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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*




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:




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:



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



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



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%




RAID5EE4driveminimum 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



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.



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.



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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