Sun Microsystems 1290 manual Setting Up, Setup Process

C H A P T E R 2

Setting Up

This chapter describes how to power on your server using the system controller command-line interface (LOM prompt), how to set up the SC using the setupnetwork command, and how to boot the Solaris Operating System.

This chapter contains the following topics:

■“Setup Process” on page 39

■“Setting Up the Hardware” on page 40

■“On/Standby Switch” on page 40

■“Powering On the Server” on page 41

■“Bringing the Server to Standby Mode” on page 42

■“Setting Up the Server” on page 44

■“Installing and Booting the Solaris Operating System” on page 46

■“Installing the Lights Out Management Packages” on page 47

Setup Process

The major steps you must perform to power on and set up the server are as follows:

1.Installing and cabling the hardware.

2.Applying external power to the hardware.

3.Setting the date and time for the system.

4.Setting the password for the SC.

5.Setting up system-specific parameters with the setupnetwork command.

6.Powering on all hardware with the poweron command.

7.If the Solaris Operating System is not preinstalled, installing it.

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