Sun Microsystems Ultra 40 M2 Operating System Installation Manual
Sun Ultra™40 M2 Workstation
Operating System Installation
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Contents
Preface vii
1. Operating System Setup and Installation 1
Planning the Operating System Installation 1
Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk 3
Setting Up the BIOS for Operating System Installation 3
Setting Up the BIOS for the Windows XP Operating System 4
Setting up the BIOS for a Linux Operating 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 11
Installing Windows XP Operating System Drivers 12
Installing RAID Drivers Using the XPReburn Script 13
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Installing RAID Drivers Using a Boot Diskette 14
Installing NVIDIA Display and Chipset Drivers for Windows XP 16
Installing Infineon TPM and RealTek Audio Drivers 17
Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images 18
Creating a 32-bit Windows XP
(Service Pack 2) RIS Image 19
Creating the Windows XP SP2 32-bit Image on the RIS Server 19
Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image 20
Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Settings Files 21
Creating 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 Software 33
Configuring Solaris 10 Operating System Software 33
Licensing Information 34
Disk Configuration 34
Planning the Solaris Installation 34
Configuring the Preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System 35
Setting Up Preinstalled Development Software 37
Sun Studio 11 Software 37
Sun Java Studio Creator 2 38
Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 Software 39
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NetBeans IDE 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
Contents v
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Preface
The Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide contains the
information required to configure the Solaris™ 10, Linux, and Windows operating
systems on your workstation.
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CHAPTER
1
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:
■ “Planning the Operating System Installation” on page 1
■ “Setting Up the 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 CD.
Planning the Operating System Installation
FIGURE 1-1 shows the process flow for installing an operating system on your
workstation.
1
START
Power on the workstation.
Use a
preinstalled
Ye s
operating
system?
No
Is there
space on the
hard disk for
installation?
Ye s
Is this a
Windows XP
installation?
No
Ye s
See the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Installation Guide,
820-0121
Configure the
preinstalled
operating
See “Configuring Solaris 10 Operating System
Software” on page 33.
system.
Use the
Tools and
Drivers CD to
erase
See “Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk”
on page 3.
the primary
Set up the
BIOS for a
Windows XP
See “Setting Up the BIOS for Operating Sys-
tem Installation” on page 3.
installation.
No
(Optional) Enable RAID Support.
Install the operating system.
See “Enabling SATA RAID Support” on page 4
See “Installing the Operating System” on page 8.
If installing Red Hat Linux,
run the up2date utility.
Install the drivers from the Tools and Drivers CD.
See “Running the up2date Utility” on page 9
See “Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Parti-
tion” on page 9.
Install or enable additional software.
See “Configuring SLI Support” on page 29 or “Download-
ing Sun N1 Grid Engine” on page 31.
READY TO WORK!
FIGURE 1-1 Operating System Installation Process
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Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk
If you do not have enough space on the boot partition to install an operating system,
or would like to remove the preinstalled operating system, there is an Erase Primary
Boot Hard Disk option on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD.
This enables you to erase other installed operating systems to make room for the
new installation.
Caution – Selecting the Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk option from the Tools and
Drivers CD erases all partitions on the hard drive, with the exception of the
diagnostic partition. All user 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, except
for the diagnostic partition. The diagnostic partition, if it is present, remains
untouched.
Setting Up the BIOS for Operating System Installation
If you plan to install an operating system onto the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation, you
need to make sure that the BIOS is set up correctly before installing the software.
This section includes instructions for setting up the BIOS for the Windows XP, Linux,
and Solaris 10.
Chapter 1 Operating System Setup and Installation 3
Setting Up the BIOS for the Windows XP Operating System
If you are installing the Windows XP operating system, you will need to change the
Installed O/S option to Windows.
To set up the BIOS:
1. Power on the workstation and press the F2 key at the Sun logo screen to enter the
BIOS Setup menu.
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Change the Installed O/S option to Windows.
4. Press the F10 key to save your changes and exit the BIOS.
Setting up the BIOS for a Linux Operating System or Solaris 10 Operating System
The default for the Installed O/S option is Others. If the default has not 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 logo screen to enter the
BIOS Setup menu.
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Change the Installed O/S option to Others.
4. Press the F10 key to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility.
Enabling SATA RAID Support
The Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation can accommodate up to eight drives for the
following Windows XP SP2 32-bit and Windows XP 64-bit RAID array
configurations:
■ Two drives with RAID 0 or 1
■ Four drives or more with Spanning, Stripe-mirroring, and RAID5
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To enable RAID support for the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation, you need to configure
the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation BIOS and the NVRAID BIOS. This procedure also
includes instructions for creating a diagnostic partition for a RAID configuration.
Configuring RAID
To configure RAID:
1. Configure RAID in the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation BIOS.
a. Reboot the workstation and press the F2 key at the Sun logo screen to enter the
BIOS Setup menu.
b. Select the Advanced tab from the main menu.
c. Select Integrated Devices.
d. 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: "Would you like to clear
the disk? Select Yes or No.”
c. Choose No and press Ctrl-X to save your changes.
Creating the Diagnostic Partition on the RAID Disk
To create the diagnostic partition:
1. Insert the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD and reboot the
workstation.
2. At the Tools and Drivers CD menu screen, select 1 to load the Pc-Check
Diagnostics.
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