Sun Microsystems manual How to Install the Sun Fire 280R Server, Before You Begin

How to Install the Sun Fire 280R Server

Before You Begin

The Sun Fire 280R server is a general-purpose server, which you can use for many types of applications. Exactly how you set up your machine depends in some measure upon what you want it to do.

This procedure is intended to be as “generic” as possible, so as to cover the needs of most sites. Even so, you will need to make certain decisions to complete the procedure:

■On which network or networks do you intend your machine to operate? You will need some or all of the following information:

■Host name of the system you are installing

■Language and locales you intend to use on the system

■Host IP address

■Subnet mask

■Type of name service (Domain Name Service, Network Information Service, or Network Information Service Plus, for example)

■Domain name

■Host name of server

■Host IP address of name server

■RSC host name and IP address

For background information about network support, see “About Network Interface Options” on page 86.

The RSC card is a significant addition to the basic configuration; consult “About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports” on page 107, and “About the Remote System Control (RSC) Software” on page 110 for information about RSC.

■How do you want to use/configure your machine’s internal disks?

For background information about internal disk use, see “About Disk Array Configurations and Concepts” on page 87.

Note –A minimal Solaris 8 installation requires at least 64 Mbytes of memory and at least 1.7 Gbytes of disk space.

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