Contents

1. Documentation and Miscellaneous Information

1–1

1.1

Upgrading the BIOS on a B200x Server Blade 1–2

1.2

Before Installing Solaris x86 Onto a Blade

1–2

1.3Miscellaneous Information 1–2

 

 

1.3.1

Using N1 Provisioning Software

1–2

 

 

 

 

 

1.3.2

Using the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade

1–3

 

 

1.3.3

Downloading New Firmware for Chassis Components

1–3

 

1.4

Viewing the Latest Documentation for the Chassis and Its Components 1–

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.4.1

Documentation in this Release

1–4

 

 

 

 

 

1.4.2

Documentation Errata

1–5

 

 

 

 

2.

Linux

2–1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1

Installing Linux Onto a B100x or B200x Blade

2–2

 

 

 

2.2

Upgrading the BIOS on B200x Server Blades

2–3

 

 

 

 

2.2.1

To Upgrade the BIOS

2–3

 

 

 

 

 

2.3

B100x and B200x (Linux) Server Blade Issues

2–5

 

 

 

 

2.3.1

Issues Affecting the B200x Server Blade Only

2–5

 

 

 

2.3.2

Issues Affecting the B100x Server Blade Only

2–6

 

3.

Solaris x86

3–1

 

 

 

 

 

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