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1. Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 79 80 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation CHAPTER Installing VMware This chapter explains the procedure to install VMware ESX Server 3 on a Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 or X4200 M2 server Note If you want to mirror your OS you must create the RAID before you install the OS See Configuring RAID for Any Operating System from the BIOS on page 87 About VMware Although you can install the VMware ESX Server 3 software from a local CD DVD a remote CD DVD or the network you need to collect some information about your system and your network before you proceed with any of these installation methods You can find detailed information and procedures concerning VMware virtualization software at http www vmware com support pubs The two most common methods to install VMware on your server are m Installation from downloaded ISO images from the VMware website and burned onto recordable CD DVD media a Automatic kickstart installation from VMware software installation tree stored on a Preboot Execution Environment PXE network server 81 VMware Installation and Administration Documentation Before you begin installing VMware ESX Server 3 software on server consult the following required documents for VMware ESX Server 3 install at http www vmware com support pubs vi_pubs h
2. bbde A88 bbeBsaRE Link encap Local Loopback LOOPB MTU 16436 Metric 1 RX packets er 8 dropped overruns 8 frame 4 dropped 4 overruns 8 carrier 8 collisions txqueuclen 8 RX bytes 4 6 B TX bytes 6 86 B bin sh 3 688 If you have multiple network interfaces and the output of interfaces scrolls off the top of the screen you can display the output per interface Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 7 To view the output per network interface type the following at the command prompt then press Enter ifconfig eth where the interface number For example if you type ifconfig eth0 The output for etho appears bin sh 3 686 ifconfig eth eth Link encap Ethernet HWaddr 6 14 4F 6C A1 F2 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU 1586 Metric 1 RX packets 8 errors dropped overruns 8 frame 8 TX packets errors dropped overruns carrier collisions txqueue len 1688 RX bytes 6 6 6 B TX bytes 8 8 B Base address x8868 Memory 89b88686 89ba8888 bin sh 3 66H In the sample output above eth0 entry in the first column refers to the Linux Red Hat logical named interface This first column in the output identifies the logical names Red Hat assigned to the network interface a HWaddr 00 14 4F 0C A1 F2 entry in second column first row refers to the physical MAC address of the network port c Record the Red Hat logical network inte
3. 1 Determine whether the NFS service package is already installed on the server Enter the following command rpm qa grep nfs utils If the NFS service package is not listed insert the RHEL CD 1 and install the NFS service using the following commands mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom rpm Uvh mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS nfs utils Unmount the CD DVD by entering the following command umount mnt cdrom Remove the CD DVD from the server Edit and save the etc exports file to add the following line to it home pxeboot no_root_squash no_subtree_check insecure Start the NFS service Enter the following command service nfs start Configure the server to always start the NFS service Enter the following commands chkconfig nfs on chkconfig nfslock on Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 39 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 RHEL software on your PXE server complete the following steps to disable the firewall so that PXE clients can download from the server Caution Network security vulnerability When you
4. Fire X4200 X4200 M2 Server Product Notes 819 1162 See the TABLE 3 4 for the Required Patch List TABLE 3 2 Minimum System Requirements Requirement Description Hardware The server hardware and the initial service processor configuration requirements must be installed before you install the Solaris OS Memory to install 256 Mbytes is the recommended size 64 Mbytes is the minimum size Disk space 12 Gbytes or greater Swap area 512 Mbytes is the default size x86 x64 processor x86 x64 120 MHz or faster processor is recommended Hardware requirements floating point support is required BIOS Industry standard x86 x64 BIOS resident in FLASH The BIOS must be able to boot from CD or DVD media 10 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation TABLE 3 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 a
5. Solaris 102 ILOM Remote Console 53 installing an operating system overview 1 to 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 22 Solaris 10 8 to 19 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 50 55 installing VMware overview 81 task map 82 installing VMware from CD ROM 83 L Linux OS Configuration Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names 89 Logical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration 89 Logical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Configuration 101 M media installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 27 Solaris 10 16 to 17 107 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 52 N neopxe boot server daemon installing 37 network interfaces in VMware 83 NFS service configuring 39 O Operating System boot problem after adding disk 79 operating system installation using Sun Installation Assistant SIA 5 P Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration 89 Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Configuration 101 platforms x86 and SPARC 8 portmap installing 62 preparing for installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 24 Solaris 10 12 to 14 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 51 product updates Sun Fire X2100 server ix Sun Fire X4100 server ix proxy server 77 PXE installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 32 creating a PXE install image 41 installing the OS 44 preconfiguring the network 33 Solaris 10 14 to 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server preconfiguring the network 59 PXE server from DHCP 4
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7. 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 and select the software that you want to install Using 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 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 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 a An install server a A DHCP server To set up these systems see Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 5504 To Use a Serial Console to Install the Solaris OS 1 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 2 Set the terminal to receive at 9600 baud Chapter 3 Installing Solaris 10 17 3 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 this information by the Device Configuration Assistant during
8. 6 6 6 len 6 TX byte If you have multiple network interfaces and the output of interfaces scrolls off Metric 1 Metric 1 frame 0 0 carrier bSdabHuH 66 14 4F C A1 53 ie HG08 bSe80005 HO 14 4F BC A4 72 frame 6 6 carrier xf 80A Mem ry bbd80000 bbdap pg 66 14 4F 0C A4 73 8 frar bbe gpogg 5 frame carrier 528 8 b the top of the screen you can display the output per interface Appendix B Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration 93 94 5 To view the output per network interface type the following command at the prompt then press Enter ifconfig eth where the interface number For example if you type ifconfig eth0 The output for eth0 appears Link encap Ethernet HWaddr 00 14 4F 0C A1 53 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU 1500 Metric 1 RX packets errors dropped overruns frame TX packets errors dropped 8 overruns carrier 0 collisions txqueuelen 1000 RX bytes O A b TX bytes 0 0 b Base address AxcchA Memory bsdefaoa bsenagat In the sample output above m eth0 entry in the first column refers to the Linux SUSE logical named interface This first column in the output identifies the logical names SUSE assigned to the network interface a HWaddr 00 14 4F 0C A1 53 entry in second column first row refers to the physical MAC address of the network port b Record the SUSE logical
9. 9 Installation 51 Preparing to Install SLES9 51 Installation Prerequisites 51 Installing SLES 9 From Distribution Media 52 Required Items 52 v To Perform a Basic Installation From Local CD DVD Drive 52 Installing SLES 9 Using the Remote Console Application 53 v To Install SLES 9 Using the ILOM Remote Console Application 53 About SLES 10 Installation 55 SLES Installation and Configuration Documentation 55 Task Map for SLES 10 Installation 56 Installing SLES 10 From Distribution Media 56 Required Items 56 v To Install SLES 10 from Distribution Media 57 Installing the SLES 10 Using the Remote Console Application 57 v To Install SLES 10 from the Remote Console 57 Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE 59 Required Items 59 Copying Files From the Tools and Drivers CD 59 v To Copy Files From the Tools and Drivers CD 60 Configuring a DHCP Server 61 v To Configure a DHCP Server 61 Installing Portmap 62 v Tolnstall Portmap 62 Configuring the TFTP Service 62 vi Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation v To Configure the TFTP Service 62 Installing and Configuring the neopxe Boot Server Daemon 63 v To Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon 63 Configuring the NFS Service 65 v To Configure the NFS Service 65 Disabling the Firewall 66 v To Disable the Firewall 66 Installing SLES 9 Using PXE 67 Before You Begin 67 Task Map 67 Creating a SLES 9 Service Pack PXE Install Image on the PXE Server
10. 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 also acts as your PXE server The PXE server provides the operating system files to your PXE client Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 67 Before You Begin Before you install a SLES 9 image on your PXE server you must configure your Linux network to support PXE images See Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 for instructions on how to preconfigure your network to support PXE installations of SLES 9 SP3 Required Items The PXE installation procedure requires the following items a The DHCP server that you set up when you preconfigured your network to support PXE installation equipped with a CD DVD drive m SLES 9 media CD set m SLES 9 SP3 media CD set m Sun Fire server Tools and Drivers CD V To Create a SLES 9 Service Pack PXE Install Image on the PXE Server This section covers creating the PXE installation image setting up and copying the SLES 9 software to a directory and creating links to the PXE files Create a PXE Install Image 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 preconfigured to support PXE installation Refer to Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 1 Reboot the PXE DHCP
11. Remote Console is used to redirect a CD drive or image you can select Host Device as the device type 2 Install the ESX Server software on the Sun Fire X4100 X4200 system 3 Update the ESX Server software if necessary Updates are available at http www vmware com support The process is detailed in the following sections VMware ESX Server Installation Requirements Before you begin installing VMware ESX Server 3 and later on your Sun Fire X4100 X4200 server you require m USB Keyboard Mouse connected to rear USB ports of Sun Fire server or access through a Java remote console m Monitor connected to Sun Fire server not required if you are using Java KVMS m If there is no built in CD ROM choose either one of the following a External USB DVD CD ROM drive connected to the Sun Fire server or a Virtual CD drive redirected through Java remote console only if no physical drive is present a CD ROM of VMware ESX 3 media m The Installation and Upgrade Guide for VMware Infrastructure V To Install VMware ESX Server From Local Media 1 Turn on the Sun Fire server 84 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 2 Insert the media into CD DVD drive The server boots from the CD and display a boot prompt boot 3 Choose the interface that you would like to work with a To work in graphical mode press Enter or To work in text mode enter the foll
12. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 71 Note For console based installations add console ttyS 0 9600 to the append line Installing SLES 9 SP3 From a PXE Server This procedure describes how to configure your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server to initiate the request to download the boot image file from the PXE DHCP server and how to install the SLES 9 SP3 boot image onto your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server Before You Begin Before you configure your server to install SUSE Linux from a PXE server you need to have done the following m Configured your Linux network to support a PXE server See Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 m Installed a SLES 9 image on that Linux PXE server See Creating a SLES 9 Service Pack PXE Install Image on the PXE Server on page 67 V To Install a SLES 9 SP3 Image From a PXE Server 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 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server to which you are installing the SLES 9 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 At the boot prompt enter in the label you gave the image when you installed a SUSE image on the P
13. System management Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Depends on Administration Guide PDF and HTML your servers ILOM version Server and software Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 819 1157 setup Servers Service Manual Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 X4200 M2 Server PDF and HTML Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Information Title and Format Part Number Troubleshooting and diagnostics Late breaking information and issues Software release specific information Diagnostic software Diagnostic software patch information Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 Servers Diagnostics Guide Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 X4200 M2 Server PDF and HTML Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 Server Product Notes PDF and HTML Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X4200 M2 Server Product Notes PDF and HTML Sun Fire X4100 X4200 Servers Release Notes for Software Release Sun Fire X4100 M2 X4200 M2 Servers Release Notes For Software Release SunVTS 6 0 User s Guide HTML SunVTS 6 0 Patch Set Documentation Supplement for x86 Platforms HTML 819 3284 819 1162 819 5038 820 0828 820 0827 817 7664 819 2948 Documentation Support and Training The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources Sun Function URL Documentation http www sun com documentation Support http www
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15. flags 1000802 lt BROADCAST MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 5 inet 0 0 0 0 netmask 0 ether 0 14 4f c a5 d7 e1000g4 flags 1000802 lt BROADCAST MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 6 inet 0 0 0 0 netmask 0 ether 0 14 4f c al 4e In the sample above the Solaris named network interfaces appear as e1000g0 e1000g1 and so on The MAC address for each network interface appears after the word ether For example the MAC address associated to the Solaris named network interface e1000g0 is 0 14 4f c al ee Record the Solaris network interface name for each MAC address previously recorded in the Configuration Worksheet list When you are done type sys unconfig 1M at the command line This command restores the system configuration to the as manufactured state Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Caution The sys unconfig 1M command halts the system For example sys unconfig WARNING This program will unconfigure your system It will cause IE to revert to a blank system it will not have a name or know about other systems or networks This program will also halt the system Do you want to continue y n 5 Reboot the system You are prompted with a series of configuration questions 6 In the Network Connection screen select Yes The Configure Multiple Network Interfaces screen appears 7 In the Configure Multiple Network Interfaces sc
16. install your OS on disks that are part of a RAID there is an LSI RAID configuration utility that is entered from the server s BIOS and can be used for any operating system 1 Power off your server and then power it back on The BIOS screen appears Watch for the LSI Logic Corp screen FIGURE A 1 Opening Screen of the Server BIOS American R y SUN Megatrends www anli com microsystems AMIBIOS C 2004 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Build Version OABJT100 Date 10 29 07 15 12 24 Core 08 00 12 CPU Dual Core AMD Opteron tm Processor 2220 2 80 GHz Count 4 0 0 Node0 DCTO 667 MHz DCT1 667 MHz Socket1 Node1 0 66 MHz DCT1 667 MHz Watch for the LSI Logic prompt to press Ctrl C Sun Blade X6220 Server Module 2 AMD North Bridges Rev F3 1 NVidia CK8 04 PRO SB 1 NVidia I0 4 Slave Bridge s Board Serial Number 1005LCB 0723 A2 BMC Firmware Revision 2 0 3 1 SP IP Address 010 006 153 2 CPLD Rev vision 5 0 ing USB Controllers Done to run Setup CTRL E on Remote Keyboard 3 for BBS POPUP CTRL P on Remote Keyboard 712 to boot from the network CTRL N on Remote Keyboard 406MB OK 2 When the BIOS screen shows the LSI Logic Corp message press Ctrl C to start the LSI Logic Configuration Utility see FIGURE A 2 87 FIGURE A 2 BIOS Screen Showing LSI Logic Corp Message Sl Logic Corp MPT SAS BIOS PTBIOS 6 64 87 88 2685 11 63 Copyright 2688 2885 LSI Logic Corp Press Ctrl C to start L
17. menu you can redirect the CD in two ways Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 53 If you are installing a physical CD into the remote console CD ROM drive insert the CD into the drive and select CD ROM If you are using an ISO image installed on the remote console select CD ROM image and provide the location of the ISO file Note Diskette redirection is also available through the JavaRConsole See the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Administration Guide for more details 10 Turn on the server using the ILOM web GUI 11 Set up the BIOS as follows a Press Ctrl E to enter BIOS Setup Utility b Select the Boot menu c Select CD DVD Drives d Set AMI Virtual CD as the first boot device e Press F10 to save changes and exit ma Reboot and press Ctrl P to select CD DVD as the boot device 12 When the SLES 9 installation menu appears use the arrow keys to select Installation Do not press Enter Note Make this selection quickly before another value the default executes a Optional Press F2 to change the display resolution to 1024x768 This is the default display resolution for the Remote Console application 13 Press Enter to continue with the installation SLES 9 prompts you for the driver disk 14 Switch back to the SLES 9 installation CD 1 from the SLES 9 base media set or ISO image 1 when the SLES 9 installation program prompts you to insert CD 1 into t
18. mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 sles9 sp3 CD3 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Creating Links to PXE Files 1 Create symbol links by executing the following commands Enter the following commands cd home pxeboot sles9 ln s sles9 CD1 boot ln s sles9 sp3 CD1 boot boot sp3 1n s sles9 CD1 content 1n s sles9 CD1 control xml lIn s sles9 sp3 CD1 driverupdate 1n s sles9 sp3 CD1 boot loader initrd In s sles9 sp3 CD1 boot loader linux 1n s sles9 CD1 media 1 Set up the appropriate content and instorder files Enter the following command mkdir yast cp tmp sles9sp3 pxefiles order yast cp tmp sles9sp3 pxefiles instorder yast Copy the autoyast xm1 file from the tmp sles9sp3 pxefiles directory to the root of the PXE image Enter the following command cp tmp sles9sp3 pxefiles autoyast xml home pxeboot sles9 On your PXE server modify and save the file home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default to add the following entries Note Enter the text block from append through autoyast xm1 as one continuous line with no returns default sles9 label sles9 kernel sles9 linux append textmode 1 initrd sles9 initrd install nfs n n n n home pxeboot sles9 autoyast nfs n n n n home pxeboot sles9 autoyast xml Where n n n n is the IP address of your PXE server Chapter 5 Installing
19. on page 57 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation Manual Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 Updating the SLES 9 or 10 OS and SCSI Drivers on page 77 Installing SLES 10 From Distribution Media SLES 10 provides an easy to use graphical interface for installing and configuring the operating system Whether you are using Distribution CDs to install SLES from a locally attached CD DVD drive or from a remote CD DVD drive attached via KVMS the installation procedure is fundamentally the same Required Items m Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server equipped with internal DVD ROM drive an external CD ROM device can also be used USB keyboard and mouse Monitor m SLES 10 media base CD or DVD set a SLES 10 installation guide SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation and Administration Guide see SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation on page 50 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation V To Install SLES 10 from Distribution Media 1 Power on the system 2 Press F8 and select CDROM when prompted 3 Insert the SLES 10 CD 1 into your local CD DVD drive 4 Follow the installation instructions provided with the SLES 10 Installation Guide to complete the installation of the system software Installing the SLES 10 Using the Remote Console Appli
20. server 2 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the CD DVD drive 3 Copy the PXE support files from the Tools and Drivers CD into the tmp directory by typing the following commands 68 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Note The compressed tar file that is used in this step depends on which SLES version you are creating an install image for The remainder of the instructions assume that SLES 9 SP 3 is being used If you are using SLES 10 substitute sles10 pxefiles tar gz mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom support pxeboot sles9sp3 pxefiles tar gz tmp cd tmp 4 gunzip sles9sp3 pxefiles tar gz 4 tar xvf sles9sp3 pxefiles tar 4 umount mnt cdrom Note For installing SLES 9 SP3 you require both the SLES 9 base media set and the SLES 9 SP3 media set Setting Up and Copying SLES 9 Software to a Directory The following steps explain how to create the directory setup containing both the SLES 9 base and the SLES 9 SP3 files for PXE installation Note You can use a different target directory than the home pxeboot sles9 directory shown The examples in this procedure use this directory 1 Set up the directory structure that holds the SLES 9 software Enter the following commands mkdir p home pxeboot sles9 sles9 CD1 mkdir p home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD 1 2 3 4 5 2 Insert the SLES 9 CD 1 into the server s C
21. server and how to install the RHEL boot image onto your server Note If you are installing RHEL 4 U2 or later version you do not need to complete the steps that refer to updating the drivers Before You Begin Before you configure your server to install RHEL from a PXE server you need to have done the following m Configured your Linux network to support a PXE server See Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of RHEL on page 33 m Installed a RHEL image on that Linux PXE server See To Create a RHEL Image on Your PXE Server on page 41 Vv To Install a RHEL Image From a PXE Server 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 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server to which you are installing RHEL software 2 When the PXE client prompts you for a network boot press the F12 key The PXE client connects to the PXE server to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server 3 When prompted press the F8 key to begin downloading the PXE boot image 44 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 4 At the boot prompt enter in the label you gave the image when you installed a RHEL image on the PXE server The RHEL install image downloads onto the target Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server 5 To configure the Linux operating system for your serv
22. systems running SLES 9 or 10 if you add a disk to a host bus adapter HBA card that is plugged into slot 0 of the server you might not be able to boot the system This is because SLES 9 and 10 enumerates IDE and SCSI devices in scan order and the BIOS scans PCI devices in ascending order The scanning priority is NIC Slot 0 SAS Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 1 ND oO BR WON If there is only one drive in the system connected to the internal LSI SAS disk controller it is enumerated as dev sda Let s say you install the SLES 9 or 10 operating system on that device If an external device is later connected to an HBA card in slot 0 that device is enumerated as dev sda and the internal device is enumerated as dev sdb However the SLES 9 and 10 boot device points to dev sda which is now an external device not the internal device on which you installed the operating system and so the system does not boot The problem does not occur if the HBA card is plugged into slots 1 4 because these slots are scanned later than the internal disk controller This problem is not specific to the server or the HBA card Workaround Plug the supported HBA card into slots 1 4 and then reboot the system Also follow these general guidelines m Do not move SCSI drives around m Do not change bus connections for IDE drives m Have a rescue disk ready in case these guidelines are not followed as you might need to run grub or vi etc fstab
23. tftp file Make the following changes a Change the s tftpboot entry to v s home pxeboot m Change the disable attribute to no 6 Restart the inetd server Enter the following command service xinetd restart 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 V To Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon 1 Install the neopxe boot server daemon onto your system that is your DHCP server Enter the following commands cd tmp rhel3_32 pxefiles neopxe 0 2 0 configure make make install 2 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 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 37 3 Copy the PXE Linux image from the tmp directory Enter the following commands mkdir home pxeboot cp tmp rhel3_32 pxefiles pxelinux 0 home pxeboot 4 Configure the PXE Linux image Enter the following commands 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 If the neopxe conf file is not in the usr local etc directory you can copy it from the tmp rhe1l3_32 pxefiles neopxe 0 2 0 dir
24. that there are multiple versions of ILOM be sure to refer to the guide that matches your server s installed version of ILOM a Do 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 a Learn about additional server and operating system specific utilities For details on supported utilities refer to your server s x64 Utilities Reference Manual available on the web at http docs sun com Drivers for Option Cards Option cards supported by operating systems are listed on the platform specific product web page under Companion Products To check if the driver of your option card is available for download check the Option Cards link on the Product Page For example Sun Fire X4100 M2 platform page and related option card are http www sun com servers entry x4100 http www sun com servers entry x4100 optioncards jsp For complete platform listings please visit http www sun com servers index jsp tab 2 Chapter 1 Overview 3 What to Do Next m See the appropriate chapter in this guide for your OS m Gather the installation administration and configuration documentation distributed with the operating system Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation CHAPTER 2 Using the Sun Installation Assistant SIA Th
25. 1 R Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation driver CD creation 25 media installation 27 overview 22 preparation 24 PXE installation 32 creating a PXE install image 41 installing the OS 44 preconfiguring the network 33 remote console installation 29 updating the operating system 46 redirection of keyboard mouse 54 remote console installation 53 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 29 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 53 S serial console installation Solaris 10 17 to 19 service processor connecting using ILOM 53 SLES see SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Solaris 10 installation media installation 16 to 17 overview 8 to 12 preparation 12 to 14 PXE installation 14 to 15 serial console installation 17 to 19 Solaris 10 Operating System identifying network interfaces by logical and physical names ifconfig command 102 sys unconfig command 102 Solaris OS Configuration Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names 101 SPARC architectures 8 Sun Installation Assistant about 5 features and benefits 5 getting started 6 supported platforms 8 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 installation 55 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation media installation 52 overview 50 55 preparation 51 PXE installation creating the install image 71 73 installing the OS 73 preconfiguring the network 59 remote console application 53 108 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installat
26. 100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation TABLE 4 1 Sources for RHEL Documentation Continued Document Description Where to Find Red Hat Enterprise Contains information on Available for download at Linux System customizing the RHEL software http www redhat com docs Administration Guide System Administration Contains information on for Diskless Booting configuring your server and RHEL for diskless booting Red Hat Enterprise This is a guide for securing the Linux Security Guide RHEL software manuals 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 manuals enterprise Available for download at http www redhat com docs manuals enterprise If you need to know the logical names of your physical Internet interfaces when configuring your OS refer to the appendix Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation on page 101 Task Map for RHEL Installation Consult TABLE 4 2 to determine which sections in this guide are relevant to the installation tasks that you want to perform TABLE 4 2 Task Map for Installing RHEL Installation Task Relevant Section Collect information about your system and Preparing to Install RHEL on page 24 network Create a RHEL driver CD To Create a RHEL Driver CD
27. 4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 Servers Installation Guide 819 1155 This Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures UltraSPARC SPARC64 IA 32 AMD64 Note 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 available at http www sunsolve sun com The supported SPARC based systems are listed in the Solaris Sun Hardware Platform Guide at http docs sun 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 You can download or order the media for Solaris 10 at http www sun com software solaris get jsp Solaris 10 might be preinstalled on the hard drive Additional software is shipped separately on the Tools and Drivers CD for your Sun Fire server Contact your Sun service provider if you need to order the Solaris OS or if you are missing the Tools and Drivers 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 DVD media and documentation that you need to install the Solaris OS software for both SPARC and x86 platforms For a Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2
28. 67 Before You Begin 68 v To Create a SLES 9 Service Pack PXE Install Image on the PXE Server 68 Installing SLES 9 SP3 From a PXE Server 72 Before You Begin 72 v To Install a SLES 9 SP3 Image From a PXE Server 72 Installing SLES 10 Using PXE 73 Required Items 73 Creating a SLES 10 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server 73 v To Create a SLES 10 Image on Your PXE Server 74 Installing SLES 10 From a PXE Server 75 v To Install SLES 10 From a PXE Server 75 Updating the SLES 9 or 10 OS and SCSI Drivers 77 v To Update Your SLES Operating System 77 v To Update the SLES SCSI Drivers 78 Post Installation Issue Disk Added to HBA in Slot 0 Prevents Server OS Boot 79 Installing VMware 81 About VMware 81 Contents vii viii VMware Installation and Administration Documentation 82 Task Map for VMware ESX Server Installation 82 Planning Network Interfaces 83 Installing VMware ESX Server From CD ROM 83 Before You Begin 83 v To Install VMware ESX Server From CD ROM 83 VMware ESX Server Installation Requirements 84 v To Install VMware ESX Server From Local Media 84 VMware Updates and Patches 86 Configuring RAID for Any Operating System from the BIOS 87 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration 89 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a SUSE Linux OS 89 v Launch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces 90 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While I
29. CP 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 vendor option space PXE next server n N N N where n n n n is the IP address of the server Note You can start with a sample DHCP configuration file in the tmp sles9 pxefiles or tmp sles10 pxefiles directory In the DHCP configuration file edit the server identifier entry server identifier n n n n Where n n n n is the PXE dhcp server s IP address Also in the DHCP configuration file find the subnet entry fields subnet 1 2 3 0 netmask 255 255 255 0 range dynamic bootp 1 2 3 100 1 2 3 200 option routers 1 2 3 1 option broadcast address 1 2 3 225 Edit the subnet range router and broadcast address entries according to the PXE dhcp server s network configuration Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 61 7 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 8 Start the DHCP service Enter the following command etc init d dhcpd start 9 Configure the server to always start DHCP Enter the followi
30. D 5 mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom rpm Uvh mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS dhcp rpm 4 Remove the CD from the server after you enter the following command umount mnt cdrom 5 Set up your DHCP configuration file for example etc dhcpd conf so that only PXE Client requests receive PXE Client 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 vendor option space PXE next server n nnny where n n n n is the PXE server s IP address Note If the server does not already have a dhcpd conf file in its etc directory you a copy the dhcpd conf file from the sample DHCP configuration file in the tmp rhe13_32 pxefiles directory 6 In the DHCP configuration file edit the server identifier entry server identifier n n n n Where n n n n is the PXE DHCP server s IP address 7 Also in the DHCP configuration file find the subnet entry fields subnet 1 2 3 0 netmask 255 255 255 0 range dynamic bootp 1 2 3 100 1 2 3 200 option routers 1 2 3 1 option broadcast address 1 2 3 225 Edit the subnet range router and broadcast address entries according to the PXE DHCP server s network configuration Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 35 8 Start the DHCP service Enter the following command service
31. D DVD drive 3 Mount and copy the contents of the CD to the PXE server directory home pxeboot sles9 sles9 CD1 by entering the following commands mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 sles9 CD1 4 Unmount the SLES 9 CD 1 by entering umount mnt cdrom 5 Remove the SLES 9 CD 1 Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 69 70 6 10 11 12 Repeat the above steps for mounting and copying CD media contents to corresponding directories in home pxeboot sles9 core9 as given below cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD1 cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD2 cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD3 cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD4 cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 core9 CD5 Create directories for SLES 9 SP3 CDs by typing the following command mkdir home pxeboot sles9 sles9 sp3 CD 123 Insert the SLES 9 SP3 CD 1 into the CD DVD drive Mount and copy the contents of the CD to the PXE server by entering the following commands mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 sles9 sp3 CD1 Unmount the CD umount mnt cdrom Remove the SLES 9 SP3 CD 1 from the CD DVD drive Repeat the above steps to mount copy and unmount the SLES 9 SP3 CD 2 and CD 3 Substitute the following copy commands for CD2 and CD3 cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles9 sles9 sp3 CD2 cp r
32. Enter the following command cp tmp rhel3 pxefiles mptlinux home pxeboot rhel3 On your PXE server edit and save the kickstart file home pxeboot rhel3 ks cfg Edit the nfs line is as follows nfs server n n n n dir home pxeboot rhel3 Where n n n n is the IP address of your PXE server Ensure that the location indicated after dir is pointing to the top level of your image Add the following entry to the file home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default Note Type the text block from append through ks cfg as one continuous string with no returns Please note that for the Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 eth0 is mapped to port2 by RHEL4 5 and RHELS For console based installations add console ttyS0 9600 to the append line 10 default rhel3 label rhel3 kernel rhel3 vmlinuz append ksdevice eth0 console tty0 load_ramdisk 1 initrd rhel3 initrd img network ks nfs n n n n home pxeboot rhel3 ks cfg Where nn n n is the IP address of your PXE server Save the modified version of the home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default file Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 43 11 Insert the RHEL 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 rhel13 Installing RHEL From a PXE Server This procedure describes how to configure your server to initiate the request to download the boot image file from the PKE DHCP
33. S 10 image on the PXE server sles10 in the example above Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 75 4 To configure your SLES 10 Linux server refer to the Installation and Administration guide on SLES 10 CD 1 5 Perform an Online Software Update to update the operating system files see Updating the SLES 9 or 10 OS and SCSI Drivers on page 77 76 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Updating the SLES 9 or 10 OS and SCSI Drivers The SLES operating system installation media might not contain the most up to date versions of the SUSE software This procedure describes how to update the SLES OS on your server after you have installed it from a PXE server or distribution CDs To Update Your SLES Operating System 1 Log in as the superuser 2 Enter the following command to run the YaST Online Update you Note that YaST can operate in both text and graphical modes These directions apply to both 3 If you are behind a network firewall and need to use a Proxy server in order to access the internet you must first configure YaST with the correct Proxy information a Select the Network Services tab on the left then the Proxy screen on the right Enter the correct proxy URLs in both the HTTP and HTTPS fields Note In order for the on line update service to function correctly through a network HTTP proxy the following additional configur
34. SI Logic Configuration Utility 3 Follow the on screen instructions to create a mirrored RAID You can choose between RAID 1 two mirrored disks with an optional hot spare or RAID 1E three or more mirrored disks with one or two hot spares 4 Exit the LSI RAID configuration utility 5 Install your OS on this RAID volume Note The LSI RAID configuration utility is described in detail in the Sun LSI 106x RAID User s Guide 820 4933 which is in the collection of documents for the X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 X4200 M2 servers 88 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation APPENDIX B Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration While configuring an operating system for a networked server it is necessary to provide the logical names assigned by the OS and the physical name MAC address of each network interface You should begin by finding and recording the MAC addresses of all your physical ports from their labels This appendix explains how to obtain the needed logical information in these situations m While configuring a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS during installation see Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a SUSE Linux OS on page 89 m While configuring a Red hat Enterprise Linux OS during installation see Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names Whi
35. Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Task Map for SLES 9 Installation Consult the following table to determine which procedures are relevant to the installation task s that you need to perform Installation Task Relevant Procedure s or Source s Collect information about your system and network Install SLES 9 and SLES 9 SP3 from a local or remote CD DVD drive Install SLES 9 SP3 from an image stored on a networked system Install SLES 9 SP3 from a PXE server Update SLES 9 SP3 software Preparing to Install SLES 9 on page 51 Installing SLES 9 From Distribution Media on page 52 or Installing SLES 9 Using the Remote Console Application on page 53 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Installation Manual Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 Updating the SLES 9 or 10 OS and SCSI Drivers on page 77 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 Preparing to Install SLES 9 You can install the SLES 9 operating system OS from a local CD DVD drive remote CD DVD drive or the network however you need to collect some information about your system before you proceed with any one of these installation methods Installation Prerequisites Before installing SLES 9 on your server verify or collect the following information DHCP server name a MAC address o
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37. XE server The SLES 9 SP3 install image downloads onto the target Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server 72 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 5 To configure the Linux operating system for your server refer to the manual that is shipped with your SLES 9 media kit 6 Update the operating system files See Updating the SLES 9 or 10 OS and SCSI Drivers on page 77 Installing SLES 10 Using PXE Before you perform the procedures in this section you must have configured your Linux network to support a PXE server see Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 The two procedures in this section are m Creating a SLES 10 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server on page 73 a Installing SLES 10 From a PXE Server on page 75 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 DVD drive m SLES 10 media CD set m Sun Fire server Tools and Drivers CD Creating a SLES 10 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server To transfer the SLES 10 PXE files for installation you must m Create a SLES 10 image on your PXE server m Set up and copy SLES 10 software to a directory m Set up the PXE files Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 73 V To Create a SLES 10 Image on Your PXE Server 1 Ins
38. 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 version DVD CD ROM Solaris 10 Operating System version Software CDs Solaris 10 version Languages for x86 Platforms CD Sun Fire server Tools and Drivers CD Patches See the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 Server Product Notes for information about patches 12 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Replace version with the version of the Solaris Operating System you want to install 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 connection 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 Solaris 10 installations see http docs sun com app docs doc 819 5775 For a non networked system you need to
39. ation step must be performed b Exit the YaST utility and run the following command rug set prefs proxy url Proxy URL where Proxy URL is the fully qualified URL of your proxy server for example http proxy yourdomain 3128 c After successfully running the command launch YaST again 4 Register with the Novell Customer Center Select the Software tab on the left then select Novell Customer Center Configuration and follow the directions You need your Novell Customer Center username and password as well as a SLES product activation code 5 Once registered select the Online Update tab to perform the software update Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 77 V To Update the SLES SCSI Drivers 1 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD your Sun Fire X4100 X4100M2 or X4200 X4200M2 server 2 Mount it onto the directory mnt mount dev cdrom mnt 3 Enter the following commands For SLES9 SP4 and older 64 bit cd mnt Linux drivers rpm ivh mptlinux sles9 0 3 13 04 00 2 x86_64 rpm For SLES 10 SP2 and older 64 bit cd mnt Linux drivers rpm ivh mptlinux 4 00 41 00 1 sles10 x86_ 64 rpm 4 Installation of the new drivers is now complete Reboot the server for the changes to take effect Enter reboot 78 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Post Installation Issue Disk Added to HBA in Slot 0 Prevents Server OS Boot On
40. cation This topic explains how to install the SLES 10 OS on your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server using the ILOM Remote Console application V To Install SLES 10 from the Remote Console 1 Locate your SLES 10 installation CD DVD or the equivalent ISO images 2 Connect to the ILOM Service Processor web GUI 3 Click the Remote Control tab then the Mouse Mode Settings tab 4 If necessary change the mouse mode to Relative Mouse Mode See the Remote Console Application chapter of the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Administration Guide for more information note that there are multiple versions of ILOM be sure to refer to the guide that matches your server s installed version of ILOM 5 Click the Redirection tab 6 Click the Launch Redirection button to start the JavaRConsole application 7 Log in to the JavaRConsole 8 Start keyboard and mouse redirection Select Keyboard and Mouse in the Devices menu 9 Start CD DVD redirection From the JavaRConsole Devices menu you can redirect the CD in two ways Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 57 If you are installing a physical CD into the remote console CD ROM drive insert the CD into the drive and select CD ROM If you are using an ISO image installed on the remote console select CD ROM image and provide the location of the ISO file Note Floppy diskette redirection is also available through the JavaRConsol
41. dhcpd start 9 Configure the server to always start DHCP Enter the following command chkconfig dhcpd on Installing Portmap To install Portmap complete the following steps on your DHCP server Vv To Install Portmap 1 Determine whether the portmap server package is already installed on the server Enter the following command rpm qa grep portmap 2 If portmap is not listed insert the RHEL CD 2 and install the portmap service by entering the following commands mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom rpm Uvh mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS portmap 3 Unmount the CD DVD by entering the following command umount mnt cdrom 4 Remove the CD DVD from the server Configuring the TFTP Service Complete the following steps on your DHCP server V To Configure the TFTP Service 1 Determine whether the TFTP server package is already installed on the server Enter the following command rpm qa grep tftp server 36 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 2 If the TFTP server package is not listed insert the appropriate RHEL CD use CD 1 for RHEL 3 or CD 4 for RHEL 4 and install the TFTP service by entering the following commands mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom rpm Uvh mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS tftp server 3 Unmount the CD DVD by entering the following command umount mnt cdrom 4 Remove the CD DVD from the server 5 Edit and save the etc xinetd d
42. 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 V To Disable the Firewall 1 Stop the ipchains service Enter the following command service ipchains stop 2 Stop the iptables service Enter the following command service iptables stop 3 Stop the ipchains service from starting when you restart the server Enter the following command chkconfig ipchains off 4 Stop the iptables service from starting when you restart the server Enter the following command 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 5 Reboot the PXE DHCP server When you have completed all the previous configuration steps continue to the next section Creating a PXE Install Image on the PXE Server 40 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Creating 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 also acts as your PXE server The PXE server provides the operating system files to your PXE client Note If you are installi
43. doc 817 5504 Red Hat Linux See Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide at https www redhat com docs manuals enterprise SUSE Linux See SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Administration Guide at http www novell com documentation oes index html pa ge documentation oes sles_admin data front html Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation a Which installation method do you use Use the table below to determine your installation method Operating System Installation Method Solaris Red Hat SUSE Preinstalled on the server YES NO NO Assisted installation using Sun Installation Assistant this NO YES YES method provides an easy to use process for locally or remotely installing your operating system Manual installation using one of these methods YES YES YES e Install from distribution media CD DVD locally at the server e Install from distribution media CD DVD remotely via KVMS e Install from network using PXE The Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 servers support industry standard KVMS with devices connected to it through 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 with the ILOM Remote Console application see your server s ILOM Administration Guide note
44. documentation web site at hetp docs sium com Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation CHAPTER 3 Installing Solaris 10 This chapter describes some of what you need to know to install the Solaris Operating System Solaris OS on a Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 or X4200 M2 server and points you to the Solaris OS documentation for the more detailed information you need to complete the installation Note If you want to mirror your OS you must create the RAID before you install the OS See Configuring RAID for Any Operating System from the BIOS on page 87 This Chapter contains the following sections a About Solaris OS Installation on page 8 m Preparing to Install the Solaris OS on page 12 m Booting a Server in a GRUB Based Environment on page 14 m Booting a Server Over the Network By Using PXE on page 14 m Installing the Solaris OS From Distribution Media on page 16 m Using a Serial Console to Install the Solaris OS on page 17 About Solaris OS Installation Note This chapter contains instructions for installing the Solaris 10 operating system from network or media and is intended for experienced system administrators who are familiar with using the Solaris OS on an x86 platform If you are configuring the preinstalled Solaris 10 operating system that is shipped with the server refer to the Sun Fire X4100 X
45. downloading software to PXE clients V To Disable the Firewall 1 Execute the YaST command Enter the following command yast 2 Select Security amp Users 3 Select Firewall a Select none to disable the firewall for all network interfaces Select specific interfaces to enable the firewall on those only Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Installing SLES 9 Using PXE PXE is a powerful and convenient solution for setting up a number of Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 servers so their configuration is identical Before You Begin The network interface card NIC in your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 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 Task Map To take advantage of PXE installations on your network you need to perform the following tasks Task Related Topic Set up your Linux network and PXE server Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 Install SUSE Linux images on that PXE Creating a SLES 9 Service Pack PXE Install server Image on the PXE Server on page 67 Configure your server to boot from or to Installing SLES 9 SP3 From a PXE Server install from a SLES 9 or SLES 9 Service Pack on page 72 image on a PXE server Creating a SLES 9 Service Pack PXE
46. dware and configure the service processor The product 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 Instructions Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 Server Installation Guide 819 1155 Sun Fire X4100 X4200 Server Product Notes 819 1162 Sun Fire X4100 M2 X4200 M2Server Product Notes 819 5038 See TABLE 3 2 for a list of minimum requirements About Solaris OS Installation on page 8 Where to Find Solaris 10 Information on page 12 Chapter 3 Installing Solaris 10 9 TABLE 3 1 Task Map for Initial Solaris OS Installation Continued Task Description Instructions Install the Solaris OS Choose an installation method and locate the installation instructions Install additional software if The Solaris OS drivers for the server are necessary bundled in the Solaris OS However you may need to install additional software from the Sun Fire server Tools and Drivers CD Install patches if necessary Review and install required Solaris specific patches See TABLE 3 3 for installation methods Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun
47. e See the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Administration Guide for more information note that there are multiple versions of ILOM be sure to refer to the guide that matches your server s installed version of ILOM 10 Turn on the server using the ILOM web GUI 11 Set up the BIOS as follows a Press Ctrl E to enter BIOS Setup Utility b Select the Boot menu c Select CD DVD Drives d Set AMI Virtual CD as the first boot device e Press F10 to save changes and exit aay Reboot and press Ctrl P to select CD DVD as the boot device 12 When the SLES 10 installation menu appears use arrow keys to select Installation and press Enter 13 Proceed with SLES 10 installation as usual 58 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE These procedures describe how to preconfigure your network running SLES 9 or 10 software to support PXE installation of SUSE Linux software on your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server These procedures assume that you already have a bootable server that is running a version of the SLES 9 operating system Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation involves the following procedures m Copying Files From the Tools and Drivers CD on page 59 m Configuring a DHCP Server on page 61 m Installing Portmap on page 62 m Configuring the TFTP Service on page 62 m Instal
48. e PostScript Contents Preface ix Overview 1 Installing an Operating System on a Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 Server 1 Prerequisites 1 Things You Must Decide 2 Drivers for Option Cards 3 What to Do Next 4 Using the Sun Installation Assistant SIA 5 About the Sun Installation Assistant SIA 5 Features and Benefits 5 How to Get Started Using SIA 6 Installing Solaris 10 7 About Solaris OS Installation 8 Where to Find Solaris 10 Information 12 Preparing to Install the SolarisOS 12 Installation Prerequisites 13 Booting a Server in a GRUB Based Environment 14 Booting a Server Over the Network By Using PXE 14 Before You Begin 15 v To Boot a Server Over the Network Using PXE 15 Installing the Solaris OS From Distribution Media 16 Before You Begin 16 v To Install the Solaris OS From Distribution Media 16 Using a Serial Console to Install the Solaris OS 17 Before You Begin 17 v To Use a Serial Console to Install the Solaris OS 17 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 21 About the RHEL Installation 22 Red Hat Installation and Administration Documentation 22 Task Map for RHEL Installation 23 Preparing to Install RHEL 24 Installation Prerequisites 24 Additional Software Updates or Patches 24 Creating a RHEL Driver CD 25 Before You Begin 25 To Create a RHEL Driver CD 25 Installing RHEL From Distribution Media 27 Before You Begin 27 Required Items 28 v To Install RHEL From Local Media 28 Installing RHEL U
49. e the following prerequisite steps before you can begin the installation m Install the server hardware m Optional Configure the service processor you can do this after installation if you prefer m Solaris only Install and set up the software on the Resource Tools and Drivers CD m Linux only Create a Driver CD or use the Sun Installation Assistant recommended procedure See the sections about creating a driver CD for your particular Linux OS or Chapter 2 about the Sun Installation Assistant m Gather needed information such as IP address and netmask Things You Must Decide In addition to the prerequisites listed above you must also decide the following m Which operating system are you installing on your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2server For a current list of supported operating systems for the Sun Fire X4100 or X4100 M2 server go to http www sun com servers entry x4100 os jsp For a current list of supported operating systems for the Sun Fire X4200 or X4200 M2 Series server go to http www sun com servers entry x4200 os jsp m Are you configuring the server for diskless booting Use the table below to determine reference documents for diskless booting for your OS Operating System Relevant Documentation on Diskless Configurations Solaris 10 See About Solaris OS Installation on page 8 or Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations at http docs sun com app docs
50. ecause the Remote Console application can redirect a diskette 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 If necessary refer to the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Administration Guide note that there are multiple versions of ILOM be sure to refer to the guide that matches your server s installed version of ILOM 4 If necessary change the mouse mode to Relative Mouse Mode 5 Click the Redirection tab 6 Click the Launch Redirection button to start the JavaRConsole application 7 Log in to the JavaRConsole 8 Start keyboard and mouse redirection Select Keyboard and Mouse in the Devices menu 9 Start CD DVD redirection From the JavaRConsole Devices menu you can redirect the CD in two ways a If you are installing a physical CD into the remote console CD ROM drive insert the CD into the drive and select CD ROM or If you are using an ISO image installed on the remote console select CD ROM image and provide the location of the ISO file 30 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Note Diskette redirection is also available through the JavaRConsole See the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Administration Guide for more details note that there are multiple versions of ILOM be sure to refer to the g
51. ecord it might warn you that driverUpdate img is not a valid file You can ignore this warning When the recording process is complete the CD DVD drive ejects the CD 26 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 9 Remove the newly created CD from the CD DVD drive Note Use this Red Hat specific driver CD when you install the RHEL software from the Red Hat distribution media Installing RHEL From Distribution Media Note Before proceeding be sure you have read the following sections About the RHEL Installation on page 22 and Preparing to Install RHEL on page 24 RHEL provides 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 RHEL software from CDs consists of the following procedures Note If you are using RHEL 4 Update 2 or later version you do not need to create a driver CD Proceed to Step 2 1 If necessary create the Enterprise driver CD See Creating a RHEL Driver CD on page 25 2 Install the RHEL software 3 Update the RHEL software See Updating the RHEL Operating System on page 46 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 27 Required Items Installation from distribution media requires
52. ectory 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 a 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 the range of 1 to 254 that identifies the boot service a 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 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 38 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Note Refer to the neopxe conf man page for more information 6 Start the neopxe daemon Enter the following command usr local sbin neopxe Configuring the NFS Service Complete the following steps on your DHCP server V To Configure the NFS Service
53. er refer to the manual that is shipped with your RHEL media kit 6 Update the operating system files and driver files if necessary See Updating the RHEL Operating System on page 46 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 45 Updating the RHEL Operating System This procedure describes how to update the RHEL operating system 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 The following procedures assume that you have already installed the RHEL software on your Sun Fire X4100 X4100M2 or X4200 X4200M2 server This procedure explains how to update the RHEL installation with the latest OS To use the RHEL 5 update program your server must be registered with the RedHat Network RHN V To Update the RHEL4 Software This procedure assumes that your system has access to the internet 1 Set up the up2date program on the server Refer to the documentation included with your RHEL media kit for details 2 Run the up2date program Select the kernel packages in the available package updates section V To Update the RHEL5 Software Your system must have access to the internet and be registered with the RedHat Network 1 To run the yum update program enter yum The program checks that the machine is registered with RedHat Network If so yum downloads necessary updates from the RedHat Network repos
54. ert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DVD ROM drive 2 Copy the PXE support files from the Tools and Drivers CD into the tmp directory by typing the following commands mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom support pxeboot sles10 pxefiles tar gz tmp cd tmp tar xfz sles10 pxefiles tar umount mnt cdrom Set Up and Copy SLES 10 Software to a Directory The following steps explain how to create the directory setup containing SLES 10 files for PXE installation Note You can use a different target directory than the home pxeboot sles10 directory shown The examples in this procedure use this directory 1 Set up the directory structure that holds the SLES 10 Enter the following command mkdir p home pxeboot sles10 CD 1 2 3 4 2 Insert SLES 10 CD 1 into your server and copy its content to your PXE server Enter the following command mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot slesi10 CD1 umount mnt cdrom 3 Remove SLE S10 CD 1 from the server 4 Repeat the above procedure for copying CD 2 3 and 4 to their corresponding directories in home pxeboot sles10 as given below cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles10 CD2 cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles10 CD3 cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot sles10 CD4 74 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Setup PXE Files 1 Copy the autoinst xml file from the t
55. first column in the output identifies the logical names assigned by Solaris to the network interfaces a ether 4 entry in second column third row refers to the physical MAC address name of the network port For example The physical MAC address for the Solaris named network interface e1000g0 is 0 14 4f c al ee 4 Record the Solaris network interface name next to the physical port MAC address previously recorded per the Configuration Worksheet 5 When you are done type exit at the command prompt The Solaris Installation program resumes where you last left off Appendix C Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation 105 106 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Index B Boot issue after adding disk to server 79 boot server daemon 63 booting in GRUB 14 Cc change display resolution 54 compact flash OS installation on 6 configuring boot server 63 configuring NFS service 39 configuring TFTP service 62 D daemon boot server configuring 37 DHCP server acting as PXE 41 DHCP server identifying 24 documentation Solaris 10 Operating System 12 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 25 F firewall 77 G GRUB based booting 14 H hardware compatibility 8 l ifconfig command
56. g system OS on a SunFire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server It contains the following sections m About SLES 9 Installation on page 50 Describes installation from a local or remote CD m About SLES 10 Installation on page 55 Describes installation from a local or remote CD m Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 Describes installation from a PXE image stored on a network attached PXE server m Updating the SLES 9 or 10 OS and SCSI Drivers on page 77 Describes updating the OS after it has been installed a Post Installation Issue Disk Added to HBA in Slot 0 Prevents Server OS Boot on page 79 Describes a known post OS installation issue with adding a hard disk to an HBA installed in Slot 0 of the server Note If you want to mirror your OS you must create the RAID before you install the OS See Configuring RAID for Any Operating System from the BIOS on page 87 49 About SLES 9 Installation If you have installed the SLES 9 operating system OS on other x86 based servers you are already familiar with how to install Linux on your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server The most common methods to install SLES 9 on your server are to use Installation from your SLES 9 Distribution from a local or remote CD described in this section Installation from the network either from a Preboot Execution Environment PXE image stored on a PXE server on your local netw
57. ge 27 or from a remote CD DVD drive using the ILOM s remote console function see Installing RHEL Using the Remote Console Application on page 29 m The automatic kickstart installation from RHEL software installation tree stored on a Preboot Execution Environment PXE network server Installing RHEL Using PXE on page 32 Red Hat Installation and Administration Documentation Before you install the RHEL software on a Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server consult the following RHEL documentation TABLE 4 1 Sources for RHEL Documentation Document Description Where to Find README file Contains late breaking information about system requirements and system configuration for your version of the RHEL software Red Hat Enterprise Brief printed guide containing Linux Quick useful information to assist you Installation Guide during the installation of RHEL Red Hat Enterprise This is the full version of the Linux Installation printed Quick Installation Guide Guide Red Hat Enterprise Contains introductory Linux Introduction to information for RHEL system System Administration administrators On the RHEL CD 1 and online at http www redhat com docs Included with the RHEL distribution media Included on the Red Hat Documentation CD and available for download at http www redhat com docs Available for download at http www redhat com docs manuals enterprise 22 Sun Fire X4
58. h version of RHEL you are preconfiguring The remainder of the instructions assume RHEL 3 32 bit Modify the example based upon the version you are using For RHEL 3 32 bit use rhel13_32 pxefiles tar gz For RHEL 3 64 bit use rhel3_64 pxefiles tar gz For RHEL 4 64 bit use rhel4_64 pxefiles tar gz For RHEL 5 64 bit use rhel5_64 pxefiles tar gz mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp mnt cdrom support pxeboot rhel3_32 pxefiles tar gz tmp 4 Uncompress and extract the contents of the tar file into the tmp directory Enter the following command 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 Note When installing RHEL 4 Update 3 32 bit on your system using PXE you must edit the PXE kick start config file to add the kernel parameter irqfixup to the append line Configuring a DHCP Server Complete the following steps on the server that is your DHCP server V To Configure a DHCP Server 1 Power on the server and log in as superuser 34 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 2 Determine whether the DHCP server package is already installed on the server Enter the following command rpm qa grep dhcp 3 If the DHCP server package is not listed insert the RHEL CD 1 and install the DHCP server Enter the following commands Note For RHEL 4 insert C
59. he drive Note If SLES 9 indicates that there is not enough memory for graphical installation and that you must use text based installation use the Tab keys to navigate options 15 Proceed with SLES 9 installation as usual 54 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation About SLES 10 Installation The most common methods to install SLES 10 on your server are Installation from your SLES 10 Distribution from a local or remote CD described in this section 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 see Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 SLES Installation and Configuration Documentation You can find help in installing SUSE Linux on your server from the following locations README file the README file on your SLES 10 CD 1 contains late breaking information about system requirements and system configuration The Release Notes for SLES 10 are available on the first installation CD under the docu directory SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Start Up Guide This short manual provides a quick introduction to the installation It is available on the first installation CD under the docu directory as the file startup pdf under the appropriate language directory SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation and Admin
60. he system 7 Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide to guide you through the remainder of the installation process Installing RHEL Using the Remote Console Application This topic explains how to install the RHEL operating system on your server using the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM s remote console application For more information see the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Administration Guide note that there are multiple versions of ILOM be sure to refer to the guide that matches your server s installed version of ILOM To Install RHEL Using the ILOM Remote Console Application 1 Locate your RHEL installation CD DVD or the equivalent ISO images Note The Remote Console application can redirect ISO images 2 Locate the appropriate LSISAS driver update ISO file from the Tools and Drivers CD Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 29 Note You do not need to perform this step for RHEL 4 Update 3 and later versions because the drivers are bundled with the release software Continue to Step 3 The LSISAS driver update file pertains to SAS drivers and is distinguished by the manufacturing prefix LSI To locate the LSISAS driver update file check these directories on the Tools and Drivers CD support drivers rhel3 32 support drivers rhel3 64 support drivers rhel4 64 Note This driver disk image can be written to a diskette or left as an image file b
61. ic driver CD 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 Note the following If you are installing a RHEL 4 U2 or later version the drivers needed to install the OS are incorporated into the installation image You do not need to create an additional driver CD To install the driver for the LSISAS1064 SCSI controller in the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 or X4200 M2 server you must create a Red Hat specific CD that contains an installation ready driver image SIA automatically installs this driver You can skip this procedure if you use SIA For details see Chapter 2 On your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 or X4200 M2 server the driver for the LSI controller is already incorporated into the RHEL 4 Update 3 64 bit installed image so there is no need to create a driver CD To Create a RHEL Driver CD 1 Log in as root to the Linux server or workstation that has a recordable CD DVD drive Determine the name of the recordable CD DVD drive Do one of the following a If the recordable CD drive is an IDE ATAPI drive enter 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 07270 2 In this example the name of the IDE CD device is ATAPI 0 0 0 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enter
62. ing a version of the RHEL 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 Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation involves the following procedures m Copying Files From the Tools and Drivers CD on page 33 m Configuring a DHCP Server on page 34 m Installing Portmap on page 36 m Configuring the TFTP Service on page 36 m Installing and Configuring the neopxe Boot Server Daemon on page 37 m Configuring the NFS Service on page 39 m Disabling the Firewall on page 40 Required Items Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation requires the following items m RHEL server equipped with a DVD drive a USB keyboard a Monitor m RHEL media set m Your Sun Fire server Tools and Drivers CD Copying Files From the Tools and Drivers CD This section describes how to copy the PXE configuration files from the Tools and Drivers CD to the DHCP PXE server Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 33 Vv To Copy Files From the Tools and Drivers CD 1 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DHCP PXE server 2 Create a temporary directory to copy the PXE support files in to Enter the following command mkdir tmp 3 Enter the following commands to copy the files to the tmp directory Note The compressed file that is used in this step depends on whic
63. ion sys unconfig command Solaris 102 T task map VMware installation 82 TFTP service configuring 36 62 troubleshooting OS boot problem after adding disk 79 U updating the operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux 46 vV VMware enabling network interfaces 83 installing from CD 83 VMware installation 81 Y YaST utility 77 Index 109 110 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation
64. ion 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 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 a 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 the range of 1 to 254 that identifies the boot service 64 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation a 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 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 9 Start the neopxe daemon Enter the following command usr local sbin neopxe Configuring the NFS Service Complete the following steps on your DHCP server To Configure the NFS Service 1 Determine whethe
65. is 10 6 06 s10u2_0 gt Or ee lease select a device to be mounted q for none Starting shell 2 At the command prompt type the following command to plumb all network interfaces ifconfig a plumb Note The plumb process may take some time 3 At the command prompt type the following command to output a list of all network interfaces by their Solaris logical name and physical MAC address name ifconfig a 104 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation The output of Solaris named interfaces and MAC addresses appears For an example see the following sample output ifconfig a Imore 21000g0 f lags 1000802 lt BROADCAST MULTICAST IPu4 gt mtu 1500 index 2 inet 0 0 0 0 netmask 0 ether 0 14 4f c al ee 21000g1 f lags 1000802 lt BROADCAST MULTICAST Pu4 gt mtu 1500 index inet 0 0 0 0 netmask 0 ether 0 flags 8c mtu 1500 index inet 0 0 0 ether 0 14 5 gt flags 1000802 lt BROADCAST MULTICAST IPu4 gt mtu 1500 index netmask 0 5 d f lags 1000802 lt BROADCAST MULTICAST IPu4 gt mtu 1500 index 0 0 0 netmask 0 21000g5 f 00842 lt BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPu4 gt mtu 1500 index 1 i 0 0 0 netmask 0 the 1 4 21000g6 flags 10 BROADCAST MULTICAST IPu4 gt mtu 1500 index 7 i sk 0 210007 In the sample output above the e 1000g entry in the first column refers to the Solaris logical named interface This
66. is OS Installation 4 Follow the installation instructions provided with the SLES 9 installation guide to complete installation of the system software Installing SLES 9 Using the Remote Console Application This topic explains how to install the SLES 9 OS on your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server using the ILOM Remote Console application To Install SLES 9 Using the ILOM Remote Console Application 1 Locate your SLES 9 installation CD DVD or the equivalent ISO images Note The Remote Console application can redirect ISO images 2 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 in the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Administration Guide note that there are multiple versions of ILOM be sure to refer to the guide that matches your server s installed version of ILOM 3 Click the Remote Control tab then the Mouse Mode Settings tab 4 If necessary change the mouse mode to Relative Mouse Mode See the Remote Console Application chapter of the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Administration Guide for further instructions 5 Click the Redirection tab 6 Click the Launch Redirection button to start the JavaRConsole application 7 Log in to the JavaRConsole 8 Start keyboard and mouse redirection Select Keyboard and Mouse in the Devices menu 9 Start CD DVD redirection From the JavaRConsole Devices
67. is chapter describes operating system installation options using the Sun Installation Assistant SIA You can choose to install a Linux or Windows operating system on your Sun x64 architecture server using SIA About the Sun Installation Assistant SIA The Sun Installation Assistant SIA is a tool that assists in the installation of supported Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems OS With SIA you can install the OS the appropriate drivers and if necessary additional system software by simply booting the SIA media and following the prompts SIA does not automate the OS installation process You still need to follow the vendor installation procedures for your OS but you do not have to inventory your system hardware search for and download the most recent supported Sun device drivers nor do you need to create a separate driver CD SIA does that work for you Features and Benefits SIA provides the following features and benefits Bootable media from either a local drive attached to the server CD DVD or USB flash drive a remote redirected network drive virtual CDROM or ISO image or a PXE network boot Identification of your platform hardware and installed option cards Identification of the operating system media and the supported device drivers that are required for your system Note that SIA does not provide the operating system software The operating system software must be provided by the customer d
68. istration Guide This manual provides detailed information about planning deployment configuration and administration of SLES 10 It is available on the first installation CD under the docu directory as the file sles admin pdf under the appropriate language directory SLES 10 Support Sites SUSE provides considerable technical information about the Enterprise Server operating system at its product and support web sites See the SLES 10 home page at http www novell com products server for additional support information If you need to know the logical names of your physical Internet interfaces when configuring your OS refer to the appendix Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation on page 101 Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 55 Task Map for SLES 10 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 Relevant Procedure s or Source s Install SLES 10 from local or remote CD DVD drive Install SLES 10 from local or remote CD DVD drive or PXE server Install SLES 10 from an image stored on a networked system Install SLES 10 from a PXE server Update SLES 10 software Installing SLES 10 From Distribution Media on page 56 or Installing the SLES 10 Using the Remote Console Application
69. itory 2 Answer the questions and make your choices before the packages are downloaded and installed 46 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation You should periodically update your system using yum For more information refer to the man page Enter man yum Updating the RHEL SCSI Drivers If you install your RHEL OS with SIA these drivers are automatically updated If you install the OS manually you must update the drivers yourself V To Update the RHEL SCSI Drivers 1 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD for your Sun Fire X4100 X4100M2 or X4200 X4200M2 server and mount it onto the directory mnt 2 Enter the following commands For RHEL 3 9 64 bit cd mnt Linux drivers rpm ivh mptlinux 2 06 77 00 1 rhel3 amd64 rpm For RHEL 4 7 32 bit and 64 bit cd mnt Linux drivers rpm ivh mptlinux redhat4 0 3 13 04 00 2 1686 rpm For RHEL 5 1 and 5 2 64 bit cd mnt Linux drivers rpm ivh mptlinux 4 00 41 00 1 rhel5 x86_64 rpm 3 Installation of the new drivers is now complete Reboot the server for the changes to take effect Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 48 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation CHAPTER 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 This chapter contains information about manually installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 9 and 10 operatin
70. 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 a Host name of the system that you are installing Language and locales that you intend to use on the system a IP address of the server a Subnet mask a Type of name service for example DNS NIS or NIS a IP address of gateway a Domain name Host name of the name server a IP address of the name server a Root password Chapter 3 Installing Solaris 10 13 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 com app docs doc 817 5504 for Solaris 10 For Solaris 10 installations see http docs sun com app docs doc 819 5776 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 Booting a Server in a GRUB Based Environment Starting with the Solaris 10 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 bo
71. lation 7 After the system is installed log in to the system and use the eeprom command to change bootenv rc eeprom input console ttya Chapter 3 Installing Solaris 10 19 20 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation CHAPTER 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux This chapter contains information about manually installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL on a Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 or X4200 M2 server It contains the following sections About the RHEL Installation on page 22 Preparing to Install RHEL on page 24 Installing RHEL From Distribution Media on page 27 Installing RHEL Using the Remote Console Application on page 29 Installing RHEL Using PXE on page 32 Updating the RHEL Operating System on page 46 Updating the RHEL SCSI Drivers on page 47 Note If you want to mirror your OS you must create the RAID before you install the OS See Configuring RAID for Any Operating System from the BIOS on page 87 21 About the RHEL Installation If you have installed RHEL software on other Intel or AMD Opteron servers you are already familiar with how to install it on a Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 or X4200 M2 server The two most common methods to install RHEL on your server are to use a The RHEL distribution medium from a local CD DVD drive see Installing RHEL From Distribution Media on pa
72. le Installing a RHEL Linux OS on page 95 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a SUSE Linux OS When you are configuring the SUSE Linux OS while installing it you reach a point where you must enter the logical and physical names MAC addresses of the network interfaces 89 This section explains how to launch a user shell during the SUSE Linux OS configuration to obtain the logical and physical network interface names that you need to continue with the configuration V Launch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces 1 If you have not already done so select Rescue System and press Enter Boot from Hard Disk Installation Installation ACPI Disabled Installation Safe Settings Manual Installation Rescue System Memory Test The message Loading Linux Kernel appears followed by the SUSE splash screen then the Choose a Keyboard Map screen appears 90 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 2 In the Choose a Keyboard Map screen select the appropriate keyboard configuration and click OK English US The user shell launches and the Rescue Login prompt appears 3 At the Rescue Login prompt type root to log in then press Enter unused reached The Rescue prompt appears Appendix B Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration 91 4 At the Rescue prompt type the f
73. ling and Configuring the neopxe Boot Server Daemon on page 63 m Configuring the NFS Service on page 65 a Disabling the Firewall on page 66 Required Items Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation requires the following items m SLES 9 or 10 server equipped with a CD DVD drive a USB keyboard m Monitor optional m SLES 9 orl0 media set m Sun Fire server Tools and Drivers CD Copying Files From the Tools and Drivers CD This section describes how to copy the PXE support files which are required for PXE configurations from the Tools and Drivers CD You can also download the driver RPMs from the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 web site The downloads links are available at http www sun com servers entry x4100 support xml or http www sun com servers entry x4200 support xml Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 59 Note This procedure provides instructions for copying files from the Tools and Drivers CD on SLES 9 However these instructions are also valid for SLES 9 with Service Pack SP3 For SP3 substitute sles9 sp3 where sles9 appears in the commands V To Copy Files From the Tools and Drivers CD 1 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DHCP PXE server 2 Create a temporary directory to copy the PXE support files to Enter the following command mkdir tmp 3 Mount the CD ROM drive Enter the command mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom 4 Depending on yo
74. llowing commands yast i gcc yast i make 2 Install the neopxe boot server daemon onto your system that is your DHCP server Depending on your OS version enter the following command For SLES 9 cd tmp sles9 pxefiles neopxe 0 2 0 For SLES 10 cd tmp sles10 pxefiles neopxe 0 2 0 3 Next enter the following commands configure make make install Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 63 4 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 boot local 5 Copy the PXE Linux image from the tmp directory Enter the following commands mkdir home pxeboot 6 Depending on your OS version enter the following command For SLES 9 cp tmp sles9 pxefiles pxelinux 0 home pxeboot For SLES 10 cp tmp sles10 pxefiles pxelinux 0 home pxeboot 7 Configure the PXE Linux image Enter the following commands mkdir home pxeboot pxelinux cfg touch home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default 8 Edit the usr local etc neopxe conf configuration file which is read by neopxe at startup If the usr local etc directory does not exist create it with the following command mkdir usr local etc If you need to create the neopxe conf file you can copy it from the tmp slesX pxefiles neopxe 0 2 0 directory Where X is the OS version 9 or 10 A valid configurat
75. m and also posted at the product s documentation site Navigate to your product at http www sun com documentation Translated versions of some of these documents are available on the web site described above in French Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean and Japanese English documentation is revised more frequently and might be more up to date than the translated documentation For all Sun hardware documentation go to http www sun com documentation For Solaris and other software documentation go to http docs sun com The following table lists the available documents Information Title and Format Part Number Safety information Important Safety Information About Sun 819 7190 Hardware included in system box Safety notices and Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 819 1161 international compliance Servers Safety and Compliance Guide Sun Fire certification statements X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 X4200 M2 Server PDE and HTML Server setup including Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 819 1155 rack installation and Servers Installation Guide Sun Fire X4100 X4100 configuring the pre M2 X4200 X4200 M2 Server included in installed Solaris 10 system box PDF and HTML operating system Operating system Sun Fire X4100 X4200 and Sun Fire X4100 819 1158 installation M2 X4200 M2 Servers Operating System Installation Guide PDF and HTML Setting up hardware Sun LSI 106x RAID User s Manual 820 4933 RAID
76. mp sles10 directory to the root of the PXE image Enter the following command cp tmp sles10 autoinst xml home pxeboot sles10 2 On your PXE server modify the file home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default adding the following entry to it Note Enter the text block from append through autoinst xm1 below as one continuous line with no returns default slesi0 label slesi10 kernel sles10 CD1 boot x86_64 loader linux append textmode 1 initrd sles10 CD1 boot x86_64 loader initrd install nfs n n n n home pxeboot sles10 CD1 autoyast nfs n n n n home pxeboot sles10 autoinst xml Where n n n n is the IP address of your PXE server 3 Save and exit the file Installing SLES 10 From a PXE Server This procedure describes the final step of installing the SLES 10 boot image onto your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server Before proceeding with this procedure you must have done the following m Configured your Linux network to support a PXE server See Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 m Installed a SLES 10 image on that Linux PXE server See Creating a SLES 10 PXE Install Image on the PXE Server on page 73 To Install SLES 10 From a PXE Server 1 Connect the PXE client to the same network as the PXE server 2 Power on the PXE client and press F12 to select network boot 3 When you are prompted at the boot prompt enter in the label you gave the image when you install the SLE
77. n 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 screens to guide you step by step through installing the OS Note Solaris 10 is preinstalled on both the Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 servers and on the Sun Fire X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 M2 servers 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 Preparing to Install the Solaris OS on page 12 V To Install the Solaris OS From Distribution Media 1 Boot the system by shutting it down and then turning it on The server BIOS supports booting from a CD DVD drive 2 Insert the Solaris 10 Operating System DVD or CD into your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 server 16 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 3 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
78. n system label m The SLES 9 SP3 set of CDs and SLES 9 CDs Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 51 Installing SLES 9 From Distribution Media SLES 9 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 Required Items Installation from distribution media requires the following items m SLES 9 media base CD set and SP3 CD set m Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 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 USB keyboard and mouse a Monitor V To Perform a Basic Installation From Local CD DVD Drive 1 Power on the system 2 Insert the SLES 9 CD 1 or the DVD into your local CD DVD drive SUSE Linux boots from the Distribution CD The graphical boot loader displays several boot options 3 During the installation process you are prompted to swap Distribution CDs and to remove media before reboots Follow the prompts Note You can change the video resolution of the installer by pressing the corresponding function key on your keyboard displayed on the selection menu 52 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solar
79. nd 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 on a Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 server without a hard drive Use this method with a PXE based network installation Instructions Installing the Solaris OS From Distribution Media on page 16 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 Booting a Server Over the Network By Using PXE on page 14 Solaris 10 Installation Guide Basic Installations Using a Serial Console to Install the Solaris OS on page 17 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 all Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 servers support only those methods listed in this topic TABLE 3 4 Required Patch List Patch ID Description 120012 14 SunOS 5 10_x86 kernel patch 125419 01 SunOS 5 10_x86 in telnetd patch This patch list is current at the time of publication See the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or S
80. network interface name with the physical port MAC address for future reference You need to refer to this record when configuring the network interfaces during the Linux SUSE OS installation 6 When you are done do one of the following to exit the Rescue shell a From the ILOM web interface select Remote Control gt Remote Power Control gt Reset b From other consoles type reboot at the Rescue prompt then press Enter 7 Restart the Linux SUSE installation program Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a RHEL Linux OS When you are configuring the RHEL Linux OS while installing it you reach a point where you must enter the logical and physical names MAC addresses of the network interfaces This section explains how to launch a user shell during the Red Hat Linux configuration to obtain the logical and physical network interface names that you need to continue with the configuration V Launch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces 1 If you have not already done so type linux rescue at the boot prompt then press Enter redhat rical mode press the lt ENTER gt key linux text lt ENTER gt more information The Choose a Language screen appears Appendix B Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration 95 2 In the Cho
81. ng RHEL 4 U2 or a later version you do not need to complete the steps that refer to installing the drivers Before You Begin Before you install a RHEL image on your PXE server you must configure your Linux network to support PXE images See Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of RHEL on page 33 for instructions on preconfiguring your network to support PXE installations of RHEL Required Items The PXE installation procedure requires the following items a A CD DVD drive on the DHCP Server m RHEL media CD set m Your Sun Fire server Tools and Drivers CD V To Create a RHEL Image on Your PXE Server 1 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the CD DVD drive of the DHCP PXE server Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 41 2 Copy the Sun support files from the CD to the tmp directory on your DHCP PXE server using the following commands Note The compressed tar file that is used in this step depends on which RHEL you are creating an install image for The remainder of the instructions assumes that RHEL 3 is being used Modify the example based on the substitutions shown in TABLE 4 3 TABLE 4 3 RHEL Installation tar Filenames RHEL OS Compressed tar File Name RHEL 3 32 and 64 bit rhel3 pxefiles tar gz RHEL 4 32 and 64 bit rhel4 pxefiles tar gz RHEL 5 64 bit rhel5 pxefiles tar gz mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp a mnt cdrom support pxeboot rhel3 pxefiles tar gz tmp cd tm
82. ng command chkconfig dhcpd on Installing Portmap Complete the following steps on your DHCP server V To Install Portmap 1 Determine whether the portmap server package is already installed on the server Enter the following command rpm qa grep portmap 2 If portmap is not listed install the package using YaST Enter the following command yast i portmap Configuring the TFTP Service Complete the following steps on your DHCP server V To Configure the TFTP Service 1 Determine whether the TFTP server package is already installed on the server Enter the following command rpm qa grep tftp 62 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 2 If the TFTP server package is not listed install the package using YaST Enter the following command yast i tftp 3 Edit and save the etc xinetd d tftp file Make the following changes a Change the s tftpboot entry to v s home pxeboot m Change the disable attribute to no 4 Restart the inetd server Enter the following command etc init d xinetd restart 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 V To Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon 1 If a compiler is not installed on the server use YaST to install gcc with the fo
83. nstalling a RHEL Linux OS 95 v Launch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces 95 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation 101 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for a Pre installed SolarisOS 101 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a Solaris OS 103 v Launch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces 104 Index 107 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Preface This Installation Guide contains detailed procedures for bringing the server to a configurable usable state It includes operating system installation and initial software configuration For information about installing Windows OS refer to the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 Servers Windows Operating System Installation Guide Product Updates For product updates that you can download for the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 server please visit the following go to the following sites http www sun com servers entry x4100 downloads jsp http www sun com servers entry x4200 downloads jsp These sites contain updates for firmware and drivers as well as CD ROM ISO images Related Documentation For a description of the document set for your Sun Fire X4100 X4100M2 or X4200 X4200M2 server see the Where To Find Documentation sheet that is packed with your syste
84. nterface Names While Installing a Solaris OS on page 103 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for a Pre installed Solaris OS Pre installed Solaris OS are unconfigured Prior to configuring the OS you use the procedure below to identify the network interfaces by their logical and physical names MAC addresses You record this information which you need during configuration and then return the OS to its unconfigured state before proceeding with the configuration 101 102 1 Log in to the system as root and run ifconfig a plumb in a command shell The command discovers all installed network interfaces The shell prompt appears when the discovery completes To output a list of all Solaris named interfaces along with their physical MAC addresses type this command at the prompt ifconfig a A sample ifconfig a output is as follows ifconfig a 1o0 flags 2001000849 lt UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 VIRTUAL gt mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127 0 0 1 netmask 000000 e1000g0 flags 1000802 lt BROADCAST MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 2 inet 0 0 0 0 netmask 0 ether 0 14 4f c al ee e1000g1 flags 1000802 lt BROADCAST MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 3 inet 0 0 0 0 netmask 0 ether 0 14 4f c al ef e1000g2 flags 1000802 lt BROADCAST MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 4 inet 0 0 0 0 netmask 0 ether 0 14 4f c a5 d6 e1000g3
85. ollowing command then press Enter to display all network interfaces ifconfig a INIT Entering runlevel 3 Boot logging started on dey ttyl vdev console at Wed May 1 19 49 24 2006 Master Resource Control previous runlevel N switching to runlevel izing random number generator 8 unused 1 3 has been reached nfsboot nfs Rescue login root Rescue ifconfig a 92 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation The output of the Linux SUSE named and physical named network interfaces appear See the following sample output as an example HUaddr 86 14 4F 8 MTU 1506 O droppec Link encap Ethernet BROADCAST MULTICAST RX packet TX packet collisi O overruns 6 dropped txqueue len 1066 8 6 b TX byt 1460 Menor overruns 6 8 b bSdbHoag Link HUaddr MTU 1586 Metr dropped ove O dropped overru len 10090 TX byt 76 Menory b5 enc wet RX TX packet coll RX byte Base addr 76 6 6 d xcc 0 8 b Link BROA RX pack HUaddr MTU 1500 Metric 1 6 dropped overruns O dropped overruns 4 txqueue ler 868 0 9 b TX byt a 0 0 b addr HUaddr MTU 1568 O dropped 6 dropped queuel 6 b TX bytes 8 6 8 b fcOH Nenory bbdebBHO Link encap Ethernet BROADCAST MULTICAST Metric 1 overrun 6 overru Link encap inet addr UP LOOPBACK cal Loopback 7 6 6 1 Mas RUNNING MTU 16436 B overrun O overru
86. on page 25 Install RHEL from distribution media using a Installing RHEL From Distribution Media local or network attached CD or DVD drive on page 27 Update RHEL operating system files and Updating the RHEL Operating System on drivers page 46 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 23 Preparing to Install RHEL You can install the RHEL software from a local CD DVD a remote CD DVD or the network however you need to collect some information about your system and your network before you proceed with any of these installation methods Installation Prerequisites You might need to verify the following information before installing the RHEL 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 RHEL 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 To Update the RHEL SCSI Drivers on page 47 Operating system update Use the Red Hat up2date program See Updating the RHEL Operating System on page 46 24 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Creating a RHEL Driver CD This section describes the process of creating a RHEL specif
87. on page 41 m Installing RHEL From a PXE Server on page 44 Before You Begin The network interface card NIC in your server supports PXE The system BIOS and network interface BIOS on your server automatically query the network for a DHCP server If your network has a DHCP server and if it has been configured to support the PXE protocol and PXE image servers on the same network then you can use the BIOS on your system to install a bootable RHEL image on your server You must configure your network to support PXE installation The Task Map in the next section shows the procedure for installing RHEL using PXE Task Map To take advantage of RHEL and PXE on your network you need to perform the following tasks Task Related Topic Set up your Linux network and PXE server Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of RHEL on page 33 Install RHEL images on that PXE server Creating a PXE Install Image on the PXE Server on page 41 Configure your server to install from a Installing RHEL From a PXE Server on RHEL image on a PXE server page 44 32 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of RHEL These procedures describe how to preconfigure a RHEL network to support PXE installation of RHEL software on your server These procedures assume that you already have a bootable server that is runn
88. or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 server use the media for x86 platforms Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation The Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 server supports the following Solaris OS installation methods m Install one server from CD DVD 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 Diskless boot a Install using a serial console 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 3 1 to identify the steps you need to perform to install the Solaris OS TABLE 3 1 Task Map for Initial Solaris OS Installation Task Set up your server Review the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 Server Product Notes Review the system requirements Gather the information you need to install the Solaris OS Locate the Solaris OS documentation Description Install your server har
89. ork or from an image stored elsewhere on your network see Installing SLES 9 or 10 Using PXE on page 59 Note The minimum supported SLES version is SLES 9 Service Pack 3 SP3 SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation Before you install SLES 9 Linux on your server consult the following SLES 9 documentation README file The README file contains late breaking information about system requirements and system configuration for your version of SLES 9 It is available on the SLES 9 Documentation CD and SLES 9 SP3 CD1 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 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Administration Manual This manual provides information about configuring your system and integrating it with your existing network services SLES 9 Support Sites SUSE provides considerable technical information about the Enterprise Server operating system at its product and support web sites See the SLES 9 home page at http www novell com products linuxenterpriseserver If you need to know the logical names of your physical Internet interfaces when configuring your OS refer to the appendix Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation on page 101 50 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2
90. ose a Language screen select the appropriate language and click OK The Keyboard Type screen appears 3 In the Keyboard Type screen select the appropriate configuration then click OK The Setup Network screen appears 96 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 4 In the Setup Network screen click No The Rescue screen appears 5 In the Rescue screen click Skip The user shell appears Appendix B Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration 97 98 6 At the command prompt in the user shell type the following command to display all network interfaces then press Enter ifconfig a The output of the Linux Red Hat named network interfaces appear See the following sample output as an example collisions txqueue len 1888 RX bytes 6 6 B TX bytes 4 8 B Pase address AxcchA Memory b5SdeAAAA bSeAaaaa Link encap Ethernet HWaddr 8 14 4F 8 C A4 72 MULTIC MTU 1568 Metric 1 4 erro 4 dropped 4 overruns 8 frame 8 8 erro A dropped overruns carrier 8 txqueue len 1488 RX bytes 8 8 B x bytes 8 8 8 BE Base address 4xf8H8 Memory bbddBHHH bbdabBhe y Ethernet HWaddr 68 14 4F 8C A4 73 MTU 1568 Metric 1 6 errors 6 dropped overruns 8 frame 8 TX pac 4 ecrrors 4 dropped 4 overruns 8 carrier collisions txqueue len 1464 RX bytes 8 86 B TX bytes 8 8 6 B Base address xfcH8 Memory
91. ot 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 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 server that is running Solaris 10 in a GRUB based environment refer to the Solaris 10 System Administration Guide Basic Administration at http docs sun com app docs doc 819 2379 Booting 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 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 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 14 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 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 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 servers using a JumpStart scenario A PXE network boot is a direct network boot No boot media is required on the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fi
92. owing command esx text 4 Refer to the Installation and Upgrade Guide for VMware Infrastructure to guide you through the installation process From your network connected system go to http www vmware com support pubs vi_pubs html 5 Identify the Sun Fire specific network interface In the service console window on the Sun Fire system identify the available network configuration alternatives FIGURE 6 1 Example ESX Server Network Configuration Dialog Box the listing may differ depending upon the NICs installed in the Sun Fire server E Network Configuration Select and configure the network interface card that is used for console communication Network Interface Card Device KERA E E E R N iv 80 a 0 forcedeth nVidia NForce Network Controller Network Aj 86 1 1 1000 82546EB Gigabit Ethemet Controller Copper 86 1 0 1000 82546EB Gigabit Ethemet Controller Copper Use brreverevensgre IP Address OSeta Subnet mask Gateway Primary DNS Secondary DNS Host name localhost localdomain Enter a fully qualified host name e g host vmware com VLAN Settings VLAN ID Leave blank if you are unsure whether your network requires a VLAN ID Create a default network for virtual machines Connected to 10 13 60 39 sjon actve Clients a rrs oo Chapter 6 Installing VMware 85 During ESX Server install network configuration the interfaces are shown as
93. p tar zxvf rhel3 pxefiles tar gz umount mnt cdrom 3 Set up the directory structure that holds the RHEL software Enter the following command mkdir p home pxeboot rhel3 Note You can use a different target directory than the home pxeboot rhe13 directory shown below The examples in this procedure use this directory 4 For each RHEL Distribution CD enter the following commands to copy the contents of the Distribution CD to the appropriate PXE target subdirectory mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot rhel3 umount mnt cdrom Note Eject and insert RHEL CDs only when the CD DVD drive is unmounted 42 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Copy the kickstart file ks cfg to your PXE server Enter the following command cp tmp rhel3 pxefiles ks cfg home pxeboot rhel3 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 Copy the initial ramdisk from the PXE files uncompressed in Step 2 into the base of the PXE image Enter the following command cp home pxeboot rhel3 images initrd img home pxeboot rhel3 This is an example path you may find the initrd img file is copied from the OS installation CD If necessary copy the updated SCSI driver RPM files to the target directory
94. prise Linux 25 a If the recordable CD drive is a SCSI drive enter 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 4 1 0 1 4 2 0 2 In this example the name of the SCSI CD device is 4 0 0 3 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the local system CD DVD drive 4 Mount the CD Enter the following command mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom 5 Copy the driver image to the local tmp directory Enter the following command Note The driver disk image in this step depends on the version of RHEL you are attempting to install The example shows RHEL 3 32 bit version For RHEL 3 64 bit version you would use mnt cdrom support update_media rhel3 64 driverUpdate ISO For RHEL 4 64 bit version you would use mnt cdrom support update_media rhel4 64 driverUpdate img For RHEL 5 64 bit version you would use mnt cdrom support update_media rhel15 64 driverUpdate img cp mnt cdrom support update_media rhel3 32 driverUpdate img tmp 6 Unmount and remove the Tools and Drivers CD Enter the following command umount mnt cdrom 7 Insert a blank CD R disc into the CD recorder drive 8 Create the driver CD Enter the following command 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 cdr
95. r the NFS service package is already installed on the server Enter the following command rpm qa grep nfs utils If the NFS service package is not listed install the package using YaST Enter the following command yast i nfs utils Edit and save the etc exports file to add the following line to it home pxeboot sync no_root_squash no_subtree_check insecure Start the NFS service Enter the following command etc init d nfsserver start Chapter 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 65 66 5 Configure the server to always start the NFS service Enter the following commands 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 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 a firewall is enabled on your PXE DHCP server you must disable it before attempting to install a PXE image onto the client system Caution Network security vulnerability 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
96. re X4200 X4200 M2 client system 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 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 clients to be installed 3 Set up a DHCP server For instructions see the next section To Boot a Server Over the Network Using PXE To Boot a Server Over the Network Using PXE 1 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 2 Boot the server over the network by using PXE a Complete the steps in Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations at http docs sun com app docs doc 817 5504 b Follow the instructions on the screen c When the BIOS comes up press F12 to tell the BIOS to perform a network boot from the PXE server Chapter 3 Installing Solaris 10 15 Installing 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 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 server from CD or DVD media This procedure describes an interactive installation using the Solaris Installatio
97. reen consult the list of network interface names recorded in Step 3 then select the appropriate network interfaces 8 Continue the normal Solaris configuration Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing a Solaris OS When you are configuring the Solaris OS while installing it you reach a point where you must enter the logical and physical names MAC addresses of the network interfaces This section explains how to launch a user shell during the Solaris OS configuration to obtain the logical and physical network interface names that you need to continue with the configuration Appendix C Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation 103 V Launch User Shell and Identify Network Interfaces 1 In the Install Type menu select Option 6 Single User Shell and press Enter If a message appears about mounting an OS instance select q You should not mount any OS instance The message Starting Shell appears see the following figure Solaris Interactive default Custon Jump t laris Int tive Text Deskto Solaris Interactive Text Console sessic Apply driver updates Single user shell Enter the number of your choice Selected 6 Single user shell Searching for installed OS instances ultiple OS instances were found To check and mount one of then read write under a select it from the following list To not mount any select q Solar
98. rface is dependent on a network interface The service console does not automatically use the first interface with a live connection If you do not physically connect all network interfaces a live interface must be associated with the service console for host management Refer to the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 Servers Service Manual 819 1157 for detailed information concerning network interface cabling and the BIOS considerations of these interfaces By default vmnicO is assigned for service console communications Note For the Sun Fire X4100 M2 and 4200 M2 VMware FSX 3 0 1 and earlier versions did not support the use of the bottom two built in NICs labeled NETO and NET1 Subsequent versions of VMware ESX 3 support all four Sun Fire X4100 M2 and 4200 M2 built in NICs NETO NET1 NET2 and NET3 Installing VMware ESX Server From CD ROM The following procedure applies to installing VMware ESX Server 3 from a local CD ROM or a virtual CD ROM redirected from Java Console Before You Begin m Read the required documents for VMware ESX Server m If no internal CD ROM is available use the network attached virtual CD or a USB CD ROM To Install VMware ESX Server From CD ROM From a network connected system with CD burning capabilities Chapter 6 Installing VMware 83 1 Download the ISO image at http www vmware com download vi eval html a Burn the image to a CD DVD Note If Java
99. rface name with the physical port MAC address for future reference You need to refer to this record when configuring the network interfaces during the Red Hat OS installation 8 When you are done do one of the following to exit the user shell a From the ILOM select Remote Control gt Remote Power Control gt Reset a From the ILOM Remote Console select Ctrl Alt Delete in the Keyboard menu a From other consoles press Ctrl gt Alt gt Delete 9 Restart the Linux Red Hat installation program Appendix B Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration 99 100 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation APPENDIX C Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation While configuring an operating system for a networked server it is necessary to provide the logical names assigned by the OS and the physical name MAC address of each network interface You should begin by finding and recording the MAC addresses of all your physical ports from their labels This appendix explains how to obtain the needed logical information in these situations m Before configuring a pre installed Solaris OS see Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for a Pre installed Solaris OS on page 101 m While configuring a Solaris OS during installation see Identifying Logical and Physical Network I
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101. sing the Remote Console Application 29 v To Install RHEL Using the ILOM Remote Console Application 29 Installing RHEL Using PXE 32 Before You Begin 32 Task Map 32 iv Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of RHEL 33 Required Items 33 Copying Files From the Tools and Drivers CD 33 v To Copy Files From the Tools and Drivers CD 34 Configuring a DHCP Server 34 v To Configure a DHCP Server 34 Installing Portmap 36 v Tolnstall Portmap 36 Configuring the TFTP Service 36 v To Configure the TFTP Service 36 Installing and Configuring the neopxe Boot Server Daemon 37 v To Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon 37 Configuring the NFS Service 39 v To Configure the NFS Service 39 Disabling the Firewall 40 v To Disable the Firewall 40 Creating a PXE Install Image on the PXE Server 41 Before You Begin 41 v To Create a RHEL Image on Your PXE Server 41 Installing RHEL From a PXE Server 44 Before You Begin 44 v To Install a RHEL Image From a PXE Server 44 Updating the RHEL Operating System 46 Before You Begin 46 v To Update the RHEL4 Software 46 v To Update the RHEL5 Software 46 Updating the RHEL SCSI Drivers 47 v To Update the RHEL SCSI Drivers 47 Contents v 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 49 About SLES 9 Installation 50 SUSE Linux Installation and Configuration Documentation 50 Task Map for SLES
102. sun com support index jsp Training http www sun com training Warranty http www sun com service support warranty index html 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 Preface xi Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 Servers Operating System Installation Guide 819 1158 25 xii Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation CHAPTER 1 Overview This book applies to the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers and to Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X4200 M2 servers Installing an Operating System on a Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 Server There are several supported operating system OS distributions and several ways to install each one This topic is intended only as a general guide Note This document only covers supported Solaris Linux and VMware OS For instructions on installing the Windows Server 2003 Operating System onto the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 servers see the Sun Fire X4100 X4200 Server Windows Operating System Installation Guide 819 4346 or the Sun Fire X4100 M2 X4200 M2 Server Windows Operating System Installation Guide 820 5837 Prerequisites You must complet
103. the installation The examples below use the following values Client MAC address 00 07 e9 04 4a bf a Server IP address GRUB only 192 168 0 123 a Client macro name GRUB only 01000039FCF2EF Use the commands specified in the examples below for the operating system version that you are using a Fora Solaris 10 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 pci1l022 7450 1 pci8086 1011 1 i86pc a For Solaris 10 system with GRUB booting cd export boot Solaris_10 Tools add_install_ client d e 00 07 e9 04 4a bf b consolatory i86pc datum A m 01000039FCF2EF d BootSrvA 192 168 0 123 BootFile 01000039FCF2EF pntadm f 01 A S CLIENT_IP i 01000039FCF2EF m 01000039FCF2EF SCLIENT_NET Note See the man pages for these commands for more information on the commands and options 4 Log in to the service processor as an Administrator 5 Enter the following command to use the serial console start SP console 6 Boot the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 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 a To boot via PXE press F12 at the BIOS 18 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Instal
104. the following items m Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 or X4200 M2 server server equipped with a DVD ROM drive USB keyboard and mouse a Monitor m RHEL media CD set a Driver CD You create this yourself See Creating a RHEL Driver CD on page 25 m Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide V To Install RHEL From Local Media 1 Power on the system and insert the RHEL Distribution CD 1 into the local DVD CD drive on the Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 or X4200 X4200 M2 server The server boots off of the CD and displays a boot prompt 2 Select one of the following installation methods at the boot prompt a For text mode enter the following command boot linux dd or a 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 3 Remove the RHEL distribution CD 1 4 If necessary insert the RHEL driver CD This is the CD you created earlier See Creating a RHEL Driver CD on page 25 28 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation 5 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 6 Enter No and remove the RHEL driver CD from t
105. these adapters if no extra or optional network controllers are installed in the Sun Fire X4100 X4200 vmnicO 6 2 1 e1000 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller Copper vmnicl 6 1 1 e1000 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller Copper vmnic2 6 2 0 e1000 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller Copper vmnic3 6 1 0 e1000 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller Copper Or on some versions of the Sun Fire X4200 X4200 M2 two types of network interface cards are available vmnicO 0 a 0 forcedeth Nvidia NForce Network Controller vmnicl 80 a 0 forcedeth Nvidia NForce Network Controller vmnic2 86 1 1 e1000 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller Copper vmnic3 86 1 0 e1000 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller Copper 6 Complete the VMware installation This is detailed in the Installation and Upgrade Guide for VMware Infrastructure available at http www vmware com support pubs vi_pubs html VMware Updates and Patches VMware ESX Server image updates are available at http www vmware com selfsupport When upgrading VMware ESX note that previous network interface mapping is retained and newly detected Nvidia NForce ethernet ports is mapped by ascending order of pci bus enumeration 86 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation APPENDIX A Configuring RAID for Any Operating System from the BIOS If you want to
106. tml Introduction to Virtual Infrastructure Quick Start Guide Installation and Upgrade Guide Basic System Administration Virtual Infrastructure Web Access Administrator s Guide Server Configuration Guide To prepare for PXE install see the VMware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Virtual Infrastructure 3 Chapter 6 Remote and Scripted Installations Task Map for VMware ESX Server Installation Consult the following table to determine which sections in this document are relevant to the installation tasks that you want to perform Installation Task Relevant Section Collect information about your system VMware Installation and Administration Documentation on page 82 Download ISO image and burn to CD To Install VMware ESX Server From CD ROM on page 83 Begin installing the VMware FSX software To Install VMware ESX Server From Local using a local or network attached CD or Media on page 84 virtual CD drive Identify a specific network interface Planning Network Interfaces on page 83 Complete the VMware ESX Server 3 Refer to software installation http www vmware com support pubs vi_pubs html Update the ESX Server 3 software if VMware Updates and Patches on page 86 necessary 82 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Planning Network Interfaces The Virtual Infrastructure service console and management inte
107. uide that matches your server s installed version of ILOM 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Turn on the server using the ILOM web GUI Set up the BIOS as follows a Press Ctrl E to enter BIOS Setup Utility b Select the Boot menu c Select CD DVD Drives d Set AMI Virtual CD as the first boot device e Press F10 to save changes and exit f Reboot and press Ctrl P to select CD DVD as the boot device Reboot and press Ctrl P to select CD DVD as the boot device When the boot prompt appears enter 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 Chapter 4 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 31 Installing RHEL Using PXE The procedures in this section describe how to install RHEL on your Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 and X4200 X4200 M2 server using the Preboot Execution Environment PXE network booting protocol PXE is a powerful and convenient solution for installing an OS and for setting up multiple servers so their configuration is identical This section contains the following m Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation of RHEL on page 33 m Creating a PXE Install Image on the PXE Server
108. un Fire X4200 X4200 M2 Product Notes for patch and other late breaking information Patches and instructions are available from the SunSolve Patch Portal at http www sunsolve sun com Chapter 3 Installing Solaris 10 11 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 go to hetp docs sun com app docs coll 1236 1 m For the Solaris 10 administration guides go to http docs sun com app docs coll1 47 16 a For information about upgrading your system go to 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 Preparing to Install the Solaris OS You need to gather information about your system before you install the Solaris OS If you need to know the logical names of your physical Internet interfaces when configuring your OS refer to the appendix Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Solaris OS Installation on page 101 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
109. ur OS version enter the following commands to copy the files to the tmp directory For SLES 9 cp mnt cdrom support pxeboot sles9 pxefiles tar gz tmp For SLES 10 cp mnt cdrom support pxeboot sles10 pxefiles tar gz tmp 5 Depending on your OS version uncompress and extract the contents of the tar file into the tmp directory Enter the following command For SLES 9 tar zxf tmp sles9 pxefiles tar gz For SLES 10 tar zxf tmp sles10 pxefiles tar gz When you extract the file a directory with all required files is created at tmp slesX pxefiles Where X is your OS version 9 or 10 6 Unmount the CD DVD by entering the following command umount mnt cdrom 7 Remove the Tools and Drivers CD from the server 60 Sun Fire X4100 X4100 M2 X4200 and X4200 M2 Servers Linux ESX and Solaris OS Installation Configuring a DHCP Server Complete the following steps on the server that is your DHCP server To Configure a DHCP Server 1 2 Power on the server and log in as superuser Determine whether the DHCP server package is already installed on the server Enter the following command rpm qa l grep dhcp server If the DHCP server package is not listed install the package using YaST Enter the following command yast i dhcp server 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 DH
110. uring the SIA installation m Assisted operating system installation on platform supported bootable media hard disk compact flash a Installation if required of the most recent OS level device driver s supported by Sun and system software required for your system m Option to upgrade server BIOS and Service Processor SP firmware on supported servers m Script based unattended SIA installation of a supported Linux OS from a Linux based PXE server a Intuitive error messages if an error or unexpected condition occurs during the installation m Event log file readily available if required at the root for Linux or C for Windows of the newly installed server How to Get Started Using SIA The following information helps you get started using SIA a For a complete list of supported Sun server platforms refer to the SIA information page at http www sun com systemmanagement sia jsp a The Sun Installation Assistant CD ships with most Sun servers that support the x64 processor architecture You may also download the latest ISO CD image of the Sun Installation Assistant from the Sun Download page at http www sun com download index jsp Updates to the SIA program can be obtained easily during the SIA installation by using the Remote Update option in the SIA a The Sun Installation Assistant for Windows and Linux User s Guide 820 3357 describes using SIA with your server and may be downloaded from the Sun

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