Sun Microsystems X2100 manual Installing the Operating System

1.Power on the server and press F2 at the Sun logo screen to enter the BIOS Setup menu.

2.Select the Advanced BIOS Features menu.

3.Change the Installed O/S option to Others.

4.Press F10 to save your changes and exit the BIOS.

2.1.2.2Setting up the BIOS for a Linux Operating System

For Linux operating systems (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise System), do the following:

1.Power on the server and press F2 at the Sun logo screen to enter the BIOS Setup menu.

2.Select the Advanced BIOS Features menu.

3.Change the Installed O/S option to Linux.

4.Press F10 to save your changes and exit the BIOS.

2.2Installing the Operating System

If you do not with to use the Solaris 10 Operating System preinstalled on your Sun Fire X2100 Server, you can install an operating system of your choosing.

TABLE 2-1shows the operating systems currently supported on the Sun Fire X2100 Server:

TABLE 2-1Minimum Supported Operating Systems

	Minimum	Most Recent			Vendor
Operating System	Version	Update Supported	32-bit	64-bit	Certified?
Solaris™ 10 Operating System with Sun	HW1	HW 1	yes	yes	yes
Java™ Enterprise System
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3		Update 6	yes	yes	yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4		Update 2	yes	yes	yes

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