How to install Solaris x86 on an iSCSI Disk, with legacy installer

Installation Guide - legacy installer

This section describes how to install x86 Solaris Operating System onto an iSCSI target with legacy installer.

This guideline is applicable for both CD/DVD install and network
install. For now it is for x86 only, but actually the guideline also
works for sparc - the only problem is that currently there is no way to
boot after installation.

The Solaris installation program can be run with a graphical
user interface(GUI) or as an interactive text installer in console
session.

Installation in a desktop session

The following example uses DVD media to install Solaris onto iSCSI target with GUI in a desktop environment.

   Step 1: Boot from DVD-ROM

Reboot your system and boot from DVD-ROM, showed as following

   Step 2: Choose the display mode

You should choose “Solaris Express” in the GRUB menu, if you are in
a desktop environment. You should choose “Solaris Express Serial
Console ttya” if you are in a console session, as following

   Step 3: Choose the interactive mode

You should choose “1” to install Solaris with a GUI in a desktop session as the following figure. Then continue.

   Step 4: System configuration

You should press “next” to configure your system, when a window occurs as following

   Step 4.1: Select network option

You should select “Networked” in the following window

   Step 4.2: Select network interface

Here the interface with iBF needs to be identified and selected, it
will be the one where Solaris will be booting off later. In this case,
“e1000g0” is that one, showed as following

   Step 4.3: Configure network interface

The interface can be configured statically or with DHCP. In current
case, DHCP is selected. And press “next” to continue to configure other
information including Kerberos Security, Name Service, NFSv4 Domain
Name, Date and Time, and Root Password.

Then the summary window will occur as following window. Press “confirm” to continue.

   Step 5: Drop into the shell

Then the following window would be displayed, after you finish
configuring the system. Here please press the “Exit” button to drop
into the shell.

   Step 6:  Discover iSCSI targets/luns

Here 'iscsiadm' is the key to discovery iSCSI target/luns. Note: any
configuration made here is temporary, it will not affect the OS
behavior after installation.

Following is an example to discover the iSCSI target/lun. Refer
to the man page of 'iscsiadm' for full list of available sub commands.

• iscsiadm add discovery-address 10.13.49.24
  


• iscsiadm modify discovery -t enable
  

Then you can use the following commands to check if LUNs are discovered.

• iscsiadm list target -S
  


• format
  

Remember the device name from 'iscsiadm list target -S' corresponding to the target/lun where the Solaris is to be installed.

Run “install-solaris” from shell to continue the installation process. See following figure.

   Step 7: Begin to install Solaris

The window showed in step 5 will occur again when you run the
command “install-solaris” in step6. Press “next” to continue as a
normal installation. The only difference is that disks discovered in
step 6 will occurs in the available disks table showed in the following
window. Choose the disk corresponding to the desired target/lun to
install Solaris onto it.

Installation in a console session

The following example shows how to install Solaris onto an iSCSI target with interactive text in a console session.

   Step 1: Boot from DVD-ROM

Reboot your system and boot from DVD-ROM,as

   Step 2: Choose the display mode

You should choose "Solaris Express Serial Console ttya" to install Solaris in a console session, as

   Step 3: Choose the interactive mode

You should input "4" to choose "Solaris Interactive Text (Console session)" in:

   Step 4: System configurations

You should press “F2” or "ESC+2" to configure your system, including
Network interface,Security policy,NIS,NFSv4,Time Zone,Country or
Region,Root password. And the network interface MUST be configured.

   Step 4.1: Select network interface

Here the interface with iBF needs to be identified and selected, it
will be the one where Solaris will be booting off later. In this case,
“e1000g0” is that one, showed as

   Step 4.2: Configure network interface

The interface can be configured statically or with DHCP. In current case, DHCP is selected in

And press “F2” or "ESC+2" to continue to configure other informations.

   Step 5: Drop into the shell

Then a window would be displayed as following figure, after you
finish configuring the system. Here please press the “ESC+5” button to
drop into the shell.

   Step 6:  Discover iSCSI targets/luns

Here 'iscsiadm' is the key to discovery iSCSI target/luns. Note: any
configuration made here is temporary, it will not affect the OS
behavior after installation.

Following is an example to discover the iSCSI target/lun. Refer
to the man page of 'iscsiadm' for full list of available sub commands.

• iscsiadm add discovery-address 10.13.49.24
  


• iscsiadm modify discovery -t enable
  

Then you can use the following commands to check if LUNs are discovered.

• iscsiadm list target -S
  


• format
  

Remember the device name from 'iscsiadm list target -S' corresponding to the target/lun where the Solaris is to be installed.

Run “install-solaris” from shell to continue the installation process.

   Step 7: Begin to install Solaris

Press “F2” or "ESC+2" to
continue as a normal installation. The only difference is that disks
discovered in step 6 will occurs in the available disks table showed in
the following figure. Choose the disk corresponding to the desired
target/lun to install Solaris onto it.

Posted at 01:22上午 十一月 21, 2008 by jackmeng in news@Sun  |  评论[0]

New Gui for Solaris installer

Here is the new gui-based solaris installer, more beautiful and faster than ever (photo by the camera on my cellphone).

 

 

 However it still has may important aspects to improve, like the support of manually layout of fs and reservations of existing data, way to go...

 

Posted at 11:33下午 八月 14, 2007 by jackmeng in news@Sun  |  评论[2]

Sun 公布第4财季和2007财年报告

From www.tech-ex.com：

Sun Microsystems公司7月31日公布的截至日期为2007年6月30日的2007财年第4财季和2007全财年的财务报告结果显示，公司突破了其经营利润目标，毛利有较大幅度的增长，又连续赢得了一个获利的财季。

　　2007财年第4财季的营收额为38亿3,500万美元。而2007全财年，公司的营收额为138亿7,300万美元，比2006财年增长了
6.2％。作为营收额一部分的总毛利，第4财季是47.2％，而2007全财年的毛利是45.2％，比2006财年增长了2.1个百分点。2007财年第
4季度的经营利润为8.5％。

　　按国际公认的会计准则(GAAP)计算，2007财年第4财季的净收入为3亿2,900万美元，或按稀释基价计算为每股净收入9美分。对
2007全财年而言，净收入为4亿7,300万美元，或按稀释基价计算为每股净收入13美分，而2006财年时，净损失为8亿6,400万美元，或说每股
净损失为25美分。

　　2007财年第4财季经营所得的现金收入为5亿6,400万美元，该财季季末的现金和有价债券结余为59亿美元。

　　“通过坚定的战略执行和自始至终的不懈努力，我们实现了在2007财年第4财季至少取得4％的经营利润的承诺。这一具有里程碑意义的事件，标志
着我们向2009全财年至少赢得10％的经营利润的长期增长计划的目标迈出了重要的一步，”Sun公司总裁兼首席执行官Jonathan
Schwartz说，“Solaris
10操作系统继续为我们以及我们的合作伙伴创造着巨大的商机，让我们的客户通过内建的虚拟化设施从其数据中心获得更多的价值，而不是为一个个的软件许可支
出那些不必要的费用。”

 

Posted at 07:28下午 八月 06, 2007 by jackmeng in news@Sun  |  评论[0]