Sun Microsystems X2100 manual Software Installation, Setting Up the Preinstalled Software

2.Software Installation 2–1

2.1	Preparing for Installation 2–1
	2.1.1	Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk 2–3
	2.1.2	Setting up the BIOS for Operating System Installation 2–3

2.1.2.1Setting up the BIOS for Windows 2003 or Solaris 10 OS 2–3

	2.1.2.2	Setting up the BIOS for a Linux Operating System 2–4
2.2	Installing the Operating System 2–4
2.3	Running the up2date Utility 2–5
2.4	Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition 2–6
	2.4.1 Installing the Drivers Over a Network 2–6
	2.4.1.1	Create a Shared Drivers Directory		2–7
	2.4.1.2	Copy the Drivers from the Supplemental CD 2–10
	2.4.1.3	Install the Drivers onto the Target Sun Fire X2100
		Server	2–11
	2.4.2 Installing Drivers From the Sun Fire X2100 Server Supplemental
	CD 2–13
	2.4.2.1	Installing Linux Operating System Drivers From a CD
		2–13
	2.4.2.2	Installing Solaris 10 OS Operating System Drivers from
		a CD	2–15
	2.4.2.3	Installing Windows 2003 Server Operating System
		Drivers From a CD 2–16
	2.4.2.4	Installing Windows 2003 Drivers		2–20

3. Setting Up the Preinstalled Software 3–1

3.1	Solaris 10 Operating System 3–1
	3.1.1	Solaris 10 Operating System Configuration Overview 3–1
	3.1.2	Configuration Instructions 3–3
3.2	Java Enterprise System 3–5
3.3	Sun Studio Software 3–7

iv Sun Fire X2100 Server Getting Started Guide • May 2006