Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers Part number 455522-003 Third edition 11/2009
Architecture of an installation 10 Architecture of an installation This chapter describes the components, processes, and general architecture of
Architecture of an installation 11 Miniroot A Solaris miniroot is a compressed disk image of a Unix File System (UFS) root file system that is s
Architecture of an installation 12 DHCP server A Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is required to provide systems with network c
Architecture of an installation 13 Additional drivers Every new ProLiant generation is enhanced with newer device technologies, and ProLiant ser
Architecture of an installation 14 JumpStart JumpStart configuration for ProLiant servers is similar to configuration of other vendor platforms,
Architecture of an installation 15 Flash archives Flash archives can be used in ProLiant deployment. The primary consideration when using flash
Deployment planning 16 Deployment planning Solaris installations proceed through three phases: boot, configuration, and software installation. E
Deployment planning 17 Configuration methods For Solaris deployments, use of JumpStart profiles and sysidcfg(4) files is the recommended method
Deployment planning 18 Implementing an Rapid Deployment Pack -initiated deployment Rapid Deployment Pack -initiated deployments require the foll
Deployment tasks 19 Deployment tasks This chapter describes common deployment tasks. For information about using one or more of these tasks to c
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Deployment tasks 20 Preparing the install server In the following procedure, the installation media is assumed to be mounted at /mnt, and the in
Deployment tasks 21 Miniroot preparation This section describes the procedure for customizing a miniroot and provides an example set of modifica
Deployment tasks 22 NOTE: For Solaris 5/09, a known issue prevents drivers from being installed in the miniroot. If disks attached to a HP Sma
Deployment tasks 23 JumpStart preparation This section describes some prerequisites for preparing JumpStart that are specific to ProLiant. For m
Deployment tasks 24 Rapid Deployment Pack When deploying Solaris using Rapid Deployment Pack, a small, non-Solaris partition is created on the b
Deployment tasks 25 ○ Contents of the sysidcfg file: system_locale=en_US.UTF-8 name_service=none network_interface=if {dhcp protocol_ipv6=no} s
Deployment tasks 26 DHCP/PXE preparation DHCP administration is a complex subject, much of which is beyond the scope of this guide. However, PXE
Deployment tasks 27 Preparing the DHCP/PXE server 1. Configure the DHCP server as follows: a. Start the DHCP Manager by entering the following
Deployment tasks 28 − ethmac is the Ethernet MAC address of the client, in the form aa:bb:cc:dd:ee − installpath is the NFS path to the Instal
Deployment tasks 29 Overview of Rapid Deployment Pack server preparation Deployments of Solaris based on Rapid Deployment Pack are modeled after
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Deployment tasks 30 3. Import the example job included in the resource kit (examples/rdp/deploy-sol.bin) to the deployment server console. 4.
Deployment tasks 31 Booting Solaris from GRUB This section provides an overview of and describes the options for booting Solaris from GRUB. Syno
Deployment tasks 32 Examples: booting Solaris from GRUB NOTE: In the following examples, the kernel line is shown broken into multiple lines.
Deployment tasks 33 Custom bootable ISO image creation This section describes a procedure for creating a custom bootable ISO image with a modifi
Optional configuration tasks 34 Optional configuration tasks This chapter details optional configuration tasks specific to ProLiant servers. Ena
Optional configuration tasks 35 # metainit d0 -m d10 # metaroot d0 Use the metaroot d0 command only on the root slice. 5. Mirror the swap slic
Optional configuration tasks 36 /dev/md/dsk/d6 /dev/md/rdsk/d6 /opt ufs 2 yes nosuid,logging swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes - 11. Reboot the system. #
Optional configuration tasks 37 4. Detach the mirror: metadetach
Troubleshooting 38 Troubleshooting This chapter describes common problems and probable causes, known issues, and provides general troubleshootin
Troubleshooting 39 information, please refer to advisory http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&ta
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Troubleshooting 40 iLO boot hang Solaris becomes unresponsive intermittently, but frequently at boot, just after the Solaris copyright banner ap
Troubleshooting 41 # svcadm disable sma # perl -pi -e 's/\/usr\/sfw\/sbin\/snmpd/\/usr\/sfw\/sbin\/i86\/snmpd/' > /lib/svc/metho
Troubleshooting 42 System panics and reboots during installation • OS releases affected—Solaris 10 10/08, 5/09 • Servers affected—HP ProLiant
Troubleshooting 43 • Workaround—Remove file /tmp/AdDrEm.lck file from the miniroot before adding the CPQary3 driver package, or any other drive
Troubleshooting 44 For example, ifconfig(1M) can be used to verify network parameters and ping(1M) can be used to test network connectivity to a
Troubleshooting 45 If booting from PXE, verify add_install_client(1M) and dhtadm(1M) usage. The Ethernet MAC address given to add_install_client
Troubleshooting 46 • 252—The sol.sh script was unable to copy multiboot and/or x86.miniroot to the temporary disk partition. • 253—The sol.sh
Troubleshooting 47 Installation succeeds but server fails to boot If the system is not booting to GRUB, verify the standard boot order and boot
Additional documentation 48 Additional documentation This section provides technical support information. Where to go for additional help While
Additional documentation 49 • GRUB and the Solaris Operating System on x86 Platforms – A Guide to Creating a Customized Boot DVD, at http://www
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Glossary 50 Glossary Deployment server The component of an Rapid Deployment Pack environment that provides the foundation for deploying and man
Glossary 51 Sysidcfg(4) A file that provides the system identification information such as root password, networking parameters, time zone, and
Index 52 Index A about this guide, 6 additional drivers, 13 AMD memory scrubber, 40 applicable OS versions, 6 applicable servers, 6 B basic ins
Index 53 DiskSuite, 34 drivers additional ProLiant, 13 E Embedded Ethernet not configured, 42 Enabling iLO virtual serial port Optional configur
Index 54 R Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP), 14 Rapid Deployment Pack job fails, 45 Rapid Deployment Pack preparation overview, 29 prerequisites, 29
Introduction 6 Introduction This guide describes requirements for Solaris installation that are specific to ProLiant, how to apply Solaris deplo
Introduction 7 Table 1 Applicable HP ProLiant servers BL280c G6 DL320 G5p DL320 G6 Using this guide For effective use of this guide, follow t
Basic installations 8 Basic installations This chapter covers basic ProLiant deployments using the Solaris media. For more information on other
Basic installations 9 Installing Solaris interactively The following procedure for installing Solaris on a ProLiant server might require adaptat
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