Sun Microsystems X6450 manual Introduction, Terms and References Used in This Book

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Introduction

This chapter contains the following topics:

■“Terms and References Used in This Book” on page 1

■“Installation Overview” on page 2

■“Routine Power On and Power Off” on page 3

■“About Diskless Servers” on page 5

■“About the Boot Process” on page 10

■“RAID Configuration” on page 15

■“Installing an Operating System” on page 17

■“Directing Console Output” on page 17

■“Accessing BIOS Configuration Utilities and Selecting a Boot Device” on page 13

Terms and References Used in This Book

Note the following terms used in this book:

■The term server module refers to the Sun Blade X6450 server hardware.

■The term chassis refers to the Sun Blade 6000 modular system.

■The term remote drive refers to a disk drive that is located outside the server module, but is configured to serve as a local drive.

■The server module includes a service processor (SP), which is IPMI-compatible software integrated into the motherboard. This can be either:

■Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) – Sun Blade X6450 server modules are currently shipped with an ILOM service processor.

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