Table Of Contents - HP Dl180 - G6 E5504 2X2gb 4Lff Svr Deployment Manual

Sun solaris 10 deployment guide for hp proliant servers

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Contents

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 6

Applicable servers and OS versions .............................................................................................................. 6

Using this guide .......................................................................................................................................... 7

Basic installations ................................................................................................................................. 8

Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................................... 8

Installing Solaris interactively ........................................................................................................................ 9

Architecture of an installation ............................................................................................................... 10

General process flow ................................................................................................................................ 10

Primary installation components .................................................................................................................. 10

GRUB ................................................................................................................................................. 10

Miniroot .............................................................................................................................................. 11

Configuration information ..................................................................................................................... 11

Packages ............................................................................................................................................ 11

Network deployment infrastructure .............................................................................................................. 11

DHCP server ........................................................................................................................................ 12

TFTP server .......................................................................................................................................... 12

JumpStart server ................................................................................................................................... 12

Install server ........................................................................................................................................ 12

Deploying ProLiant servers ......................................................................................................................... 12

Additional drivers ................................................................................................................................ 13

Miniroot .............................................................................................................................................. 13

JumpStart ............................................................................................................................................ 14

iLO virtual media ................................................................................................................................. 14

Rapid Deployment Pack ........................................................................................................................ 14

Flash archives ...................................................................................................................................... 15

Deployment resource kit ........................................................................................................................ 15

Deployment planning .......................................................................................................................... 16

Selecting a deployment strategy ................................................................................................................. 16

Boot methods....................................................................................................................................... 16

Configuration methods ......................................................................................................................... 17

Software delivery methods .................................................................................................................... 17

Implementing a PXE boot-based deployment ................................................................................................ 17

Implementing an Rapid Deployment Pack -initiated deployment ..................................................................... 18

Implementing a custom ISO boot-based deployment ..................................................................................... 18

Deployment tasks ............................................................................................................................... 19

Install server preparation ........................................................................................................................... 19

Prerequisites for preparing an install server ............................................................................................. 19

Preparing the install server .................................................................................................................... 20

Miniroot preparation ................................................................................................................................. 21

Prerequisites for preparing a miniroot .................................................................................................... 21

Preparing a miniroot ............................................................................................................................ 21

JumpStart preparation ............................................................................................................................... 23

Overview of JumpStart preparation ........................................................................................................ 23

Prerequisites for JumpStart preparation ................................................................................................... 23

Example: JumpStart preparation ............................................................................................................ 24

DHCP/PXE preparation ............................................................................................................................. 26

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