Owner's Manual
8 Deployment Guide
4
In the
Easy ISOs
page left menu, click
All
.
The ISO images for all Red Hat products appear.
5
In the
Channel Name
menu, click the appropriate ISO image for your Red Hat Enterprise
Linux software.
6
Download the ISOs for your Red Hat Enterprise Linux software as listed in your Solution Deliverable
List (SDL) from the Dell|Oracle Tested and Validated Configurations website at
www.dell.com/10g
.
7
Burn the ISO images to CDs.
Installing and Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux
NOTICE: To ensure that the operating system is installed correctly, disconnect all external storage devices from
the system before you install the operating system.
This section describes the installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS operating system and the
configuration of the operating system for Oracle Database deployment.
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Using the Deployment CDs
1
Disconnect all external storage devices from the system.
2
Locate your
Dell Deployment
CD
and the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EM64T
CDs.
3
Insert the
Dell Deployment
CD 1
into the CD drive and reboot the system.
The system boots to the
Dell Deployment
CD
.
4
When the deployment menu appears, type
1
to select
Oracle 10g R2 EE on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4 U3 (x86_64)
.
5
When another menu asking deployment image source appears, type
1
to select
Copy solution by
Deployment CD.
NOTE: This procedure may take several minutes to complete.
6
When prompted, insert
Dell Deployment CD 2
and each Red Hat installation CD into the CD drive.
A deployment partition is created and the contents of the CDs are copied to it. When the copy
operation is completed, the system automatically ejects the last CD and boots to the
deployment partition.
When the installation is completed, the system automatically reboots and the Red Hat Setup
Agent appears.
7
In the
Red Hat Setup Agent Welcome
window, click
Next
to configure your operating system settings.
Do not create any operating system users at this time.
8
When prompted, specify a
root password
.