Sun Microsystems Sun Blade X6440 s, Installation Manual

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Chapter 1 Getting Started 3
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A primary consideration during installation is providing the mass storage drivers
for the disk controller used with the Sun Blade X6440 server modules. The
Microsoft Windows Server media does not contain the mass storage drivers
needed for operating system installation.
Windows requires that the mass storage drivers be delivered via a floppy
diskette. The Windows installation program can only read mass storage drivers
from diskette drive A. Other devices such as CD/DVD or USB flash drives are not
supported for mass storage driver delivery.
There are three methods that can be used to deliver the drivers for Windows
Server installation:
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Use a physical USB diskette drive connected to a USB dongle connector with at
least two ports to connect to the front slot of the Sun Blade X6440 server
module.
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Use RKVMS
1
to redirect the diskette device to a physical diskette drive on
another system that is hosting the JavaRConsole
2
(JavaRConsole system).
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Use RKVMS to redirect the diskette device to a diskette image file on another
system that is hosting the JavaRConsole.
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There are also three different methods that can be used to deliver the Windows
Server media for installation:
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Use a physical USB CD drive connected to a USB dongle connector with at
least two ports to connect to the front slot of the Sun Blade X6440 server
module.
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Use RKVMS to redirect the CD drive to a physical CD drive on the
JavaRConsole system.
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Use RKVMS to redirect the CD drive to a Windows CD image on the
JavaRConsole system.
Depending on the methods chosen, a USB hub with a minimum of 2 ports may be
required.
If you use the RKVMS method for any of these installations, you will need to refer to
the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) documentation for details on setting
up the hardware needed for the installation
. (Note that there are multiple versions of
ILOM, be sure to refer to the guide that matches your server’s installed version of
ILOM.)
1. RKVMS –Remote Keyboard, Video, Mouse, Storage. Allows redirection of the server keyboard, video output,
mouse and storage devices via a networked system.
2. JavaRConsole – ILOM Remote Console application run from a networked system.