Chapter 1
Preparing for Installation
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Accesing Online Documentation
The most up-to-date information for Sun Fire V445 Server is available online at the
following URL:
http://www.sun.com/documentation
Click through to the Sun Fire V445 documentation from the main documentation
web site.
In addition to this guide, the following documents are available on the
documentation web site:
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Sun Fire V445 Server Safety Information
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Sun Fire V445 Server Product Notes
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Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Guide
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Sun Fire V445 Server Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide
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Sun Fire V445 Server Parts Installation and Removal Guide
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Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) 1.6 Online Help
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Sun Safety and Compliance Manual
Planning the Installation
The Sun Fire V445 server is a general-purpose server. How you set up your server
depends on what you want it to do.
This set of installation procedures is intended to be as general as possible, to
accommodate the variety of uses to which you can apply the server. Even so, you
need to make certain decisions to complete the procedures. If you need background
information to help you answer the following two questions, see the
Sun Fire V445
Server Administration Guide
.
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On which network or networks do you intend to operate the server?
You need to provide specific networking information about the server when you
install the Solaris OS.
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How do you want to use and configure the server’s internal disks?
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What software do you intend to load?
Software included in the Solaris Media Kit or other software products can impose
certain disk space or disk partitioning requirements. Refer to the documentation
accompanying the Solaris software to determine those requirements.
