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Operating System Setup and
Installation

This chapter includes information about installing an operating system on your
workstation if you do not want to use the preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System.

It includes information about the following topics:

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“Planning the Operating System Installation” on page 1

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“Setting Up the BIOS for Operating System Installation” on page 3

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“Installing the Operating System” on page 8

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“Running the up2date Utility” on page 9

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“Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition” on page 9

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“Enabling SATA RAID Support” on page 4

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“Configuring SLI Support” on page 29

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“Downloading Sun N1 Grid Engine” on page 31

Diagnostics software is also included on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and
Drivers CD.

Planning the Operating System
Installation

FIGURE 1-1

shows the process flow for installing an operating system on your

workstation.

Summary of Contents for Ultra 40 M2

Page 1: ...crosystems Inc www sun com Submit comments about this document at http www sun com hwdocs feedback Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide Part No 819 7577 10 November 2006 Revision A ...

Page 2: ...yright 2006 Sun Microsystems Inc 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara Californie 95054 Etats Unis Tous droits réservés Sun Microsystems Inc a les droits de propriété intellectuels relatants à la technologie qui est décrit dans ce document En particulier et sans la limitation ces droits de propriété intellectuels peuvent inclure un ou plus des brevets américains énumérés à http www sun com patents et un...

Page 3: ...ng System or Solaris 10 Operating System 4 Enabling SATA RAID Support 4 Configuring RAID 5 Creating the Diagnostic Partition on the RAID Disk 5 Configuring SAS RAID With an LSI SAS Card 6 Installing the Operating System 8 Running the up2date Utility 9 Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition 9 Installing Linux Operating System Drivers 10 Installing Solaris Operating System Drivers ...

Page 4: ...ting a 64 bit Windows XP RIS Image 24 Installing Windows XP 64 bit onto the RIS Server 24 Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image 25 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Settings Files 25 Installing a RIS Image onto a Client Workstation 28 Configuring SLI Support 29 Enabling SLI for Windows XP 29 Enabling SLI for Linux 30 Downloading Sun N1 Grid Engine 31 2 Setting Up the Preinstalled...

Page 5: ... 0 ML 39 Restoring and Backing Up Preinstalled Software 39 Backing Up and Restoring the Solaris OS 39 Restoring Solaris Preinstalled Software 40 Backing Up the Preinstalled Image to Another Hard Drive 40 Hard Drive Mirroring 40 ...

Page 6: ...vi Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide November 2006 ...

Page 7: ...ion Guide contains the information required to configure the Solaris 10 Linux and Windows operating systems on your workstation Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine name C shell superuser machine name Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser ...

Page 8: ...ish documentation is revised more frequently and might be more up to date than the translated documentation Typeface The settings on your browser might differ from these settings Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands files and directories onscreen computer output Edit your login file Use ls a to list all files You have mail AaBbCc123 What you type when contrasted with onscreen computer ...

Page 9: ...or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content goods or services that are available on or through such sites or resources Sun Function URL Description Hardware Documentation http www sun com documentation Sun hardware documentation Software Documentation http docs sun com Solaris and other software documentation Warranty http www sun com service support warranty...

Page 10: ...ts Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions You can submit your comments by going to http www sun com hwdocs feedback Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Operating System Guide 819 7577 ...

Page 11: ...BIOS for Operating System Installation on page 3 Installing the Operating System on page 8 Running the up2date Utility on page 9 Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition on page 9 Enabling SATA RAID Support on page 4 Configuring SLI Support on page 29 Downloading Sun N1 Grid Engine on page 31 Diagnostics software is also included on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers...

Page 12: ...dows XP installation Set up the BIOS for a Windows XP installation See Setting Up the BIOS for Operating Sys tem Installation on page 3 See Running the up2date Utility on page 9 Install the drivers from the Tools and Drivers CD See Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Parti tion on page 9 Is there space on the hard disk for installation Use the Tools and Drivers CD to erase the primary S...

Page 13: ...r data is lost Be sure to back up all data on the hard drive before performing this action To erase the primary boot hard disk 1 Back up all data that you want to save on the hard drive 2 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the workstation 3 When the main menu appears select the following 3 Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk This option erases all partitions currently located on the primary hard drive ...

Page 14: ... been changed you do not need to perform this setup for a Solaris or Linux operating system If the BIOS Installed O S option has been changed from the default you will need to set up the BIOS for Linux operating systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise SLED 10 or the Solaris 10 Operating System To set up the BIOS 1 Power on the workstation and press the F2 key at the Sun ...

Page 15: ... Select NVRAID configuration e Change the NVRAID Configuration to Enable f Enable RAID on the channels displayed that have disks g Press the F10 key to save your change and exit the BIOS 2 Configure RAID in the NVRAID BIOS a Press the F10 key during POST to enter the NVRAID Setup utility b Select 0 1 0 1 Spanning or RAID5 to create a RAID array During the configuration a dialog box appears stating...

Page 16: ...and reboot the workstation with the Tools and Drivers CD inserted b At the menu screen select 3 to run the Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk utility This utility erases all partitions on the disk c Return to Step 2 above to create the diagnostic partition Configuring SAS RAID With an LSI SAS Card To configure SAS RAID with an LSI SAS card 1 Press Ctrl C to access the SAS controller configuration utilit...

Page 17: ...AID array Note You will be receive a warning message about losing the data on the disk If you are selecting a mirror on the first disk you select you will be asked if you want to keep the data and have it synchronized in the mirror c Press C to create the RAID array d Select Save Changes and then exit this menu 6 Exit the configuration utility ...

Page 18: ...t 64 bit Update 4 RHEL 3 32 bit 64 bit Update 8 SUSE Linux Enterprise SLED10 64 bit Windows XP 32 bit SP2 Windows XP 64 bit SP1 Instructions for installing these operating systems are packaged in the media sets that are provided with the operating system software If you are installing Windows XP software and you plan to set up a RAID configuration on your workstation you will need to install the R...

Page 19: ...the operating system run the installation script provided on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD to install the drivers that correspond to your operating system You also need to run the installation script to mount the diagnostic partition for all supported operating systems if you have created a new diagnostic partition The diagnostic partition cannot be mounted on a workstation ...

Page 20: ...d to mount the CD and change to the correct directory as shown in Step 3 and Step 4 If you were able to access the operating_system directory go to Step 5 3 If the CD does not automount open a terminal window and mount the CD by typing the following command Where mountpoint is the appropriate mount point for the OS and optical drive type For example 4 Change to the mountpoint drivers linux operati...

Page 21: ...ng SLI Support on page 29 Installing Solaris Operating System Drivers To install the drivers and mount the diagnostic partition when running the Solaris 10 Operating System if the Solaris Operating System is not preinstalled 1 Log in to the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation as superuser 2 Insert the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD into the DVD drive The CD is automounted by the Solaris ...

Page 22: ...The order of Windows XP driver installation is as follows 1 If you plan to use the workstation RAID functionality install the NVRAID drivers before installing the operating system by using one of the following methods Installing RAID Drivers Using the XPReburn Script on page 13 Installing RAID Drivers Using a Boot Diskette on page 14 2 Install the operating system 3 Using the Tools and Drivers CD ...

Page 23: ...following A system running Solaris Operating System for x86 Systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLED 10 Access to a CD burner A blank CD R or CD RW A Windows XP Professional installation CD retail media only not an OEM version A Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD To create a Windows XP CD with the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation drivers 1 On a system S...

Page 24: ... Installing NVIDIA Display and Chipset Drivers for Windows XP on page 16 Installing RAID Drivers Using a Boot Diskette This section explains how to create a boot diskette for the NVIDIA RAID drivers using the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD and how to install the drivers onto your workstation To install the NVIDIA RAID drivers using a boot diskette you need the following A system ...

Page 25: ...gured for RAID operation See Enabling SATA RAID Support on page 4 2 Attach a USB diskette drive to the workstation 3 Insert a Windows XP 32 bit or 64 bit installation CD into the DVD drive 4 Press the F6 key to install the third party RAID driver 5 Press the S key and the Enter key to specify additional drivers and insert the diskette created in Creating a Boot Diskette for NVIDIA RAID Drivers on ...

Page 26: ...rivers CD into the DVD drive 2 If necessary Install the chipset drivers a Change to the appropriate directory on the Tools and Drivers CD by typing the following command Where OS is XP32 or XP64 b Double click the executable file c Follow the instructions in the installation software 3 Install the display drivers a Change to the appropriate directory on the Tools and Drivers CD by typing the follo...

Page 27: ...VD drive 2 Change to the Tools and Drivers CD directory by typing the following Where OS is XP32 or XP64 3 Unzip the tpm_sp1_x x x zip file 4 Double click the setup exe file 5 Follow the instructions in the wizzard to install the drivers Installing RealTek Audio Drivers Installation To install the RealTek Audio drivers 1 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DVD drive 2 Go to the Tools and Driv...

Page 28: ...he Remote Installation Service RIS server for the following operating systems Windows XP SP2 32 bit Windows XP 64 bit Note For best results once created you can install the images on a client workstation This section covers the following topics Section Creating a 32 bit Windows XP Service Pack 2 RIS Image on page 1 19 Section Creating a 64 bit Windows XP RIS Image on page 1 24 Section Installing a...

Page 29: ...icrosoft com default aspx scid kb en us 325862 Creating the Windows XP SP2 32 bit Image on the RIS Server To copy Windows XP SP2 32 bit onto the RIS server do the following steps Note Click Next or Finished in each screen to advance to the next screen 1 Insert the Windows XP SP2 32 bit CD into the RIS server s CDROM drive 2 In the Start menu select Run 3 To start the RIS setup program type the fol...

Page 30: ...n click Finished 12 After the image installs to the server click Done Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image To add the NVIDIA Ethernet drivers to the Windows XP SP2 32 bit CD image on the RIS server 1 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the RIS server s CDROM drive 2 Type the commands below to accomplish the following actions Copy the Windows XP SP2 32 bit RIS NVIDIA Ethernet dri...

Page 31: ...the RIS server Note The ristndrd sif file is located in the following directory on the RIS server ris_partition RemoteInstall Setup Englsh Images image_dir i386 templates 1 Change these entries in the ristndrd sif file to read as follows 2 Remove the following entry from the ristndrd sif file Unattended OemPreinstall yes GuiUnattended AdminPassword desired password Identification JoinDomain MACHIN...

Page 32: ...e Tools and Drivers CD to the oem directory tree type the following commands Unattended DriverSigningPolicy Ignore OemPnPDriversPath drivers nic drivers sata_ide drivers smbus MassStorageDrivers Nvidia RAID CLASS DRIVER required OEM Nvidia nForce Storage Controller required OEM OEMBootFiles nvatabus sys nvraid cat nvraid inf nvraid sys txtsetup oem UserData ProductKey XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX...

Page 33: ...ections 8 To enable the RIS server to distribute the RIS image you created type the following commands c copy cdrom_drive drivers windows xp32 chipset zip c temp c unzip c temp nfref_918_wxp zip c temp nfref_918_wxp c copy c temp nfref_918_wxp ide winxp sataraid dll ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem OemDir c copy c temp nfref_918_wxp ide winxp sataraid ris_partition re...

Page 34: ...To copy the Windows XP 64 bit CD onto the RIS server Note Click Next or Finished in each screen to advance to the next screen 1 Insert the Windows XP 64 bit CD into the RIS server s CDROM drive 2 In the Start menu select Run 3 To start the RIS setup program type the following command 4 In the Welcome to the Remote Installation Services Setup Wizard screen click Next 5 In the Remote Installation Se...

Page 35: ... and Drivers CD into the RIS server s CDROM drive 2 Type the commands below to accomplish the following actions Copy the Windows XP 64 bit RIS NVIDIA Ethernet driver zip package to the RIS server Unzip the Ethernet driver zip package Copy the files to the RIS image Where cdrom_drive is the CDROM drive on the RIS server image_dir is the image directory and ris_partition is the drive where the RIS i...

Page 36: ...the oem directory for the RIS image type the following command Unattended OemPreinstall yes GuiUnattended AdminPassword desired password Identification JoinDomain MACHINEDOMAIN DoOldStyleDomainJoin Yes Unattended DriverSigningPolicy Ignore OemPnPDriversPath drivers nic drivers sata_ide drivers smbus MassStorageDrivers Nvidia RAID CLASS DRIVER required OEM Nvidia nForce Storage Controller required ...

Page 37: ...textmode 1 drivers nic sata_ide smbus OemDir c copy cdrom_drive drivers windows xp64 chipset zip c temp c unzip c temp nfref_918_wxp64 zip c temp nfref_918_wxp64 c copy c temp nfref_918_wxp64 ide winxp sataraid dll ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem OemDir c copy c temp nfref_918_wxp64 ide winxp sataraid ris_partition remoteinstall setup english images image_dir oem tex...

Page 38: ...ge you created type the following commands Installing a RIS Image onto a Client Workstation This section describes how to install a RIS image onto a client workstation using PXE boot To install a RIS image onto a client workstation 1 Power on or reboot the workstation 2 During POST press the F12 key to enter PXE The workstation looks for the RIS server on the network 3 Type your name and password ...

Page 39: ...The following graphics cards are supported for Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation SLI operation FX3500 FX5500 If these cards are already installed in your workstation the SLI connector will be already installed Enabling SLI for Windows XP To enable SLI for Windows XP 1 Install the NVIDIA graphics driver located on the Tools and Drivers CD if it is not previously installed See Installing Windows XP Operat...

Page 40: ...inux Operating System Drivers on page 10 3 Type the command This will modify the X configuration file automatically 4 Reboot the workstation Refer to the readme for more information on configuring the different operation modes in either of the following locations On the hard drive after the display drivers are installed usr share doc NVIDIA_GLX 1 0 readme txt On the Tools and Drivers CD at drivers...

Page 41: ...dware By using N1 Grid Engine s market leading functionality you can increase your systems productivity by leveraging unused compute cycles for power hungry applications The ability to incorporate thousands of workstations with N1 Grid Engine enables enterprises to significantly increase the utilization of compute resources for enhanced productivity increased utilization and to save money by stret...

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Page 43: ...g topics Configuring Solaris 10 Operating System Software on page 33 Setting Up Preinstalled Development Software on page 37 Restoring and Backing Up Preinstalled Software on page 39 Configuring Solaris 10 Operating System Software This section describes how to configure the Solaris 10 operating system The following topics in this section include Licensing Information on page 34 Disk Configuration...

Page 44: ...as been preinstalled is as follows Hard drive root partition 14 0 Gbytes Hard drive swap partition 2 0 Gbytes Hard drive var partition 6 0 Gbytes Hard drive export partition remainder of the disk Planning the Solaris Installation FIGURE 2 1 Solaris Software Installation Process Power on the workstation READY TO WORK START Yes See the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Installation Guide 820 0121 For inst...

Page 45: ...e you begin Check with your SA about whether some of the information is available on your network 3 When you have finished with the configuration the workstation reboots The workstation displays the login window in which you can enter your user name and password to log in and begin using the workstation Note In order to access the icons for the preinstalled development software you will need to ch...

Page 46: ...service to use NIS NIS DNS LDAP or None Note This window is not displayed if the workstation is not connected to a network Domain Name NIS or NIS domain for this workstation Note This window is not displayed if the workstation is not using the NIS or NIS service Name Server Subnet Subnet Mask Name server specify the server or have the workstation find one on a local subnet Note This window is not ...

Page 47: ...nvironment for developing reliable scalable high performance applications using C C and Fortran for the Solaris Operating System The software package includes compilers performance analysis tools and a powerful debugger as well as an integrated development environment IDE The Sun Studio 11 IDE provides modules for creating editing building debugging and analyzing the performance of a C C or Fortra...

Page 48: ... Java application development This product combines the power of 100 Java standards with simplified visual development techniques to give developers the most effective most productive way to build applications in the Java environment The Java Studio Creator environment has been designed and tested to meet the needs of skilled developers whose primary concern is rapid turnaround of business critica...

Page 49: ...lowing web site for more information on NetBeans IDE 5 0 http www netbeans org kb 50 index html Restoring and Backing Up Preinstalled Software Your workstation comes preconfigured with the Solaris 10 Operating System developer software and other applications The preinstalled OS is preconfigured with drivers required to support the workstation s hardware The Solaris 10 6 06 OS or a later compatible...

Page 50: ...he Solaris 10 System Administration Guide To obtain this guide refer to the following web site http docs sun com Hard Drive Mirroring To perform hard drive mirroring using the Solaris 10 operating environment use the Solaris Volume Manager For information about the Solaris Volume Manager see the Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide at http docs sun com Software Package Download Site Sun Stu...

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