Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide
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1. Installing RAID Drivers Using the 2003Reburn XPReburn Script on page 6 a Installing RAID Drivers Using a Boot Diskette on page 7 2 Install the operating system 3 Using the Tools and Drivers DVD install the display and chipset drivers as described in Installing Display and Chipset Drivers for Windows 2003 Vista or XP on page 9 4 If necessary install the RealTek audio driver as described in Installing RealTek Audio Driver on page 10 Note The Tools and Drivers DVD does not mount the diagnostic partition for Windows XP software Chapter 3 Installing the Windows OS and Drivers 3 5 3 4 1 Installing RAID Drivers Using the 2003Reburn XPReburn Script The Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers DVD contains a script that enables you to create a new Windows 2003 or Windows XP CD with the needed RAID drivers After the new CD is created you can boot the CD and install Windows 2003 or XP normally This new CD automatically installs the drivers making it unnecessary to use a USB diskette drive and to install the NVRAID drivers For specific and current information about the Reburn scripts see the description at the top of the script which is located in the XpReburn or 2003Reburn directory under the drivers utilities directory on the Tools and Drivers DVD To install Windows 2003 or XP using a RAID configuration you need the following m A system running Solaris Operating System for x86 Sy2. c copy c temp video nvidia ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem 1 drivers video 6 The txtsetup oem file is located in the following directory ris_partition RemoteInstall Setup English Images image_dir oem textmode Add a semicolon to the beginning of each line for files that are of type dll in the Files scsi RAIDC1ASS and Files scsi BUSDRV sections 7 To enable the RIS server to distribute the RIS image you created type the following commands c net Stop binlsvc c net Start binlsvc Appendix A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A 11 A 3 A 12 Installing a RIS Image onto a Client Workstation This section describes how to install a RIS image onto a client workstation using PXE boot To install a RIS image onto a client workstation Power on or reboot the workstation During POST press the F12 key to enter PXE The workstation looks for the RIS server on the network Type your name and password when the Windows RIS install screen appears Choose the RIS image to install Once selected the OS installation begins and automatically continues until it completes Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 APPENDIX B Installing Linux and Solaris OS Remote Images B 1 Installing LINUX from a PXE Server The following procedure assumes that a P
3. Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 2 0 2 2 6 3 Installing the Solaris OS and Drivers Perform this procedure to install drivers if you are performing a new installation of the Solaris OS Note You do not need to reinstall the drivers if you are restoring a backed up copy of the preinstalled version of the OS Installation Process Flow The order of installation for Solaris OS and drivers is as follows 1 If necessary set up the BIOS for Solaris OS installation See Section 2 2 Setting the BIOS for Linux or Solaris on page 2 2 2 Remove the currently installed OS See Section 2 4 Erasing Partitions on the Boot Hard Disk Drive on page 2 3 3 Install the OS If you wish to install a previously created remote image see Section B 2 Installing Solaris from a Jumpstart Server on page B 2 4 Install the drivers as shown in the following procedure Performing the Installation Perform this procedure to install the drivers and mount the diagnostic partition when running the Solaris OS Log in to the system as superuser Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DVD drive The CD is automounted by the Solaris OS Change to the cdrom cdrom0 drivers so1x86 directory by typing the following command cd cdrom cdrom0 drivers solx86 Chapter 2 Installing Solaris and Linux 2 7 3 Run the installation script by typing the following co
4. Boot Hard Disk Drive on page 3 4 Install the OS a Section 3 4 Installing Windows 2003 Vista XP OS Drivers on page 3 5 a Section 3 4 1 Installing RAID Drivers Using the 2003Reburn XPReburn Script on page 3 6 or Section 3 4 2 Installing RAID Drivers Using a Boot Diskette on page 3 7 If desired create a Windows OS RIS image on a RIS Server and install the image on a workstation see Appendix A 3 1 Note Do not delete the diagnostic partition when you perform the OS installation If the diagnostic partition is erased the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Service Manual contains instructions on using the Create Diagnostic Partition option on the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD Note Windows XP cannot mount the diagnostic partition A workaround is detailed in the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Service Manual 3 1 dll Setting the BIOS for the Windows OS This section describes how to set the system BIOS and NVRAID BIOS for the Windows OS and NVRAID Setting the System BIOS for Windows OS and NVRAID To configure the system BIOS for a Windows OS and optionally NVIDIA RAID NVRAID perform the following procedure Power on the workstation Perform the following steps to set the system BIOS for Windows a Press the F2 key at the Sun logo screen to enter the BIOS Setup menu b Select the Advanced BIOS Features menu c Change the Installed O S option to Win2
5. Boot Hard Disk Drive 2 3 Running the up2date Utility 2 4 Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition 2 4 2 6 1 Installing the Linux OS and Drivers 2 5 2 62 Installing the Solaris OS and Drivers 2 7 2 6 3 Log in to the system as superuser 2 7 Installing the Windows OS and Drivers 3 1 3 1 Setting the BIOS for the Windows OS 3 2 3 1 1 Setting the System BIOS for Windows OS and NVRAID 3 2 3 1 2 Setting the NVIDIA RAID BIOS 3 3 3 13 Setting the LSI RAID Configuration 3 3 3 2 Understanding the Diagnostic Partition 3 4 3 3 Erasing Partitions on the Boot Hard Disk Drive 3 4 3 4 Installing Windows 2003 Vista XP OS Drivers 3 5 3 41 Installing RAID Drivers Using the 2003Reburn XPReburn Script 3 6 3 4 2 Installing RAID Drivers Using a Boot Diskette 3 7 A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A 1 A 1 Creating a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP SP2 32 bit Image on the RIS Server A 2 A 1 1 Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image A 3 A 1 2 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Settings Files A 4 A2 Creating a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 64 bit Image on the RIS Server A 7 A2 1 Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image A 8 A 2 2 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Settings Files A 9 A3 Installing a RIS Image onto a Client Workstation A 12 B Installing Linux and Solaris OS Remote Images B 1 B 1 Installing LINUX from a PXE Server B 1 B 2 Installing Solaris fr
6. available at the product s documentation site in Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese French German Italian Japanese Korean and Spanish English documentation is revised more frequently and might be more up to date than the translated documentation vi Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 Documentation Warranty Support and Training URLs Sun Function URL Description Hardware http www sun com documentation Sun hardware documentation Documentation Software http docs sun com Solaris and other software documentation Documentation Warranty http www sun com service support View specific details regarding your warranty index html warranty Support http www sun com support Obtain technical support including patches Training http www sun com training Learn about Sun courses and educational offerings Third Party Web Sites Sun is not responsible for the availability of third party web sites mentioned in this document Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content advertising products or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content goods or services that are available on or through such sites or resources Preface vii Sun Welcomes Your Comm
7. found in the Solaris section of this document B 2 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007
8. if it is present remains untouched Chapter 2 Installing Solaris and Linux 2 3 20 Running the up2date Utility If you are installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software run the up2date utility after installing the OS and before installing the video drivers from the Tools and Drivers CD Note If you have already installed the NVIDIA drivers you must reinstall them after running up2date because the kernel is updated 2 6 Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition After installing the OS run the installation script provided on the Tools and Drivers CD to install the drivers that correspond to your OS The Tools and Drivers CD is included with your Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation You can also download the Tools and Drivers CD from the downloads link at http www sun com ultra20 You also need to run this script to mount the diagnostic partition for all supported operating systems if you created a new diagnostic partition See the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Service Manual for information about how to create a diagnostic partition The diagnostic partition cannot be mounted on a Windows XP workstation This section covers the following topics m Section 2 6 1 Installing the Linux OS and Drivers on page 2 5 m Section 2 6 2 Installing the Solaris OS and Drivers on page 2 7 2 4 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 2 6 1 Installing th
9. is located in the following directory on the RIS server ris_partition RemoteInstall Setup Englsh Images image_dir i386 templates To modify settings files create driver directories and copy drivers to their directories in the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP 64 bit image on the RIS server do the following steps 1 Change these entries in the ristndrd sif file to read as follows Unattended OemPreinstall yes GuiUnattended AdminPassword lt desired password gt Remove the following entry from the ristndrd sif file Identification JoinDomain MACHINEDOMAINS DoOldStyleDomainJoin Yes Appendix A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A 9 A 10 3 Add the following entries to the ristndrd sif file Unattended DriverSigningPolicy Ignore OemPnPDriversPath drivers video drivers audio drivers nic drivers sata_ide drivers smbus MassStorageDrivers Nvidia RAID CLASS DRIVER required OEM Nvidia nForce Storage Controller required OEM OEMBootFiles nvatax64 sys nvraid cat nvrdx64 inf nvrdx64 sys txtsetup oem UserData ProductKey XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX Identification JoinWorkgroup WORKGROUP 4 To create the oem directory for the RIS image type the following command c mkdir cdrom_drive RemoteInstall Setup English Images image_dir The oe
10. 0 M2 Workstation Service Manual A diagnostic partition is required for the test scripts to write their log files Without a diagnostic partition the only output is the display on the diagnostic screens The diagnostic partition is preinstalled on the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation You do not need to reinstall the diagnostic partition unless you removed it If you removed the diagnostic partition you can re create it using the Create Diagnostic Partition option on the Tools and Drivers CD See the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Service Manual for instructions 2 4 Erasing Partitions on the Boot Hard Disk Drive To erase all partitions on the boot hard disk drive except the diagnostic partition use the Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk option on the Tools and Drivers CD main menu Caution The Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk option erases all partitions and all user data on the hard drive except the diagnostic partition Be sure to back up all data on the hard drive before performing this action To erase the primary boot hard disk Back up all data that you want to save on the hard disk drive Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the workstation When the main menu appears select the following option from the Tools and Drivers CD main menu 3 Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk This option erases all partitions currently located on the primary hard drive except for the diagnostic partition The diagnostic partition
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13. XE server is set up on the same network as the system and that PXE images are loaded on the server Note Red Hat 3 Update 7 does not include NVIDIA Ethernet drivers you cannot perform a PXE installation of this OS However the following can be booted with PXE RHEL3_U8 RHEL4_U3 and SLES 9 SP2 Perform this procedure to boot from a PXE server During the BIOS portion of the system boot press the F8 key to bring up the boot menu Select the NVIDIA boot option Select the image that you want to install Reboot when the installation completes Follow the directions for manually installing drivers from the Tools and Drivers CD B 1 B 2 Installing Solaris from a Jumpstart Server Note Before you begin build and place on the Jumpstart server a Solaris image that includes the nVidia Ethernet Drivers nge Solaris does not include nge drivers For more information about Jumpstart installations see Solaris 10 6 06 Installation Guide Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations 819 5778 xx Perform this procedure to install Solaris If you want to reinstall the preinstalled Solaris OS see the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Service Manual During the BIOS portion of the boot press the F8 key to bring up the boot menu Select the NVIDIA boot option The system automatically starts the installation process and reboots when it completes Follow the directions for configuring the server
14. ation Tools and Drivers DVD Change to the appropriate directory on the Tools and Drivers DVD by typing the following C gt cd D D drivers windows OS chipset IDE OS SATARAID Where OS is the directory for Windows 2003 XP 32 bit or XP 64 bit Insert a blank diskette into the workstation Select all files in the directory and copy them to the diskette drive a Installing Windows 2003 or XP and NVIDIA RAID Drivers To install Windows 2003 32 bit 64 bit or Windows XP 32 bit 64 bit with the NVIDIA RAID drivers Ensure that the system BIOS and NVIDIA BIOS is configured for RAID operation See Section 3 1 Setting the BIOS for the Windows OS on page 3 2 Attach a USB diskette drive to the workstation Insert a Windows 2003 or XP Installation CD into the DVD drive Press the F6 key to install the third party RAID driver Press the S key and the Enter key to specify additional drivers and insert the diskette created in Creating a Boot Diskette for NVIDIA RAID Drivers on page 8 Note The Tools and Drivers DVD does not mount the diagnostic partition for Windows 2003 Vista XP software Select the NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller Press the S key and the Enter key to specify additional drivers 3 8 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 3 4 2 3 8 Select the NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER 9 Press the Enter key to continue the Wind
15. e Linux OS and Drivers Installation Process Flow The order of installation for Linux OS and drivers is as follows 1 Remove the preinstalled Solaris OS See Section 2 4 Erasing Partitions on the Boot Hard Disk Drive on page 2 3 2 If necessary set up the BIOS for Linux OS installation See Section 2 2 Setting the BIOS for Linux or Solaris on page 2 2 3 Install the OS If you wish to install a previously created remote image see Section B 1 Installing LINUX from a PXE Server on page B 1 Note Make sure to keep the 55 MB diagnostic partition in place when doing the installation If the diagnostic partition gets erased for some reason use the Create Diagnostic Partition option in the Diagnostics section of the Tools and Drivers CD See the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Service Manual for more details 4 If you installed a Red Hat Linux OS run the up2date utility as shown in Section 2 5 Running the up2date Utility on page 2 4 5 Install the drivers as shown in the following procedure Performing the Installation Perform this procedure to install drivers and mount the Tools and Drivers CD when running a Linux OS Log in to the system as superuser Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DVD drive and type cd mountpoint drivers linux operating_system Where mountpoint is the directory to which the CD is mounted and operating_system is the type of Linux installed on t
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17. ents Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions You can submit your comments by going to http www sun com hwdocs feedback Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide 819 6583 12 viii Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 CHAPTER 1 Installation Overview This guide provides information about installing an operating system OS on your workstation if you do not want to use the preinstalled Solaris OS m For Solaris and Linux OS installation instructions see Chapter 2 m For Windows OS installation instructions see Chapter 3 m For Windows OS RIS image creation and installation see Appendix A m For PXE based Linux installation or Jumpstart based Solaris OS installation see Appendix B FIGURE 1 1 shows the process flow for installing an operating system on your workstation C START 3 y Power on the workstation Use the preinstalled operating system Installing Linux or Solaris 10 No i windows OS See the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Installation Guide Configure preinstalled operating system See the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide Set the BIOS for See Chapter 2 2 or Chapter 3 1 Enough hard dis
18. ersPath drivers video drivers audio drivers nic drivers sata_ide drivers smbus MassStorageDrivers Nvidia RAID CLASS DRIVER required OEM Nvidia nForce Storage Controller required OEM OEMBootFiles nvatabus sys nvraid cat nvraid inf nvraid sys txtsetup oem UserData ProductKey XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX Identification JoinWorkgroup WORKGROUP 4 To create the oem directory for the RIS image type the following command c mkdir ris_partition RemoteInstall Setup English Images image_dir The oem directory will have a subdirectory tree structure with the following directory names textmode 1 drivers audio nic sata_ide smbus video ati nvidida OemDir 5 To copy Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP 32 bit driver files from the Tools and Drivers DVD to the oem directory tree type the following commands Appendix A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A 5 Note The drivers are located in the following directory on Tools and Drivers DVD cdrom_drive drivers windows OS chipset a To copy the chipset drivers to the RIS server type the following command c copy cdrom_drive drivers windows OS chipset c temp 6 To copy the chipset drivers to the proper directories type the following commands c copy c temp ide winxp sataraid dll ris_ partition remoteins
19. he workstation m If the directory does not exist the CD did not automount You will need to mount the CD and change to the correct directory as shown in Step 3 and Step 4 m If you were able to access the operating_system directory go to Step 5 Chapter 2 Installing Solaris and Linux 2 5 2 6 3 If the CD does not automount open a terminal window and mount the CD by typing the following command mount o ro dev cdrom mountpoint Where mountpoint is the appropriate mount point for the OS and optical drive type For example mount o ro dev cdrom mnt dvdrom Change to the mountpoint drivers linux operating_system directory Where mountpoint is the directory to which the CD is mounted and operating_system is the type of Linux installed on the workstation For example cd mnt dvdrom drivers linux red_hat Run the installation script by typing the following command install sh This script does not execute if the Xserver is running m If the script exits and you receive an error message go to Step 6 m If the script executes correctly go to Step 7 If the script exits and you receive an error message perform the following procedure to disable the X server a Type the following at the system prompt init 3 b Log in as superuser c Repeat Step 4 and Step 5 7 Eject the CD after the driver installation is complete 8 Reboot the workstation
20. ite http www sun com software solaris The following Linux OSes or later versions are supported for this workstation m Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 WS Update 7 32 bit and 64 bit m Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS Update 3 32 bit and 64 bit m SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP 3 64 bit only For an updated list of supported operating systems refer to the following web site http www sun com ultra20 You can order Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation from the following Sun web site http wwws sun com software linux index html 22 Setting the BIOS for Linux or Solaris The default for the Installed OS option in the BIOS is Others If the default was not changed you do not need to perform this setup for Linux or Solaris If the BIOS Installed O S option was changed from the default do the following Power on the workstation and press the F2 key at the Sun logo screen to enter the BIOS Setup menu Select the Advanced BIOS Features menu Change the Installed O S option to Others Press the F10 key to save your changes and exit the BIOS 2 2 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 2 9 Understanding the Diagnostic Partition Diagnostics system test software is included on the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD Instructions for using the diagnostics software are provided in the Sun Ultra 2
21. izard screen click Next In the Remote Installation Services Options screen choose Add a new OS image to this remote installation server and then click Next In the Installation Source Files Location screen choose the CDROM drive with the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP SP2 32 bit CD and then click Next A 2 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 10 11 12 A 1 1 In the Windows Installation Image Folder Name screen type a descriptive name for the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP SP2 32 bit CD image you are creating For example Ultra_20 Windows XP SP2 32 bit Click Next In the Friendly Description and Help Text screen type a description and help text for future end user reference and then click Next In the Previous Client Installation Screens Found screen choose Use the old client installation screens and then click Next In the Review Settings screen verify your settings and then click Finished After the image installs to the server click Done Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image To add the NVIDIA Ethernet drivers to the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP SP2 32 bit CD image on the RIS server Insert the Tools and Drivers DVD into the RIS server s CDROM drive Type the commands below to accomplish the following actions m Copy the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP SP2 32 bit RIS NVIDIA Ethernet driver zi
22. k space to install OS Yes lt Use Tools and Drivers CD to erase the primary boot disk See Chapter 3 1 Install the OS v If installing Red Hat Linux run the up2date utility y Install drivers from Tools and Drivers cD C J FIGURE 1 1 AA READY TO WORK Installation Flow Diagram 1 2 See Chapter 2 6 or Chapter 3 See Chapter 2 5 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 Chapter 1 Installation Overview 1 3 CHAPTER 2 Installing Solaris and Linux This chapter provides information about installing the Solaris or Linux OS on your workstation if you do not want to use the preinstalled Solaris OS This chapter includes the following sections Section 2 1 Choosing and Updating the Operating System on page 2 2 Section 2 2 Setting the BIOS for Linux or Solaris on page 2 2 Section 2 3 Understanding the Diagnostic Partition on page 2 3 Section 2 4 Erasing Partitions on the Boot Hard Disk Drive on page 2 3 Section 2 5 Running the up2date Utility on page 2 4 Section 2 6 Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition on page 2 4 2 1 2 1 Choosing and Updating the Operating System The Solaris OS is preinstalled on the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Previous versions of the Solaris OS are not supported You can download the Solaris OS from the following web s
23. k XP If you will use the onboard NVIDIA RAID controller perform the following steps to set the system BIOS for NVRAID Otherwise go to Step 4 a Select the Advanced BIOS Features Menu b Select the Integrated Peripherals menu c Change the setting for NVRaid Configuration to Enable d Enable RAID on the channels displayed that have disks 4 Press the F10 key to save your changes and exit the system BIOS 3 2 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 3 1 2 3 1 3 Setting the NVIDIA RAID BIOS To configure the NVRAID BIOS perform the following procedure Reboot the workstation Press the F10 key to enter the NVRAID BIOS Select the type of RAID array you want to create mirroring striping and so on Add the appropriate disks to the array Press the F7 key to complete this part of the configuration Select Yes when asked if you want to Clear Disk Data If desired set the array to be the Boot Array this is typically the desired configuration Press Ctrl X to exit the NVRAID BIOS Setting the LSI RAID Configuration To configure a RAID Array in LSI During the BIOS portion of the boot type ctrl C to open the LSI configuration tool Select the desired SAS controller and press Enter Select RAID properties Select the type of RAID array you would like Choose the volumes you would like to include in the RAID Note Do not mi
24. l data on the hard drive before performing this action Follow this procedure to erase the primary boot hard disk 1 Back up all data that you want to save on the hard disk drive 2 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the workstation 3 4 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 3 When the main menu appears select the following option from the Tools and Drivers CD main menu 3 Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk This option erases all partitions currently located on the primary hard disk drive except for the diagnostic partition The diagnostic partition if it is present remains untouched 4 When prompted confirm that you wish to delete the partitions 5 When prompted press any key to reboot the system Installing Windows 2003 Vista XP OS Drivers The Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers DVD contains NVRAID NVIDIA display and NVIDIA chipset drivers for Windows 2003 Vista XP If you are installing NVRAID drivers you will need to use the 2003Reburn XpReburn script to create a new Windows 2003 XP CD containing the necessary drivers or create a boot diskette to install the drivers before installing the Windows 2003 XP operating system The order of Windows 2003 Vista XP driver installation is as follows 1 If you plan to use the workstation RAID functionality install the NVRAID drivers before installing the operating system by using one of the following methods a
25. m directory will have a subdirectory tree structure with the following directory names textmode 1 drivers audio nic sata_ide smbus video ati nvidida OemDir 5 To copy Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP 64 bit driver files into the oem directory tree type the following commands Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 The drivers are located in the following directory on the Tools and Drivers DVD cdrom_drive drivers windows OS chipset a To copy the drivers to the RIS server type the following command c copy cdrom_drive drivers windows OS chipset c temp b To copy the driver files to the proper directories type the following commands c copy c temp ide winxp sataraid dll ris_ partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem OemDir c copy c temp ide winxp sataraid ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem textmode c copy c temp ide winxp sata_ide ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem 1 drivers sata_ide c copy c temp ethernet ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem 1 drivers nic c copy c temp nfref_918_wxp64 smbus ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem 1 drivers smbus c copy c temp video ati ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem 1 drivers video
26. mmand install sh The system drivers are installed The script prompts the user to reboot the system for changes to take effect 4 Press the Y key to reboot or the N key to allow a manual reboot 5 Remove the CD from the DVD drive 6 When prompted for networking information on your system enter the networking information for your server 2 8 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 CHAPTER 3 Installing the Windows OS and Drivers The Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation is supported to run Windows XP SP2 32 bit and XP 64 bit Windows 2003 Enterprise SP2 32 bit 64 bit Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit 64 bit You have several options for installing Windows Install Windows using a Windows CD and manually load drivers during and after the OS installation Use the XpReburn script to create a Windows CD that includes platform and NVIDIA RAID drivers then use the newly created CD to install the OS You must install video drivers separately Create a RIS image of the Windows OS and drivers then install the OS from a RIS server The order of Windows OS and driver installation is as follows 1 If necessary set the BIOS for Windows See Section 3 1 Setting the BIOS for the Windows OS on page 3 2 If required remove the preinstalled Solaris OS See Section 3 2 Understanding the Diagnostic Partition on page 3 4 and Section 3 3 Erasing Partitions on the
27. ns m Section A 1 Creating a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP SP2 32 bit Image on the RIS Server on page A 2 m Section A 2 Creating a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 64 bit Image on the RIS Server on page A 7 m Section A 3 Installing a RIS Image onto a Client Workstation on page A 12 A 1 A 1 Creating a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP SP2 32 bit Image on the RIS Server This section describes how to create a Windows 2003 Enterprise 32 bit or Windows XP SP2 32 bit image on a RIS server and then add platform specific drivers to the image All drivers for this procedure are located on the Tools and Drivers DVD version 1 2 or later Note Before using this procedure you must install the RIS onto a Windows 2003 Enterprise server See the following URL for complete instructions on how to install the RIS http support microsoft com default aspx scid kb en us 325862 To copy Windows 2003 Enterprise and XP SP2 32 bit onto the RIS server do the following steps Note Click Next or Finished in each screen to advance to the next screen Insert the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP SP2 32 bit CD into the RIS server s CDROM drive In the Start menu select Run To start the RIS setup program type the following command c risetup exe Note In all commands c is shown as the DOS command prompt In the Welcome to the Remote Installation Services Setup W
28. om a Jumpstart Server B 2 iv Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 Preface The Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide contains information required to configure the Solaris Linux and Windows operating systems Shell Prompts Shell C shell C shell superuser Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser Prompt machine name machine name Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands files Edit your login file and directories on screen Use 1s a to list all files computer output You have mail AaBbCc123 What you type when contrasted su with on screen computer output password AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide words to be emphasized These are called class options Replace command line variables You must be superuser to do this with real names or values To delete a file type rm filename The settings on your browser might differ from these settings Related Documentation The document set for the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation is described in the Where To Find Documentation sheet that is packed with your system and all documents are posted at the product s documentation site See the following URL http www sun com documentation Translated versions of some of these documents are
29. ows installation 10 After the OS installation is complete install the NVDIA display and chipset drivers as described in Installing Display and Chipset Drivers for Windows 2003 Vista or XP on page 9 Installing Display and Chipset Drivers for Windows 2003 Vista or XP Note If you have created a Windows CD containing NVRAID drivers using the XpReburn option you do not need to install the chipset drivers you need to install only the display drivers To install the NVIDIA display and chipset drivers after installing Windows Insert the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers DVD into the DVD drive Install the chipset drivers If necessary a Change to the appropriate directory on the Tools and Drivers DVD by typing the following command C gt cd D D drivers windows OS chipset Where OS is the directory for Windows 2003 Vista or XP b Double click the executable file c Follow the instructions in the installation software Install the NVIDIA display drivers a Change to the appropriate directory on the Tools and Drivers DVD by typing the following command C gt cd D D drivers windows OS video Where OS is the directory for Windows 2003 Vista XP 32 bit or XP 64 bit b Double click the executable file c Follow the instructions in the installation software Chapter 3 Installing the Windows OS and Drivers 3 9 3 4 2 4 Eject the CD from the work
30. p package to the RIS server m Unzip the Ethernet driver zip package m Copy the files to the Windows XP image c copy cdrom _ drive drivers windows ris OS C temp nvris c copy c temp nvris ris_partition RemoteInstall Setup English Images image_dir 1386 Where cdrom_drive is the CDROM drive on the RIS server OS is 2003 or XP image_dir is the image directory and ris_partition is the drive where the RIS image is stored on the RIS server Appendix A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A 3 A 1 2 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Settings Files To modify settings files create driver directories and copy drivers to their directories in the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP SP2 32 bit image on the RIS server Note The ristndrd sif file is located in the following directory on the RIS server ris_partition RemoteInstall Setup Englsh Images image_dir i386 templates 1 Change these entries in the ristndrd sif file to read as follows Unattended OemPreinstall yes GuiUnattended AdminPassword desired password 2 Remove the following entry from the ristndrd sif file Identification JoinDomain MACHINEDOMAIN DoOldStyleDomainJoin Yes A 4 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 3 Add the following entries to the ristndrd sif file Unattended DriverSigningPolicy Ignore OemPnPDriv
31. se 64 bit or Windows XP 64 bit image on a RIS server and then add platform specific drivers to the image All drivers for this procedure are located on the Tools and Drivers DVD version 1 2 or later Note Before using this procedure you must install RIS onto a Windows 2003 Enterprise server See the following URL for complete instructions on how to install the RIS http support microsoft com default aspx scid kb en us 325862 To copy the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP 64 bit CD onto the RIS server Note Click Next or Finished in each screen to advance to the next screen Insert the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP 64 bit CD into the RIS server s CDROM drive In the Start menu select Run To start the RIS setup program type the following command c risetup exe In the Welcome to the Remote Installation Services Setup Wizard screen click Next Appendix A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A 7 10 11 A 2 1 In the Remote Installation Services Options screen choose Add a new OS image to this remote installation server and then click Next In the Installation Source Files Location screen choose the CDROM drive with the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP 64 bit CD and then click Next In the Windows Installation Image Folder Name screen type a descriptive name for the Windows 2003 Enterprise or XP 64 bit CD image you are creating For example Ul
32. station If you are using the onboard ATI graphics controller install the ATI drivers a Change to the directory on the Tools and Drivers CD by typing the following command C gt ed D drivers windows OS ati version b Double click the executable file c Follow the instructions in the installation software Reboot the workstation Installing RealTek Audio Driver RealTek digital audio SPDIF is included on the Tools and Drivers DVD To use this feature you need to install the driver To install the RealTek Audio driver Insert the Tools and Drivers DVD into the DVD drive Go to the Tools and Drivers DVD directory by typing the following C gt cd D D drivers windows audio OS Where OS is the directory for Windows 2003 Vista or XP Double click the executable Follow the instructions in the wizard to install the drivers Reboot the workstation 3 10 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 APPENDIX A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images This appendix describes how to create Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation specific images on the Remote Installation Service RIS server for the following operating systems m Windows XP SP2 32 bit or Windows XP 64 bit m Windows Server 2003 32 bit or 64 bit Once created you can install the images on a client workstation This appendix contains the following sectio
33. stems RHEL 3 RHEL 4 RHEL 5 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLED 10 m Access to a CD burner a A blank CD R or CD RW m A Windows 2003 or Windows XP Professional Installation CD retail media only not an OEM version a A Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers DVD To create a Windows CD with the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation drivers Ona system Solaris x86 Solaris OS SPARC Platform Edition or RHEL 3 RHEL 4 RHEL 5 or SLED 10 software insert the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers DVD As superuser create a temporary directory with at least 1 2 Gbytes of space For example mkdir files Copy the OSReburn_version zip file to that directory Where OS is either 2003 or XP and version is the current version of XpReburn For example cp drivers utilities XpReburn_1 0 zip files Eject the Tools and Drivers DVD and insert your retail Windows 2003 or XP 32 Professional Installation CD 3 6 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 3 4 2 5 Unzip the OSReburn_version zip file For example unzip q XPReburn_1 0 zip Run the Reburn script For example files XpReburn The script displays the driver files it expects to be located in the current directory When all four driver files have been downloaded into that directory the script creates a new ISO image and then automaticall
34. tall setup english images image_dir oem OemDir c copy c temp ide winxp sataraid ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem textmode c copy c temp ide winxp sata_ide ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem 1 drivers sata_ide c copy c temp ethernet ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem 1 drivers nic c copy c temp nfref_918_wxp smbus ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem 1 drivers smbus c copy c temp video ati ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem 1 drivers video c copy c temp video nvidia ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem 1 drivers video 7 The txtsetup oem file is located in the following directory ris_partition RemoteInstall Setup English Images image_dir oem textmode Add a semicolon to the beginning of each line for files that are of type dll in the Files scsi RAIDC1ASS and Files scsi BUSDRV sections A 6 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 8 To enable the RIS server to distribute the RIS image you created type the following commands c net Stop binlsvc c net Start binlsvc A 2 Creating a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 64 bit Image on the RIS Server This section describes how to create a Windows 2003 Enterpri
35. tra_20 Windows XP 64 bit In the Friendly Description and Help Text screen type a description and help text for future end user reference and then click Next In the Previous Client Installation Screens Found screen choose Use the new client installation screens and overwrite the old ones and then click Next In the Review Settings screen verify your settings and then click Finished After the image installs to the server click Done Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image To add the NVIDIA Ethernet drivers to the Windows 2003 Enterprise and XP 64 bit CD image on the RIS server Insert the Tools and Drivers DVD into the RIS server s CDROM drive Type the commands below to accomplish the following actions m Copy the Windows XP 64 bit RIS NVIDIA Ethernet driver zip package to the RIS server m Unzip the Ethernet driver zip package m Copy the files to the RIS image c copy cdrom_ drive drivers windows ris OS C temp nvris64 c copy c temp NVRIS64 ris_partition RemoteInstall1 Setup English Images image_dir amd64 Where cdrom_drive is the CDROM drive on the RIS server OS is 2003 or XP image_dir is the image directory and ris_partition is the drive where the RIS image is stored on the RIS server A 8 Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2007 A 2 2 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Settings Files Note The ristndrd sif file
36. x SAS and SATA volumes within a given RAID When the array is set up save changes and exit Chapter 3 Installing the Windows OS and Drivers 3 3 a2 Understanding the Diagnostic Partition Diagnostics system test software is included on the Tools and Drivers CD Instructions for using the diagnostics software are provided in the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Service Manual A diagnostic partition is required for the test scripts to write their log files Without a diagnostic partition the only output is the display on the diagnostic screens The diagnostic partition is preinstalled on the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation You do not need to reinstall the diagnostic partition unless you removed it If you removed the diagnostic partition you can re create it using the Create Diagnostic Partition option on the Tools and Drivers CD See the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Service Manual for instructions Note Windows XP cannot mount the diagnostic partition A workaround is detailed in the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Service Manual 90 A Erasing Partitions on the Boot Hard Disk Drive To erase all partitions on the boot hard disk drive except the diagnostic partition use the Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk option on the Tools and Drivers CD main menu Caution The Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk option erases all partitions and all user data on the hard drive except the diagnostic partition Be sure to back up al
37. y burns that ISO image onto a CD if the system has a CD burner After the CD has been created install Windows OS software on the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation After the OS installation is complete install the NVDIA display drivers described in Installing Display and Chipset Drivers for Windows 2003 Vista or XP on page 9 Installing RAID Drivers Using a Boot Diskette Note This step is not required with Windows Vista This section explains how to create a boot diskette for the NVIDIA RAID drivers using the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers DVD and how to install the drivers onto your workstation To install the NVIDIA RAID drivers using a boot diskette you need the following m A system running Microsoft Windows software which has a CD and diskette drive m A blank diskette m A Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers DVD m A USB floppy drive m A Windows 2003 or Windows XP Professional Installation CD retail media only not an OEM version This section contains the following subsections Chapter 3 Installing the Windows OS and Drivers 3 7 3 4 2 1 3 4 2 2 m Creating a Boot Diskette for NVIDIA RAID Drivers on page 8 m Installing Windows 2003 or XP and NVIDIA RAID Drivers on page 8 Creating a Boot Diskette for NVIDIA RAID Drivers To create a boot diskette for NVIDIA RAID drivers On a system running Microsoft Windows software insert the Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workst
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