in the section appropriate for your operating system m How to Preconfigure Your Network to Support PXE Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on page 89 m How to Preconfigure Your Network to Support PXE Installation of SUSE Enterprise Linux Server on page 96 How to Preconfigure Your Network to Support PXE Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux These procedures describe how to preconfigure your network running Red Hat Enterprise Linux to support PXE installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux software on your server These procedures assume that you already have a bootable server that is running a version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system Note Some of the following procedures might not be necessary if you confirm that the server packages are already in place and are configured 89 Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation involves the following procedures m Copying Files From the Resource CD m Configuring a DHCP Server m Installing Portmap m Configuring the TFTP Service m Installing and Configuring the neopxe Boot Server Daemon m Configuring the NFS Service m Disabling the Firewall Required Items Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation requires the following items m Red Hat Enterprise Linux server equipped with a DVD drive m USB keyboard a Monitor m Red Hat Enterprise Linux media set
96. re by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Online privacy information Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Yes this time only Yes now and every time connect a device No not this ime Click Next to continue lt Back Cancel FIGURE 6 12 Welcome to Hardware Update Wizard 3 In the Welcome dialog click the option No not this time then click Next The Hardware Update Wizard dialog appears Hardware Update Wizard This wizard helps you install software for AMD Opteron tm Processor 252 Q If your hardware came with an installation CD lt gt or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically instal from a Est or specific locati Click Next to continue lt Back Cancel FIGURE 6 13 Hardware Update Wizard Dialog 82 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 4 In the Hardware Update Wizard dialog select the option Install from a list or specific location The Hardware Update Wizard dialog appears prompting you to choose a search and installation option Hardware Update Wizard hee Please choose your search and installation options Sm Y Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check boxes below to limit or expand th
97. s and installs drivers and platform specific software The use of the Sun Installation Assistant CD is optional but is provided to make the installation of Linux easier for the user 18 Error Messages If the Sun Installation Assistant encounters an error or an unexpected condition it will generate an error message You might encounter a number of straightforward error messages such as the following You have inserted Disc 3 but the system requires Disc 2 Please insert Disc 2 You might also attempt to use the Sun Installation Assistant with versions of Linux that are not supported In that case you might see error messages such as the following The media you have provided is not a release that is supported by Sun Microsystems Inc on this platform You cannot use the Sun Installation Assistant to install this product and associated software In this case choose one of the following options m To install a supported product click Back and then insert the appropriate media m To install this unsupported product click Exit to exit the Sun Installation Assistant and reboot the system You can now install the unsupported product as you normally would Log File A log file of the Sun Installation Assistant is written to the root directory of the newly installed system To review this log file refer to the file root SunInstallationAssistant log Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guid
98. s for the IP configuration and click Next The Assistant now identifies the hardware on which it is running and scans for any SCSI devices as the following example shows Identifying hardware identified as Sun Fire X4100 Scanning for SCSI devices done It will then automatically proceed to the next screen 7 Select installation method Select whether you want to install the Linux distribution from CD HTTP or FTP If the network has not been enabled yet and you select HTTP or FTP you will be prompted to enable the network 20 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 8 Provide installation media Installing from HTTP or FTP If you selected network installation you will be prompted to supply the URL of the network image to install from For example http host name path to install image http ip address path to install image ftp host name path to install image ftp ip address path to install image Installing from CD The Assistant now identifies the hardware on which it is running and scans for any SCSI devices It will then eject the Sun Installation Assistant CD and display a list of supported Linux distributions This list of distributions is specific to the server hardware The Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server supports the following Linux distributions m Red Hat Linux 3 0 Update 5 and later updates 32 bit and 64 bit m Red Hat Linux 4 0 Update 1 and
99. s information by the Device Configuration Assistant during the installation The examples below use the following values m Client IP address 00 07 e9 04 4a bf m Server IP address GRUB only 192 168 0 123 m Client macro name GRUB only 01000039FCF2EF Use the commands specified in the examples below for the operating system version that you are using m Fora Solaris 10 3 05 HW1 system cd export boot Solaris_10 Tools add_install_client d e 00 07 e9 04 4a bf b console ttya b bootpath pci 0 0 pcil022 7450 1 pci8086 1011 1 i86pc m For Solaris 10 1 06 or later system with GRUB booting cd export boot Solaris_10 Tools add_install client d e 00 07 e9 04 4a bf i86pc dhtadm A m 01000039FCF2EF d BootSrvA 192 168 0 123 BootFile 01000039FCF2EF pntadm f 01 A SCLIENT_IP i 01000039FCF2EF m 01000039FCF2EF SCLIENT_NET Chapter 2 Solaris 10 15 16 Note See the man pages for these commands for more information on the commands and options Log in to the service processor as an Administrator Type this command to use the serial console start SP console Boot the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server Follow the instructions in Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 5504 When prompted use the following setting To boot via PXE press F12 at the BIOS After the system is installed log in to the system
100. se Server 9 Administration Guide at http www novell com documentation oes index html page documentation oes sles_admin data front html m Which installation method will you use Method Solaris RedHat SUSE Windows Preinstalled on disk YES NO NO NO Install from distribution media CD DVD on the YES YES YES YES server Install from distribution media CD DVD via KVMS YES YES YES YES Install from network using PXE YES YES YES YES Sun Installation Assistant Linux only NO YES YES NO Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 Note The Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server supports industry standard KVMS via devices connected to it via a USB port or the ILOM Remote Console application For more information on setting up USB connections to your system see your server hardware documentation For more information on setting up a remote KVMS connection to your server via the ILOM Remote Console application see the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 System Management Guide 819 1160 For relevant procedures see the appropriate chapter of this guide for your particular OS m Will you need to update the operating system and drivers In general you need to perform updates once the operating system has been installed For details see the appropriate chapter for your particular OS What Next The sections in this guide provide detailed installation information see the a
101. system see http docs sun com app docs doc 817 5505 m For troubleshooting information see Appendix A at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 5504 Solaris 10 documentation is also available on the Solaris Documentation DVD included with your Solaris OS software About Preparing to Install the Solaris OS You need to gather information about your system before you install the Solaris OS The amount of planning and initial set up that you need to perform varies depending on whether you are preparing for a local installation from DVD or CD or you are preparing for a Preboot Execution Environment PXE based network installation You also need to obtain the appropriate media for your installation Media Title DVD Solaris 10 Operating System lt version gt DVD CD ROM Solaris 10 Operating System lt version gt Software CDs Solaris 10 HW1 Languages for x86 Platforms CD Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Resource CD Patches See the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Server Release Notes for information about patches Chapter 2 Solaris 10 9 Installation Prerequisites You must complete the following tasks before you install the Solaris OS 1 Verify that your system meets the minimum system requirements See the System Requirements section in the related topic about Solaris OS installation If you are using the Solaris Installation Program GUI or text installer you need a local DVD ROM or CD ROM drive or network connecti
102. ter 6 Windows Server 2003 73 Note The complete Microsoft Windows operating system installation process is not documented in this section This section documents only the steps that are specific for installing Windows Server 2003 on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server What to Do Follow these steps to install the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 software on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server using the Installation CD Note The Solaris Operating System is preinstalled on the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server so during your Windows installation you can repartition and format the disk which effectively will uninstall Solaris software 1 Ensure that the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server is powered off 2 Do one of the following m If you are using a floppy disk connect the USB floppy drive to the rear of the server and insert the mass storage device floppy into the floppy disk drive m If you are using the floppy img file ensure that the file is accessible from the system that is hosting the JavaRConsole For additional information about console redirection see How to Launch the Remote Console Application From a Java Web Start Web Page in the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 System Management Guide 819 1160 3 Power on the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server 4 Insert the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 installation media into the server s DVD ROM drive 5 When prompted
103. the drivers Before You Begin Before you install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux image on your PXE server you must configure your Linux network to support PXE images See Appendix A for instructions on preconfiguring your network to support PXE installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Required Items The PXE installation procedure requires the following items m ACD DVD drive on the DHCP Server m Red Hat Enterprise Linux media CD set m Resource CD What to Do To create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux image on your PXE server do the following Insert the Resource CD into the CD DVD drive of the DHCP PXE server Type the following commands to copy the Sun support files from the CD to the tmp directory on your DHCP PXE server Note The compressed tar file that is used in this step depends on which Red Hat Enterprise Linux you are creating an install image The remainder of the instructions will assume that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 32 bit is being used Modify the example based on the version you are using For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 32 bit use rhel3_32 pxefiles tar gz for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit use rhel3_64 pxefiles tar gz for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64 bit use rhel4_64 pxefiles tar gz mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom support pxeboot rhel3_32 pxefiles tar gz tmp cd tmp tar zxvf rhel3_32 pxefiles tar gz umount mnt cdrom Chapter 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 39 3 Set
104. tion Service to Install Windows Server 2003 on Remote Computers on the Microsoft support web site Refer to How to Update the Device Drivers for Windows Server 2003 on page 76 66 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 About Preparing to Install Windows Server 2003 This topic describes the installation prerequisites that you need to perform before you install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server Installation Prerequisites Before you can install Windows Server 2003 on your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server verify that you have completed the following prerequisites m Installed the server hardware m Configured the service processor m Created a mass storage device floppy For detailed instructions refer to How to Create a Mass Storage Device Floppy on page 69 m Connected a USB floppy device to a rear USB port on the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server so that the LSI mass storage drivers can be loaded during setup Alternatively you can use a floppy img available from the FloppyPack zip This floppy img file must be accessible from the system that is hosting the JavaRConsole Note If floppy redirection is used instead of an external USB Floppy drive then the floppy redirection setting must be enabled in the JavaRConsole before turning the system on and letting the syst
105. to close the wizard lt Back Cancel FIGURE 6 19 Completing the Hardware Update Dialog 10 In the Completing the Hardware Update Wizard dialog click Finish The System Settings Change dialog appears prompting you to restart your computer System Settings Change KI 9 Your hardware settings have changed You must restart your computer for these n changes to take effect Do you want to restart your computer now FIGURE 6 20 System Settings Change Dialog 11 In the System Settings Change dialog do one of the following m Click No to continue updating the remaining AMD K8 Processor Driver by repeating Steps 1 through 10 m Click Yes to restart the system for the updated AMD K8 Processor Drivers to take effect Note that by clicking Yes the system will update the settings for only the processors you have completed in Steps 1 through 10 86 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Note After all the system drivers are installed you can remove the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Driver Update Package program from your system using the Add Remove Program utility in the Control Panel Chapter 6 Windows Server 2003 87 88 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 APPENDIX A Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation This appendix contains procedures for preconfiguring you
106. ure your server to boot from or to How to Install SLES9 From a PXE Server install from a SLES9 or SLES9 SP1 image on on page 63 a PXE server How to Create a SLES9 SP1 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server This procedure describes how to create a Preboot Execution Environment PXE install image on the same server that is your DHCP server so that it will also act as your PXE server The PXE server provides the operating system files to your PXE client Before You Begin Before you install a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES9 image on your PXE server you must configure your Linux network to support PXE images See Appendix A for instructions on how to preconfigure your network to support PXE installations of SLES9 Required Items The PXE installation procedure requires the following items m The DHCP server that you set up when you preconfigured your network to support PXE installation equipped with a CD ROM or DVD ROM drive m SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 media CD set m SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1 media CD set m Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Resource CD Chapter 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9 59 What to Do Follow these steps to create a PXE install image on the PXE server Note Before you start this procedure verify that your network has been configured as described in the topic about preconfiguring your network to support PXE installation 1 Insert the Resource CD into the DVD ROM driv
107. ure your service processor The CDs contain the necessary installation program and supplemental software to successfully install Windows Server 2003 on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server Review late breaking news concerning Windows Server 2003 installations Verify that the installation prerequisites and minimum system requirements are met prior to installing Windows Server 2003 You will need to create a mass storage driver floppy disk prior to the Windows Server 2003 installation process Choose an installation method and locate the installation instructions You can install this driver after performing the Windows 2003 Server installation See the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Setup Guide 819 1155 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition or Standard Edition installation media Download the Windows driver files from the following server product site http www sun com servers entry x4100 downloads jsp See the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 Server Release Notes 819 1162 Verify the information in About Preparing to Install Windows Server 2003 on page 67 Refer to How to Create a Mass Storage Device Floppy on page 69 Using the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Installation media For installation from CD refer to How to Install Windows Server 2003 From Distribution Media on page 73 For remote installation refer to How to Use Remote Installa
108. ut is the number of seconds the prompt is displayed before the server defaults to the first service for booting service number is an integer in the range of 1 to 254 that identifies the boot service m boot server is the IP address of the boot server for that boot service a boot file is the name of the boot file that is read from your home pxeboot directory m label is the text string that is displayed when the boot menu is invoked by pressing the F8 key For example ip_addr 192 168 0 1 prompt Press F8 for menu prompt_timeout 10 service 1 192 168 0 1 pxelinux 0 Linux service 2 192 169 0 1 nbp unknown Solaris Note Refer to the neopxe conf man page for more information 6 Start the neopxe daemon Type usr local sbin neopxe 94 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 Configuring the NFS Service Complete the following steps on your DHCP server Determine whether the NFS service package is already installed on the server Type rpm qa grep nfs utils If the NFS service package is not listed insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD 1 and install the NFS service with the following commands mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom rpm Uvh mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS nfs utils Remove the CD from the server after you type the following command umount mnt cdrom Edit and save the etc exports file to add the following line to it home
109. w to Use the Sun Installation Assistant on page 19 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 CHAPTER 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux About Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation If you have installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux software on other Intel or AMD Opteron servers you are already familiar with how to install it on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server The two most common methods to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on your server are m Installation from your Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution media m Automatic kickstart installation from Red Hat Enterprise Linux software installation tree stored on a Preboot Execution Environment PXE network server Note The Sun Installation Assistant is a convenient front end application designed to assist you in installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux on your server The Sun Installation Assistant supplements the standard installation utilities and procedures that ship with Red Hat Enterprise Linux it does not replace them 25 Red Hat Installation and Administration Documentation Before you install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software on a Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server consult the following Red Hat Enterprise Linux documentation Document Description Where to Find README file Contains late breaking information On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Quick Installat
110. y folder to install the Microsoft NET Framework a Double click dotnetfx exe in the mkfloppy folder The Microsoft NET Framework License appears b Agree to accept the Microsoft NET Framework License to continue the installation c Click OK to complete the Microsoft NET Framework installation The Create Installation Floppy dialog appears DR Create Installation Floppy An installation floppy for use with the Sun Fire x4100 x4200 servers will be created Insert a blank floppy into the floppy drive and click OK to create the Cancel installation floppy All data on the disk will be erased Once the format is completed you must click the Close button to continue FIGURE 6 1 Create Installation Floppy Dialog 5 In the Create Installation Floppy dialog box click OK The Format 3 5 Floppy A dialog box appears 70 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide e March 2006 Format 3 2 Floppy A Capacity 3 5 1 44MB 512 bytes sector File system FAT Allocation unit size Default allocation size Volume label Format options FIGURE 6 2 Format 3 1 2 Floppy Dialog In the Format Floppy 3 5 A dialog specify the settings to format the floppy disk then click Start Note that Quick Format is an acceptable format for this process The Create Installation Floppy message appears informing you that it is copying files to the floppy
111. your network to support PXE installations of SLES9 m Installed a SLES9 image on that Linux PXE server See the topic that describes how to create a PXE install image on the PXE server What to Do To configure your server to install a SLES9 image from a PXE server do the following Connect the PXE client to the same network as the PXE server and power on the PXE client The PXE client is the target Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server to which you are installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 software When the PXE client prompts you for a network boot press the F12 key The PXE client connects to the PXE server and attempts to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server Press the F8 key to begin the downloading of the PXE boot image When you are prompted at the boot prompt type in the label you gave the image when you installed a SUSE image on the PXE server The SLES9 install image downloads onto the target Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server To configure the Linux operating system for your server refer to the manual that is shipped with your SLES9 media kit Update the operating system files See the topic that describes how to update the SUSE Linux operating system Update system driver files See the topic that describes how to update the SCSI drivers Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide March 2006 CHAPTER 6 Windows Server 2003

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