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SunFireX4250ServerInstallationGuide
CHAPTER4
ConfiguringthePreinstalledSolaris10OperatingSystem
ThischapterdescribeshowtoconfiguretheSolaris 10OperatingSystem(OS)thatmightbepreinstalledonyourSunFireX4250server.Thischapterassumesthatyourserverhasaharddriveinstalled,withtheSolarisoperatingsystempreinstalled.Yoursystemmightbedifferent,dependingonyourharddriveconfiguration.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
SolarisPreinstallationOverview
ConfiguringtheSolarisOS
ConfiguringRAIDDrives
Solaris10OSUserInformation
SolarisPreinstallationOverviewReadthissectionbeforeyousetuptheSolarisOS.
DeliveryMethods
ToconfigurethepreinstalledSolarisOS,youcanselectadeliveryoptionintheGRUBmenuthatallowsyoutochooseadeliverymethod:
ConfigurethepreinstalledSolarisOSthroughtheserialmanagementport(defaultmethod)
ConfigurethepreinstalledSolaris10imageusingadirectlyconnectedmonitorandkeyboard
AbouttheGRUBMenu
SolarisusesaGRUBbootloaderwithaGRUBmenu.WhenyoustarttheSolarisOS,aGRUBlevelmenuappears.TheGRUBmenuallowsyoutoselecttodirectoutputtoeithertheserialportorvideo
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port.
Ifyoudonotselectanoutputwithin10secondsattheGRUBmenu,thesystembootsusingthedefaultoutput(serialmanagementportttya).Serialredirectionrequiresaconnectiontotheserialmanagementport.SeeDeterminingtheILOMServiceProcessorIPAddressandMethod1:UsingtheSerialConnection.
BeforeYouBegin
BeforeyouconfigurethepreinstalledSolarisOS,youmustdothefollowing:
1.Performinitialconfigurationoftheserviceprocessor,anddeterminetheserversnetworksettings.SeeSettingUptheSunFireX4250Server.
2.Gathertheinformationthatyouwillneedtoconfiguretheserver.SeeInstallationWorksheet.
3.Afterthesestepsarecomplete,youcanconfigurethepreinstalledSolarisOS.SeeConfiguringtheSolarisOS.
4.ConfigureRAID,ifnecessary.SeeConfiguringRAIDDrives.
InstallationWorksheet
FillinTABLE41withinformationyouneedtoconfigurethepreinstalledSolaris10OSfortheserver.Collectonlytheinformationthatappliestoyoursystem.
TABLE41InstallationWorksheet
InstallationInformation Description EnterSystemConfiguration:Asterisk(*)indicatesdefault.
Language ChoosefromthelistofavailablelanguagesfortheSolaris10software.
English*
Locale Chooseyourgeographicregionfromthelistofavailablelocales.
English(C7bitASCII)*
Terminal Choosethetypeofterminalthatyouareusingfromthelistofavailableterminaltypes.
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Networkconnection Isthesystemconnectedtoanetwork? Networked
Nonnetworked*
DHCP CanthesystemuseDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)toconfigureitsnetworkinterfaces?
Yes
No*
IfyouarenotusingDHCP,notethenetworkaddress.
IPaddress
IfyouarenotusingDHCP,supplytheIPaddressforthesystem.
Example:129.200.9.1
Subnet IfyouarenotusingDHCP,isthesystempartofasubnet?
Ifyes,whatisthenetmaskofthesubnet?
Example:255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0*
IPv6 DoyouwanttoenableIPv6onthismachine? Yes
No*
Hostname Ahostnamethatyouchooseforthesystem.
Kerberos DoyouwanttoconfigureKerberossecurityonthismachine?
Ifyes,gatherthefollowinginformation:
DefaultRealm:
AdministrationServer:
FirstKDC:
(Optional)AdditionalKDCs:
Yes
No*
InstallationInformation Description EnterSystemConfiguration:Asterisk(*)indicatesdefault.
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Nameservice:ifthesystemusesanameservice,providethefollowinginformation.
Nameservice
Whichnameserviceshouldthissystemuse? NIS+
NIS
DNS
LDAP
None*
Domainname
Providethenameofthedomaininwhichthesystemresides.
NIS+andNIS
Doyouwanttospecifyanameserverorlettheinstallationprogramfindone?
SpecifyOne
FindOne*
DNS ProvideIPaddressesfortheDNSserver.YoumustenteratleastoneIPaddress,butyoucanenteruptothreeaddresses.
YoucanalsoenteralistofdomainstosearchwhenaDNSqueryismade.
IPaddresses(13):
SearchDomains(13):
LDAP ProvidethefollowinginformationaboutyourLDAPprofile:
IfyouspecifyaproxycredentiallevelinyourLDAPprofile,gatherthefollowinginformation:
ProxyBindDistinguishedName:
ProxyBindPassword:
Profilename:
Profileserver:
InstallationInformation Description EnterSystemConfiguration:Asterisk(*)indicatesdefault.
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Defaultroute DoyouwanttospecifyadefaultrouteIPaddressorlettheSolarisinstallationprogramfindone?
Thedefaultrouteprovidesabridgethatforwardstrafficbetweentwophysicalnetworks.AnIPaddressisauniquenumberthatidentifieseachhostonanetwork.
Selectoneofthefollowingroutes:
SpecifyIPaddress.An/etc/defaultrouterfileiscreatedwiththespecifiedIPaddress.Whenthesystemisrebooted,thespecifiedIPaddressbecomesthedefaultroute.DetectIPaddress.LettheSolarisinstallationprogramdetectanIPaddress.However,thesystemmustbeonasubnetthathasarouterthatadvertisesitselfbyusingtheICMProuterdiscoveryprotocol.Ifyouareusingthecommandlineinterface,thesoftwaredetectsanIPaddresswhenthesystemisbooted.None.SelectNoneifyoudonothavearouterordonotwantthesoftwaretodetectanIPaddressatthistime.ThesoftwareautomaticallytriestodetectanIPaddressonreboot.
SpecifyIPaddress
DetectIPaddress
None*
Timezone Howdoyouwanttospecifyyourdefaulttimezone?
Geographicregion*
OffsetfromGM
Timezonefile
Rootpassword Choosearootpasswordforthesystem.
ConfiguringtheSolarisOSToconfigurethepreinstalledSolarisOS:
1.Logintotheserviceprocessorasanadministrator.Forexample:
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Login:root
Password:changeme
2.TostarttheILOMconsole,type
start/SP/AgentInfoConsole
3.FollowtheSolaris10preinstallationonscreeninstructions.
4.Typethesystemandnetworkinformationwhenprompted.SeeTABLE41forcollectedinformation.
Thedisplayedscreenscanvary,dependingonhowyouchosetoassignnetworkinformationtotheserver(DHCPorstaticIPaddress).
5.Afterthesystemconfigurationinformationhasbeenentered,theOSinstallationcontinues.Oncompletion,thesystemrebootsanddisplaystheSolarisOSlogin.
RedirectingtheConsoleOutputtotheVideoPort(Optional)
YoumustcompletetheprocedureConfiguringtheSolarisOSandbeloggedintotheserviceprocessor(SP)beforeyoucanredirecttheconsoleoutputtothevideoport.Thisprocedureisoptional.
NoteTheSolarisGRUBmenuallowsyoutomanuallyselectgraphicsadapterredirectionduringthebootprocess.Ifnotchosenwithin30secondsaftertheGRUBmenuisdisplayed,thesystemdefaultstoserialredirection(ttya).
1.Rebootthesystem.
2.Toenablevideooutput,chooseSolarisBuildGraphicsAdapterfromtheGRUBmenuChangingDefaultConsoleOutput.
UsingtheGRUBMenu
ThepreinstalledSolaris10OSimagedirectsconsoleoutputtotheserialportbydefault.AftertheinitialconfigurationofthepreinstalledSolarisOSiscomplete,youcanmodifytheSolaris10GRUBmenutodirectoutputtothevideoportbydefault.
CautionThisprocedureisintendedonlyforadvancedusersoftheSolarisOS.Youcanseriouslydisruptserveroperationormaketheserverunbootableifyouintroduceaproblemin
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themenu.lstfile.
Tosetthevideoportasthedefaultoutput:
1.Openthe/boot/grub/menu.lstfileinatexteditor.
2.Modifythefollowinglineinthefiletochangethedefaultsothattheconsoleoutputgoestothevideoport:
default1
3.RunthefollowingcommandtoaddtheXserverstartupscripts:
/usr/dt/bin/dtconfige
4.Reboottheserver.Afterthesystemreboots,theconsoleoutputgoestothevideoportbydefault.
5.ConfigureRAIDdrives,ifnecessary.
ConfiguringRAIDDrivesAfteryouconfiguretheSolarisOS,youmightneedtoconfiguretheRAIDdrives.
Thissectioncontainsthefollowingtopics:
RAIDDriveOverview
MirroringthePreinstalledSolarisOSWithLSIRAID
CreatingaRAIDSettoIncorporateaPreinstalledOSUsingtheSunStorageTekCard
RAIDDriveOverview
TheSunFireX4250serverhastwooptionalRAIDHostBusAdapter(HBA)cards.YoucanaccessRAIDconfigurationthroughtheHBAcardBIOS.ToaccesstheLSIcardBIOS,pressCtrlC.ToaccesstheSunStorageTekcardBIOS,pressCtrlA:
TABLE42 RAIDHBACards
RAIDHBACards PressforBIOS
SunStorageTek CtrlA
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SunStorageTek CtrlA
LSI3081E CtrlC
ThesystemhasthepreinstalledOSonHD0.WhentheSolarisOSinstallationiscompleted,theoptiontoupgradeyoursinglediskOStoamirroredRAIDsolutionisavailable.
Theconfigurationprocedureisdifferentforeachsupportedcontrollercard.Forexample,aSunStorageTekHBAcardhasmanymoreoptionsforRAIDconfigurationthananLSIHBAcard.ConfiguretheRAIDdependingonyourneedsasshowninTABLE43.
NoteConfiguringtheSunFireX4250serverRAIDisoptional.BydefaultthepreinstalledSolarisimageisconfiguredinanonRAIDconfiguration.IfanythingotherthanabasicMirrorRAIDisrequired,itisrecommendedtoperformafreshinstallationoftheSolarisOperatingSystem(orotherOS)inthedesiredRAIDconfiguration.
TABLE43showstheRAIDdriveoptions.
TABLE43RAIDDriveOptions
SASCard DrivesSupported
RAIDConfigurationSupported DriveUsage
SunStorageTek
Seagate73GBSAS
Volume1disk
Fujitsu73GBSAS
RAID0stripe2diskminimum Noredundancy
Seagate146GBSAS
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 Seagate73GBSAS
IMIntegratedMirrorarray.2diskminimum,plusupto2hotsparedisks.
DataonPrimarydiskmightbemerged.
Fujitsu73GBSAS
IMEIntegratedMirrorEnhancedarray.3to8disksincludingupto2hotspares.
Alldatawillbedeletedduringcreation.
Seagate146GBSAS
ISIntegratedStripingarray.2to8disks. Alldatawillbedeletedduringcreation.
MirroringthePreinstalledSolarisOSWithLSIRAID
TheSolarisOSsupportshardwareRAIDandcannotbeinstalledonanexistingarrayifonehasbeencreated.RefertotheSunFireX4250ServerOperatingSystemInstallationGuideoranHBAcardproductguide.
IfyouchoosethepreinstalledSolarisOSandwanttomaketheOSpartofaRAIDset,andifyouareusingLSIRAIDonly,performthefollowingproceduretoupdatethepreinstalledSolarisOStoamirroredRAIDset.AsstatedinTABLE43,onlyIM(IntegratedMirror)allowsdataontheprimary
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harddiskdrive(HDD)tobepreservedormergedintoanarrayofdisks.
ThisexampleallowsthecreationofamirrorbeforeoraftertheSolarisinstallation.Theserverhas2disks:HDD0(withtheOS)andHDD1(whichisblank).
TocreateamirrorimageoftheSolarisOSonHDD1:
1.Poweronyourserversystemforthefirsttime.
2.PressCtrlCtoaccesstheLSIRAIDconfigurationutility.
3.SelecttheSAScardSAS1068E.PressEnter.
4.ChooseRAIDProperties.
5.CreateanIM(IntegratedMirror)fortherequireddiskconfiguration.
6.Selecttheharddiskstobeused.UsetherightarrowtomovethecursortotheRAIDcolumn,andpresstheSpacebartoincludeintoRAID.
7.BecauseHDD0containsdata,selectmergeordelete:
ChooseMtomergedataandstartasyncoperation.
ChooseDtoerasethepreinstalledSolarisOS.
8.PressCtocreatetheRAIDandstartthesyncoperation.
9.ClickExittosavetheconfigurationandclosethemenu.
10.PressEsctoexittheconfigurationutilityandreboot.
CreatingaRAIDSettoIncorporateaPreinstalledOSUsingtheSunStorageTekCard
TheSunStorageTekcardallowsyoutochoosefrommanyRAIDconfigurations.Howyouconfigureyoursystemdependsonyoursystemrequirementsandtheavailableharddiskdrivesinthesystem.ThefollowingexampleshowshowtomirrorthepreinstalledSolarisOS.Thisistherecommendedoption,andallremainingdisks(shouldtherebemorethan2)areincorporatedintoaDATARAIDsetusingtheavailableoptionsasshowninTABLE43.
YouwillneedtheSunFireX4250ServerToolsandDriversCD.
FollowthesestepstomirroryourconfiguredSolarisOS:
1.UsingyourSolarisServer,loginandstartXserver.
ThisgraphicaluserinterfaceisrequiredforStorageTekSoftwareManagement.
2.FromthesuppliedToolsandDriversCD,copytheStorMan.dsapplication,locatedinthe/mountpoint/RAIDmgmt/StorageTEK/Solarisdirectory,toanewdirectoryyouchooseonyourSolarisserver,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(itisdisplayedbyIPAddressofthePrimaryENETconnection).
Apromptappears.
9.Attheprompt,loginasroot,usingtheOSpasswordthatwasassignedduringinstallation.
10.ClicktheSUNSTKRAIDController.
AllattachedharddiskdrivesonEnclosure0and1appear.
TipHDD0(OS)shouldbeEnclosure0LogicalVolume1.
11.TomirrortheOS,rightclickLogicalDevice1andchooseExpandorChangeLogicalDevice.
12.ChoosetheappropriateRAIDoption(inthisexample,RAID1forMirror).
13.ChooseadisktomirrortheOSwith,fromthephysicaldisklist.
Selecttheharddiskdrivethatbestfitsyourneeds.
14.AfteryouselecttheHDD,clickNext,andthenviewtheconfigurationsummary.
15.ClickApplytostartthemirroringprocess.
YoucanalsoclickScheduletoperformthemirroringprocessatalatertime.
16.Onemoreconfirmationscreenisdisplayed,andwhenconfirmed,theOSwillbegintomirror.
Mirroringmaytakeseveralhours,dependingontheamountofdataandtheHDDsize.
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Solaris10OSUserInformationThissectionprovidespointerstoinformationabouttheSolaris10OS.
AccessingSolaris10UserDocumentation
YoucanaccessthevariouscollectionsoftheSolaris10OSuserdocumentationat:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris.10
Specifically,youcanaccesstheSolaris10OSReleaseandInstallationcollectionat:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1236.1
DownloadingSolaris10OSSoftware
IfyouneedtoinstalltheSolaris10OSorreinstalltheOSafterremovingit,youcandownloadtheCDorDVDimagefromthefollowingURL:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp
Solaris108/07istheminimumsupportedversionfortheSunFireX4250server.
SeetheSunFireX4250ServerOperatingSystemInstallationGuideforspecificinstructionsonSolaris10installation.
Solaris10OSTraining
Sunprovidesflexibletrainingoptionsthataccommodateyourpersonalscheduleandlearningstyle.Thetrainingoptionsincludeinstructorled,webbasedonline,CDROM,andLiveVirtualClasses.ForSolaris10TrainingandCertificationoptionsataglance,goto:http://www.sun.com/training/catalog/solaris10.html
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