Sun Microsystems V490 manual What to Do

You need to provide specific networking information about the server when you install the Solaris™ Operating System (Solaris OS). For background information about network support, see “About the Network Interfaces” on page 47.

■How do you want to use and configure the machine’s internal disks?

For background information about the internal disks, see “About the Internal Disk Drives” on page 45.

■What software do you intend to load?

Software included in the Solaris media kit or other software products may impose certain disk space or disk partitioning requirements. Refer to the documentation accompanying this software to determine those requirements.

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

Once you have answered these questions, you are ready to begin the installation.

What to Do

If you have completed the procedures in the Sun Fire V490 Server Setup and Rackmounting Guide, begin this procedure at Step 7.

1.Verify that you have received all the parts of your system. See “About the Parts Shipped to You” on page 1.

2.Install the system into either a 2-post rack or a 4-post cabinet, following all instructions in the Sun Fire V490 Server Setup and Rackmounting Guide.

3.Set up a terminal or a console for installing your server.

You must set up a terminal or console in order to install the Solaris OS and any application software.

You can either establish a tip connection from another server or use an alphanumeric (ASCII) terminal connected to the serial port. See “About Communicating With the System” on page 69 for background information, and then refer to the following procedures in this guide:

■“How to Access the System Console via tip Connection” on page 129

■“How to Set Up an Alphanumeric Terminal as the System Console” on page 133

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