Sun Microsystems B200X BLADE, B1600, B100X manual Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a Blade

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C H A P T E R 3

Solaris x86

This chapter contains the following sections:

Section 3.1, “Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a Blade” on page 3-1

Section 3.2, “Applying Mandatory Software Patches to the Solaris x86 Install Image” on page 3-3

Section 3.3, “Issues Affecting B100x and B200x Server Blades That are Running Solaris x86” on page 3-8

Note – If you intend to use the Solaris x86 CD media (instead of the DVD media), you need to use a Solaris x86 system to read the CDs. For more information, refer to Chapter 12 of the Solaris 9 Installation Guide. The section of that chapter that you require is called “To Create an x86 Install Server on a SPARC System With x86 CD Media”. To use the DVD media, refer to Chapter 11 of the Solaris 9 Installation Guide. The section you require is called “Preparing to Install From the Network with DVD Media (Tasks)”.

3.1Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a Blade

Before you start to install Solaris x86 onto a B100x or B200x Blade, please perform the steps in this section.

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Contents Page Page Contents Sparc Solaris Contents Page Documentation and Miscellaneous Information Miscellaneous Information Upgrading the Bios on a B200x Server BladeBefore Installing Solaris x86 Onto a Blade Using N1 Provisioning SoftwareDownloading New Firmware for Chassis Components Using the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing BladeDocumentation in this Release Documentation Errata Page Linux Installing Linux Onto a B100x or B200x Blade To Upgrade the Bios Upgrading the Bios on B200x Server BladesBlade prompt returns when the update is complete Issues Affecting the B200x Server Blade Only B100x and B200x Linux Server Blade IssuesIssues Affecting the B100x Server Blade Only Solaris Preparing to Install Solaris x86 Onto a BladeSolaris x86 Drivers and Documentation Overview of the Solaris x86 Installation Process # mkdir -m 755 /var/tmp/blades Proceed to Creating a Network Install Server on Creating a Network Install Server # ./modifyinstallserver -d installdirpath Page Need Support for Soft Poweroff in Solaris Workaround Workaround Page Consconfig complains on servers with no frame buffer Error Messages That Can be Safely IgnoredPage Solaris x86 Acpi Resource Conflicts Unnecessarily Reported Other Issues1The Network Interfaces on a B200x Blade Base MAC + 1, snet1 Solaris x86 Page Sparc Solaris B100s Sparc Solaris Server Blade Issues Installing Sparc Solaris Onto a B100s Server Blade# share -F nfs /cdrom/solaris8hw1202suppcd Installation of SUNWidecr failed System Controller Upgrading the System Controller SC Firmware Set up a new user name and password for yourself System Controller Firmware System Controller Software IssuesScreset -x -y sn Scremovefru -y psn scpoweron psn System Chassis’s Integrated Switch Switch Firmware Issues Console#configure Consoleconfig#vlan database Consoleconfig#no vlan vlanid System Chassis’s Integrated Switch Page Console#configure Page Consoleconfig#no bridge-ext gvrp Aggregated Links Switch-to-switch Tagged Vlan Trunk Connections Setting up a Tagged Vlan Trunk With Cisco Switches