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HOW TO INSTALL SOLARIS 10 ×86 ON HP PROLIANT BL460C G6 – PART V


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Network configuration is ready, now we will install “Solaris JumpStart Installation Server”.

PART I
PART II
PART III
PART IV

 

# mkdir -p /Install/Solaris10/

# mkdir /Install/jumpstart

# /cdrom/sol_10_1009_x86/Solaris_10/Tools/setup_install_server /Install/Solaris10/

Now is necessary to customize Solaris 10 install miniroot image to include in it HP Proliant BL460c G6 2 drivers:

 

Broadcom  BCM57710/BCM57711/BCM57711E 10 GigE Driver from BRCMbnxe-4.8.11-solaris10-i386.tar.gz file

HP Smart Array Controller Drive from CPQary3-2.3.0-solaris10-i386.tar.gz file.

Both of this files you can download from HP drivers web site or direct from this link.

 

1) Unpack miniroot image files for each architecture – x86 and amd64:

#/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive unpack /Install/Solaris10/boot/x86.miniroot /var/tmp/x86.miniroot

# rm /var/tmp/x86.miniroot/tmp/AdDrEm.lck

#/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive unpack /Install/Solaris10/boot/amd64/x86.miniroot /var/tmp/amd64.miniroot

# rm /var/tmp/amd64.miniroot/tmp/AdDrEm.lck

2) Unpack HP Proliant BL460c G6 Network and RAID controller drivers in to /var/tmp/Drivers:

# unrar HP_Proliant_BL460c_G6.rar in to /tmp

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How to install Solaris 10 x86 on HP Proliant BL460c G6 – part IV


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After success install Solaris 10 x86 64bit we will begin configuring it and Installing "Solaris JumpStart Install Server" for x86pc architecture with DHCP net boot mode support.

This is our example configuration:

IP address of install server: 10.0.0.2

Netmask: 255.255.255.0

Default gateway: 10.0.0.1

 

1) Lets correct /etc/hosts file

After first boot our “/etc/hosts” file will be contain bellow records:

#
# Internet host table
#
::1     localhost       loghost installserver
127.0.0.1    localhost   loghost installserver

 

To stopping warning messages in console from sendmail related to domain name we will add hostname with domain name at the end of last record:

 

127.0.0.1  localhost   loghost installserver   installserver.domain.com

To determine NIC name in Solaris we well user command:

#dladm show-dev

Output must be like this:

vmxnet3s0    link: up    speed: 10000 Mbps   duplex: full

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How to install Solaris 10 x86 on HP Proliant BL460c G6 – part III


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In this PART III I will provide information about Installation Solaris 10 x86 64bit in VMware Guest machine.

PART I
PART II
PART IV
PART V
 Pic. 1.Solaris Install DVD boot menu Pic. 2. Installation choice mode menu
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How to install Solaris 10 x86 on HP Proliant BL460c G6 – part II


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After successfully installing and launching vSphere, log in to vSphere console and create default new Solaris 10 32bit profile:

PART I
PART III
PART IV
PART V
Pic. 1. to login choice “Use windows session credentials”. Pic. 2. Login in progress
vmware_vsphere_main1 vmware_vsphere_main2

 

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How to install solaris 10 x86 on HP Proliant BL460c G6 – part I


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Today I will provide necessary information to pre-configuring VMware machine for Solaris 10 x86 on VMware vSphere.

First for all you must install VMware vSphere Data Center Management system and hot it necessary to do you can find in follow resources:

PART II
PART III
PART IV
PART V

 

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The best platform for building cloud infrastructures
VMware vSphere™, the industry’s first cloud operating system, leverages the power of virtualization to
transform datacenters into dramatically simplified cloud computing infrastructures and enables IT organizations
to deliver the next generation of flexible and reliable IT services, using internal and external resources, securely
and with low risk.
Key Features and Benefits Summary
VMware vSphere™ is the industry’s first cloud operating system comprising of the following groups of
components:

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resources, aggregate them and allocate them precisely on demand to applications based on business priority.

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running on VMware vSphere™, regardless of application type or operating system.

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