C H A P T E R 4

Configuring the Preinstalled

Solaris 10 Operating System

This chapter describes how to configure the Solaris™ 10 Operating System (OS) that might be preinstalled on your Sun Fire X4150 server. Solaris 10 Update 3 is the supported version.

This chapter assumes that your server has a hard drive installed, with the Solaris operating system preinstalled. Your system might be different, depending on your hard drive configuration.

This chapter includes the following topics:

■“Solaris Preinstall Overview” on page 43

■“Configuring Sun Fire X4150 Server RAID Drives” on page 48

■“Mirroring the Preinstalled Solaris OS with LSI RAID” on page 50

■“Solaris 10 Operating System User Information” on page 52

Solaris Preinstall Overview

Read this section before you set up Solaris.

Delivery Methods

To deliver preinstalled Solaris, you can select a delivery option in the GRUB menu that allows you to choose a delivery method:

■Deliver Solaris preinstall through the serial management port (default method), or

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Sun Microsystems X4150 Server manual Solaris Preinstall Overview, Delivery Methods