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ConfiguringthePreinstalledSolaris10OperatingSystem

SunFireX4250ServerInstallationGuide

CHAPTER

ConfiguringthePreinstalledSolaris10
OperatingSystem
ThischapterdescribeshowtoconfiguretheSolaris 10OperatingSystem(OS)thatmightbe
preinstalledonyourSunFireX4250server.Thischapterassumesthatyourserverhasaharddrive
installed,withtheSolarisoperatingsystempreinstalled.Yoursystemmightbedifferent,depending
onyourharddriveconfiguration.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
SolarisPreinstallationOverview
ConfiguringtheSolarisOS
ConfiguringRAIDDrives
Solaris10OSUserInformation

SolarisPreinstallationOverview
ReadthissectionbeforeyousetuptheSolarisOS.

DeliveryMethods
ToconfigurethepreinstalledSolarisOS,youcanselectadeliveryoptionintheGRUBmenuthat
allowsyoutochooseadeliverymethod:
ConfigurethepreinstalledSolarisOSthroughtheserialmanagementport(defaultmethod)
ConfigurethepreinstalledSolaris10imageusingadirectlyconnectedmonitorandkeyboard

AbouttheGRUBMenu
SolarisusesaGRUBbootloaderwithaGRUBmenu.WhenyoustarttheSolarisOS,aGRUBlevel
menuappears.TheGRUBmenuallowsyoutoselecttodirectoutputtoeithertheserialportorvideo
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port.
Ifyoudonotselectanoutputwithin10secondsattheGRUBmenu,thesystembootsusingthe
defaultoutput(serialmanagementportttya).Serialredirectionrequiresaconnectiontotheserial
managementport.SeeDeterminingtheILOMServiceProcessorIPAddressandMethod1:Usingthe
SerialConnection.

BeforeYouBegin
BeforeyouconfigurethepreinstalledSolarisOS,youmustdothefollowing:
1.Performinitialconfigurationoftheserviceprocessor,anddeterminetheserversnetwork
settings.SeeSettingUptheSunFireX4250Server.
2.Gathertheinformationthatyouwillneedtoconfiguretheserver.SeeInstallationWorksheet.
3.Afterthesestepsarecomplete,youcanconfigurethepreinstalledSolarisOS.SeeConfiguring
theSolarisOS.
4.ConfigureRAID,ifnecessary.SeeConfiguringRAIDDrives.

InstallationWorksheet
FillinTABLE41withinformationyouneedtoconfigurethepreinstalledSolaris10OSforthe
server.Collectonlytheinformationthatappliestoyoursystem.

TABLE41InstallationWorksheet
InstallationInformation

Description

EnterSystem
Configuration:
Asterisk(*)
indicatesdefault.

Language

Choosefromthelistofavailablelanguagesforthe
Solaris10software.

English*

Locale

Chooseyourgeographicregionfromthelistof
availablelocales.

English
(C7bitASCII)*

Terminal

Choosethetypeofterminalthatyouareusing
fromthelistofavailableterminaltypes.

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Networkconnection

Isthesystemconnectedtoanetwork?

Networked
Nonnetworked*

DHCP

CanthesystemuseDynamicHostConfiguration
Protocol(DHCP)toconfigureitsnetwork
interfaces?

Ifyouarenot
usingDHCP,
notethe
network
address.

IP
address

Subnet

Yes
No*

IfyouarenotusingDHCP,supplytheIPaddress
forthesystem.
Example:129.200.9.1

IfyouarenotusingDHCP,isthesystempartofa
subnet?

255.255.255.0
*

Ifyes,whatisthenetmaskofthesubnet?
Example:255.255.255.0

IPv6

DoyouwanttoenableIPv6onthismachine?

Yes
No*

Hostname

Ahostnamethatyouchooseforthesystem.

Kerberos

DoyouwanttoconfigureKerberossecurityonthis Yes
machine?
No*
Ifyes,gatherthefollowinginformation:
DefaultRealm:
AdministrationServer:
FirstKDC:
(Optional)AdditionalKDCs:

InstallationInformation

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EnterSystem
Configuration:
Asterisk(*)
indicatesdefault.
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Nameservice:
ifthesystem
usesaname
service,
providethe
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Name
service

Whichnameserviceshouldthissystemuse?

NIS+
NIS
DNS
LDAP
None*

Domain Providethenameofthedomaininwhichthe
name
systemresides.

NIS+
and
NIS

Doyouwanttospecifyanameserverorletthe
installationprogramfindone?

DNS

ProvideIPaddressesfortheDNSserver.Youmust IPaddresses(13):
enteratleastoneIPaddress,butyoucanenterup

tothreeaddresses.

SpecifyOne
FindOne*

Youcanalsoenteralistofdomainstosearchwhen
aDNSqueryismade.

SearchDomains
(13):

LDAP

Providethefollowinginformationaboutyour
LDAPprofile:
Ifyouspecifyaproxycredentiallevelinyour
LDAPprofile,gatherthefollowinginformation:

Profilename:
Profileserver:

ProxyBindDistinguishedName:
ProxyBindPassword:

InstallationInformation

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EnterSystem
Configuration:
Asterisk(*)
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Defaultroute

DoyouwanttospecifyadefaultrouteIPaddress
orlettheSolarisinstallationprogramfindone?

SpecifyIPaddress
DetectIPaddress

Thedefaultrouteprovidesabridgethatforwards
None*
trafficbetweentwophysicalnetworks.AnIP
addressisauniquenumberthatidentifieseachhost
onanetwork.
Selectoneofthefollowingroutes:

Timezone

SpecifyIPaddress.An
/etc/defaultrouterfileiscreatedwith
thespecifiedIPaddress.Whenthesystemis
rebooted,thespecifiedIPaddressbecomesthe
defaultroute.
DetectIPaddress.LettheSolarisinstallation
programdetectanIPaddress.However,the
systemmustbeonasubnetthathasarouterthat
advertisesitselfbyusingtheICMProuter
discoveryprotocol.Ifyouareusingthe
commandlineinterface,thesoftwaredetectsan
IPaddresswhenthesystemisbooted.
None.SelectNoneifyoudonothavearouteror
donotwantthesoftwaretodetectanIPaddress
atthistime.Thesoftwareautomaticallytriesto
detectanIPaddressonreboot.

Howdoyouwanttospecifyyourdefaulttime
zone?

Geographic
region*
OffsetfromGM
Timezonefile

Rootpassword

Choosearootpasswordforthesystem.

ConfiguringtheSolarisOS
ToconfigurethepreinstalledSolarisOS:
1.Logintotheserviceprocessorasanadministrator.Forexample:
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Login:root
Password:changeme
2.TostarttheILOMconsole,type
start/SP/AgentInfoConsole
3.FollowtheSolaris10preinstallationonscreeninstructions.
4.Typethesystemandnetworkinformationwhenprompted.SeeTABLE41for
collectedinformation.
Thedisplayedscreenscanvary,dependingonhowyouchosetoassignnetworkinformationto
theserver(DHCPorstaticIPaddress).
5.Afterthesystemconfigurationinformationhasbeenentered,theOSinstallation
continues.Oncompletion,thesystemrebootsanddisplaystheSolarisOSlogin.

RedirectingtheConsoleOutputtotheVideoPort
(Optional)
YoumustcompletetheprocedureConfiguringtheSolarisOSandbeloggedintotheservice
processor(SP)beforeyoucanredirecttheconsoleoutputtothevideoport.Thisprocedureisoptional.

NoteTheSolarisGRUBmenuallowsyoutomanuallyselectgraphicsadapterredirectionduring
thebootprocess.Ifnotchosenwithin30secondsaftertheGRUBmenuisdisplayed,thesystem
defaultstoserialredirection(ttya).

1.Rebootthesystem.
2.Toenablevideooutput,chooseSolarisBuildGraphicsAdapterfrom
theGRUBmenuChangingDefaultConsoleOutput.

UsingtheGRUBMenu
ThepreinstalledSolaris10OSimagedirectsconsoleoutputtotheserialportbydefault.Afterthe
initialconfigurationofthepreinstalledSolarisOSiscomplete,youcanmodifytheSolaris10GRUB
menutodirectoutputtothevideoportbydefault.

CautionThisprocedureisintendedonlyforadvancedusersoftheSolarisOS.Youcan
seriouslydisruptserveroperationormaketheserverunbootableifyouintroduceaproblemin
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themenu.lstfile.

Tosetthevideoportasthedefaultoutput:
1.Openthe/boot/grub/menu.lstfileinatexteditor.
2.Modifythefollowinglineinthefiletochangethedefaultsothattheconsole
outputgoestothevideoport:
default1
3.RunthefollowingcommandtoaddtheXserverstartupscripts:
/usr/dt/bin/dtconfige
4.Reboottheserver.Afterthesystemreboots,theconsoleoutputgoestothe
videoportbydefault.
5.ConfigureRAIDdrives,ifnecessary.

ConfiguringRAIDDrives
AfteryouconfiguretheSolarisOS,youmightneedtoconfiguretheRAIDdrives.
Thissectioncontainsthefollowingtopics:
RAIDDriveOverview
MirroringthePreinstalledSolarisOSWithLSIRAID
CreatingaRAIDSettoIncorporateaPreinstalledOSUsingtheSunStorageTekCard

RAIDDriveOverview
TheSunFireX4250serverhastwooptionalRAIDHostBusAdapter(HBA)cards.Youcanaccess
RAIDconfigurationthroughtheHBAcardBIOS.ToaccesstheLSIcardBIOS,pressCtrlC.To
accesstheSunStorageTekcardBIOS,pressCtrlA:

TABLE42 RAIDHBACards
RAIDHBACards PressforBIOS

SunStorageTek

CtrlA

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CtrlA

LSI3081E

CtrlC

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ThesystemhasthepreinstalledOSonHD0.WhentheSolarisOSinstallationiscompleted,theoption
toupgradeyoursinglediskOStoamirroredRAIDsolutionisavailable.
Theconfigurationprocedureisdifferentforeachsupportedcontrollercard.Forexample,aSun
StorageTekHBAcardhasmanymoreoptionsforRAIDconfigurationthananLSIHBAcard.
ConfiguretheRAIDdependingonyourneedsasshowninTABLE43.

NoteConfiguringtheSunFireX4250serverRAIDisoptional.BydefaultthepreinstalledSolaris
imageisconfiguredinanonRAIDconfiguration.IfanythingotherthanabasicMirrorRAIDis
required,itisrecommendedtoperformafreshinstallationoftheSolarisOperatingSystem(orother
OS)inthedesiredRAIDconfiguration.

TABLE43showstheRAIDdriveoptions.

TABLE43RAIDDriveOptions
SASCard

Drives
Supported

RAIDConfigurationSupported

DriveUsage

Sun
Seagate
Volume1disk
StorageTek 73GBSAS

Fujitsu
RAID0stripe2diskminimum
73GBSAS

Noredundancy

Seagate
146GB
SAS

RAID1mirror2diskminimum

50%

RAID1E3driveminimum

50%

RAID104driveminimum

50%

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RAID53driveminimum

6794%

RAID5EE4driveminimum

5088%

RAID506driveminimum

6794%

RAID64driveminimum

5088%

RAID608driveminimum

5088%

SpannedVolume2driveminimum

100%

RAIDVolume4driveminimum

50100%

LSI3081E

Seagate
IMIntegratedMirrorarray.2diskminimum,
73GBSAS plusupto2hotsparedisks.

DataonPrimarydisk
mightbemerged.

Fujitsu
IMEIntegratedMirrorEnhancedarray.3to8
73GBSAS disksincludingupto2hotspares.

Alldatawillbe
deletedduring
creation.

Seagate
146GB
SAS

Alldatawillbe
deletedduring
creation.

ISIntegratedStripingarray.2to8disks.

MirroringthePreinstalledSolarisOSWithLSIRAID
TheSolarisOSsupportshardwareRAIDandcannotbeinstalledonanexistingarrayifonehasbeen
created.RefertotheSunFireX4250ServerOperatingSystemInstallationGuideoranHBAcard
productguide.
IfyouchoosethepreinstalledSolarisOSandwanttomaketheOSpartofaRAIDset,andifyouare
usingLSIRAIDonly,performthefollowingproceduretoupdatethepreinstalledSolarisOStoa
mirroredRAIDset.AsstatedinTABLE43,onlyIM(IntegratedMirror)allowsdataontheprimary
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harddiskdrive(HDD)tobepreservedormergedintoanarrayofdisks.
ThisexampleallowsthecreationofamirrorbeforeoraftertheSolarisinstallation.Theserverhas2
disks:HDD0(withtheOS)andHDD1(whichisblank).
TocreateamirrorimageoftheSolarisOSonHDD1:
1.Poweronyourserversystemforthefirsttime.
2.PressCtrlCtoaccesstheLSIRAIDconfigurationutility.
3.SelecttheSAScardSAS1068E.PressEnter.
4.ChooseRAIDProperties.
5.CreateanIM(IntegratedMirror)fortherequireddiskconfiguration.
6.Selecttheharddiskstobeused.Usetherightarrowtomovethecursortothe
RAIDcolumn,andpresstheSpacebartoincludeintoRAID.
7.BecauseHDD0containsdata,selectmergeordelete:
ChooseMtomergedataandstartasyncoperation.
ChooseDtoerasethepreinstalledSolarisOS.
8.PressCtocreatetheRAIDandstartthesyncoperation.
9.ClickExittosavetheconfigurationandclosethemenu.
10.PressEsctoexittheconfigurationutilityandreboot.

CreatingaRAIDSettoIncorporateaPreinstalledOS
UsingtheSunStorageTekCard
TheSunStorageTekcardallowsyoutochoosefrommanyRAIDconfigurations.Howyouconfigure
yoursystemdependsonyoursystemrequirementsandtheavailableharddiskdrivesinthesystem.
ThefollowingexampleshowshowtomirrorthepreinstalledSolarisOS.Thisistherecommended
option,andallremainingdisks(shouldtherebemorethan2)areincorporatedintoaDATARAIDset
usingtheavailableoptionsasshowninTABLE43.
YouwillneedtheSunFireX4250ServerToolsandDriversCD.
FollowthesestepstomirroryourconfiguredSolarisOS:
1.UsingyourSolarisServer,loginandstartXserver.
ThisgraphicaluserinterfaceisrequiredforStorageTekSoftwareManagement.
2.FromthesuppliedToolsandDriversCD,copytheStorMan.dsapplication,
locatedinthe/mountpoint/RAIDmgmt/StorageTEK/Solarisdirectory,toa
newdirectoryyouchooseonyourSolarisserver,forexample,
mkdir/StorMan.
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3.ChangethepermissionsofthenewdirectoryandStorManapplication:
chmod777StorMan.ds
4.Runthefollowingcommandtoinstalltheapplication:
pkgadddStorMan.ds
5.Choosetoinstallallcomponentswhenprompted.
6.Toruntheapplication,typethefollowing:
sh/usr/StorMan/StorMan.sh
Asplitscreenappears.
7.ClickthescreentoactivatetheManagedSystemsList.
8.Doubleclickthelocalmachine(itisdisplayedbyIPAddressofthePrimary
ENETconnection).
Apromptappears.
9.Attheprompt,loginasroot,usingtheOSpasswordthatwasassignedduring
installation.
10.ClicktheSUNSTKRAIDController.
AllattachedharddiskdrivesonEnclosure0and1appear.

TipHDD0(OS)shouldbeEnclosure0LogicalVolume1.

11.TomirrortheOS,rightclickLogicalDevice1andchooseExpandorChange
LogicalDevice.
12.ChoosetheappropriateRAIDoption(inthisexample,RAID1forMirror).
13.ChooseadisktomirrortheOSwith,fromthephysicaldisklist.
Selecttheharddiskdrivethatbestfitsyourneeds.
14.AfteryouselecttheHDD,clickNext,andthenviewtheconfigurationsummary.
15.ClickApplytostartthemirroringprocess.
YoucanalsoclickScheduletoperformthemirroringprocessatalatertime.
16.Onemoreconfirmationscreenisdisplayed,andwhenconfirmed,theOSwill
begintomirror.
Mirroringmaytakeseveralhours,dependingontheamountofdataandtheHDDsize.
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Solaris10OSUserInformation
ThissectionprovidespointerstoinformationabouttheSolaris10OS.

AccessingSolaris10UserDocumentation
YoucanaccessthevariouscollectionsoftheSolaris10OSuserdocumentationat:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris.10
Specifically,youcanaccesstheSolaris10OSReleaseandInstallationcollectionat:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1236.1

DownloadingSolaris10OSSoftware
IfyouneedtoinstalltheSolaris10OSorreinstalltheOSafterremovingit,youcandownloadtheCD
orDVDimagefromthefollowingURL:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp
Solaris108/07istheminimumsupportedversionfortheSunFireX4250server.
SeetheSunFireX4250ServerOperatingSystemInstallationGuideforspecificinstructionson
Solaris10installation.

Solaris10OSTraining
Sunprovidesflexibletrainingoptionsthataccommodateyourpersonalscheduleandlearningstyle.
Thetrainingoptionsincludeinstructorled,webbasedonline,
CDROM,andLiveVirtualClasses.ForSolaris10TrainingandCertificationoptionsataglance,go
to:http://www.sun.com/training/catalog/solaris10.html

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