SMCC Hardware Platform Guide Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98
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SMCC Hardware Platform Guide Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 Includes information about installing software from the Solaris CD Sun Microsystems 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 U.S.A. Part No. 805-4170-10 May 1998, Revision A Copyright 1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California 94303-4900 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors, if any. Third-party software, including font technology, is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers. Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems, licensed from the University of California. UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd. 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Sun reconnaît les efforts de pionniers de Xerox pour la recherche et le développement du concept des interfaces d’utilisation visuelle ou graphique pour l’industrie de l’informatique. Sun détient une licence non exclusive de Xerox sur l’interface d’utilisation graphique Xerox, cette licence couvrant également les licenciés de Sun qui mettent en place l’interface d’utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre se conforment aux licences écrites de Sun. CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE "EN L’ETAT" ET AUCUNE GARANTIE, EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE, N’EST ACCORDEE, Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE, L’APTITUDE DE LA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE, OU LE FAIT QU’ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS. CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S’APPLIQUERAIT PAS, DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU. Contents Preface xi 1. Installing Software from the Solaris CD 1 Automatic Installation of Solaris Software 1 Manual Installation of Solaris Software 1 Platform Names and Groups 2 Setting Up Diskless Clients Using Solstice 4 Interactive Installation of Solaris Software 4 Manual Installation of Packages 6 Custom JumpStart Profiles 8 2. Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 on the Sun Enterprise 10000 11 Performing a Fresh-Install 11 Creating Additional Domains 11 Preparing the SSP for the Fresh-Install 13 Installing Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 15 Licensing Your Software 29 Performing an Upgrade 31 Backing Up Your Domain 31 Contents v Preparing the SSP for the Upgrade 34 Preparing the Domain 35 Upgrading the Solaris Operating Environment 36 3. Installing Solaris with the SPARCstorage Array 45 Disk Management Software 45 SPARCstorage Array Firmware 46 Installation and Upgrade Scenarios 46 Scenario 1: New Installation of Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 on Systems Booting from the SPARCstorage Array Disk 47 Using the FC/S SBus Card 47 Using the Onboard FC Ports 47 Installing Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 on a SPARCstorage Array Disk 48 Trouble Booting? 49 Checking the FCode Level of Your FC/S SBus Card 50 Scenario 2: New Installation of Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 on Systems Not Booting from the SPARCstorage Array Disk 52 Scenario 3: Upgrading to Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 53 4. Alternate Pathing 2.1 on Sun Enterprise Servers 57 Performing a Fresh-Install 57 Performing an Upgrade 60 Reconfiguring the Domain 62 5. Power Management on Sun Hardware 65 SPARCstation 4 Issues 65 Ultra 5 and Ultra 10 System Power-Off Feature 66 Supported Platforms 67 Supported Peripherals 69 vi SMCC Hardware Platform Guide Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 • May 1998 Index 71 Contents vii viii SMCC Hardware Platform Guide Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 • May 1998 Tables TABLE P-1 Related Manuals xii TABLE P-2 Specific Installation Information xiii TABLE P-3 Typographic Conventions xiv TABLE P-4 Shell Prompts xiv TABLE 1-1 Platform Names for SMCC Systems 2 TABLE 1-2 Required Software Clusters and Packages for SMCC Hardware 5 TABLE 1-3 Required Packages for Hardware Platforms and Options 6 TABLE 1-4 Additional Entries for Custom JumpStart Installations 9 TABLE 2-1 SBus Numbers in the devalias File 18 TABLE 2-2 Platform-Specific Information for the suninstall Utility 19 TABLE 2-3 Minimum Partition Sizes 21 TABLE 2-4 Disk Partition Form 22 TABLE 2-5 SMCC Supplemental Packages 27 TABLE 2-6 SunVTS Software Cluster/Packages 28 TABLE 2-7 Upgrading Tasks 33 TABLE 2-8 Sbus Numbers in the devalias File 38 TABLE 2-9 Platform-Specific Information for the suninstall Utility 39 TABLE 2-10 SMCC Supplemental Packages 42 TABLE 2-11 SunVTS Software Cluster/Packages 42 TABLE 3-1 Installation and Upgrade Options 46 Tables ix TABLE 4-1 AP Software File-System Sizes 58 TABLE 4-2 AP Software File-System Sizes 60 TABLE 5-1 Platform Names and Groups Supported by Power Management 67 TABLE 5-2 Power Management Supported Peripherals 69 x SMCC Hardware Platform Guide Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 • May 1998 Preface The SMCC Hardware Platform Guide Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 contains important information about the Sun Microsystems™ Computer Company (SMCC) hardware supported by this Solaris™ 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 software environment. Note – For Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 installation instructions, refer to Chapter 1, “Installing Software from the Solaris CD.” This manual: ■ Provides platform-specific installation instructions for the Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 software ■ Describes how to install Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 on a Sun Enterprise 10000 domain ■ Identifies installation issues affecting the SPARCstorage Array ■ Describes hardware and software requirements affecting Power Management software Note – For information about how to install software contained on the SMCC Supplement CD and information about SMCC supported hardware, refer to the following sections in the SMCC Information Library for Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98: — Vendor Value-Added Software — Supported Hardware Preface xi Where to Find Installation Information The Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 software is delivered on two CDs: ■ Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 SPARC Platform Edition for Sun Microsystems Computer Company (called the Solaris CD throughout this manual) ■ Supplement for Solaris Operating Environment 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 for Sun Microsystems Computer Company (called the SMCC Supplement CD throughout this manual).