Sun Ultra™ 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 819-2148-12 April 2006, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.
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Contents Preface 1. 2. vii Setting Up the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation 1.1 Safety Information 1.2 Planning the Installation 1.3 Unpacking the Workstation 1–1 1–2 1–3 1.3.1 Front Panel Overview 1–4 1.3.2 Back Panel Overview 1–5 1.4 Cabling the Workstation 1.5 Powering On the Workstation 1–8 1.6 Powering Off the Workstation 1–9 Software Installation 2.1 1–1 1–6 2–1 Preparing for Installation 2–1 2.1.1 Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk 2–3 2.1.
2.4 Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition 2.4.1 Installing Linux Operating System Drivers 2.4.2 Installing Solaris Operating System Drivers 2.4.3 Installing Windows XP Operating System Drivers 2.4.4 3. 3.2 3.3 2–7 2–9 2–10 2.4.3.1 Installing RAID Drivers Using XPReburn Script 2.4.3.2 Installing RAID Drivers Using a Boot Diskette Configuring Solaris 10 Operating System Software 3–1 3.1.1 Licensing Information 3.1.2 Disk Configuration 3.1.3 Installation Flowchart 3.
A.2 A.3 A.1.2 Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image A.1.3 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Setting Files Creating a 64-bit Windows XP RIS Image A–3 A–4 A–7 A.2.1 Installing Windows XP 64-bit onto the RIS Server A.2.2 Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the Windows Image A.2.
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Preface The Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide provides the information that you need to set up, power on, and configure the workstation hardware and software. How This Book Is Organized This guide is organized into the following chapters: Chapter 1 contains instructions on unpacking, cabling, and powering on the workstation. Chapter 2 describes the operating systems supported by the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation and the supplemental drivers included with the system.
Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine-name% C shell superuser machine-name# Bourne shell and Korn shell $ Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser # Typographic Conventions Typeface* Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output Edit your.login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail.
Related Documentation The document set for the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation is described in the Where To Find Documentation sheet that is packed with your system, and all documents are posted at the product’s documentation site. See the following URL: http://www.sun.com/products-nsolutions/hardware/docs/Workstation_Products/Workstations/ultra_ 20/index.
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CHAPTER 1 Setting Up the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation This chapter includes information about the following topics: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 1.1 Section 1.1, Section 1.2, Section 1.3, Section 1.4, Section 1.5, Section 1.
1.2 Planning the Installation Use the following flowchart as a process tool to assist you with installation of the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation. START Unpack the workstation and familiarize yourself with the workstation features. Install optional components? Yes See Section 1.3, “Unpacking the Workstation” on page 1-3. Also see Section 1.3.1, “Front Panel Overview” on page 1-4 and Section 1.3.2, “Back Panel Overview” on page 1-5. Install optional components.
1.3 Unpacking the Workstation Carefully unpack all workstation components from the packing cartons. The following items are contained in the package.
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1.4 Cabling the Workstation FIGURE 1-5 illustrates the cable connections for the workstation. FIGURE 1-5 Cable Connections Connect the workstation and external devices in this order: 1. Connect the workstation power cord to a grounded electrical outlet. 2. Connect the keyboard and mouse to the USB connectors on the back panel. 3. Connect the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet connector on the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation, and connect the other end of the cable to an Ethernet RJ-45 jack.
4. Connect the monitor cable as follows: ■ If a PCI Express graphics card is not installed in the top PCI slot, connect the monitor to the onboard video connector. See the top of FIGURE 1-6. ■ If a PCI Express graphics card is installed in the top PCI slot, connect the monitor to the graphics card connector. See the bottom of FIGURE 1-6. Your graphics card may require a DVI cable to connect to your monitor.
1.5 Powering On the Workstation Tip – If you are installing optional internal components such as additional DIMMs, PCI cards, optical drives, or hard drives, install those components before you power on the workstation. If you are not installing optional components, you are ready to power on the workstation. 1. Turn on the power to the monitor and to all external devices. 2. Turn the power switch on the rear of the workstation to the On ( | ) position. 3.
1.6 Powering Off the Workstation 1. Save your data and close any open applications. 2. Read all of the following power-off options before powering off the workstation: ■ Power off the workstation by using the operating system shutdown command or menu option. In most cases, this powers down the operating system and then turns off the power to the workstation.
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CHAPTER 2 Software Installation This chapter includes the following sections: ■ Section 2.1, “Preparing for Installation” on page 2-1 ■ Section 2.1.2, “Setting up the BIOS for Operating System Installation” on page 2-4 ■ Section 2.2, “Installing the Operating System” on page 2-5 ■ Section 2.3, “Running the up2date Utility” on page 2-6 ■ Section 2.
START Power on the workstation. Use a preinstalled operating system? Yes See Section 1.5, “Powering On the Workstation” on page 1-8. Configure the preinstalled operating system. See Section 3.1, “Configuring Solaris 10 Operating System Software” on page 3-1. No Is there space on the hard disk for installation? No Use the Supplemental CD to erase the primary boot disk. See Section 2.1.1, “Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk” on page 2-3.
2.1.1 Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk If you do not have enough space on the boot partition to install an operating system, the Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk option on the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Supplemental CD main menu enables you to erase other installed operating systems to make room for the new installation. Caution – Selecting the Erase Primary Boot Hard Disk option from the Supplemental CD erases all partitions on the hard drive, with the exception of the diagnostic partition.
2.1.2 Setting up the BIOS for Operating System Installation If you plan to install an operating system onto the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation, you need to make sure that the BIOS is set up correctly before installing the software. See the section below that matches the operating system you plan to install. 2.1.2.1 Setting up the BIOS for Windows XP or Solaris 10 The default for the Installed O/S option is Others.
2.2 Installing the Operating System Your Sun Ultra 20 Workstation has the Solaris 10 Operating System preinstalled. You can also choose to install one of the supported operating systems (or later versions) for Sun Ultra 20 Workstation.
2.3 Running the up2date Utility If you are installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software, run the up2date utility after installing the operating system and before installing the video drivers from the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Supplemental CD. Note – If you have already installed the NVIDIA drivers, you must reinstall them after running up2date, because the kernel is updated. 2.
2.4.1 Installing Linux Operating System Drivers The order of installation for Linux operating system and drivers is as follows: 1. Remove the preinstalled Solaris operating system from the server. See Section 2.1.1, “Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk” on page 2-3. 2. If necessary, set up the BIOS for Linux operating system installation. See Section 2.1.2, “Setting up the BIOS for Operating System Installation” on page 2-4. 3. Install the operating system.
3. If the CD does not automount, open a terminal window and mount the CD by typing the following command: # mount -o ro /dev/cdrom /mountpoint Where /mountpoint is the appropriate mount point for the OS and optical drive type. For example: # mount -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/dvdrom 4. Change to the /mountpoint/drivers/linux/operating_system directory. Where /mountpoint is the directory that the CD is mounted to and operating_system is the type of Linux installed on the workstation.
2.4.2 Installing Solaris Operating System Drivers The following instructions are for installing drivers if you are performing a fresh installation of the Solaris 10 operating system. You do not need to reinstall the drivers if you are using the preinstalled version of the operating system. 1. Remove the currently installed operating system from the server. See Section 2.1.1, “Erasing the Primary Boot Hard Disk” on page 2-3. 2. If necessary, set up the BIOS for Solaris operating system installation.
2.4.3 Installing Windows XP Operating System Drivers The Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Supplemental CD contains NVRAID, NVIDIA display, and NVIDIA chipset drivers for Windows XP. If you are installing NVRAID drivers, you will need to use the XpReburn script to create a new Windows XP CD containing the necessary drivers or create a boot diskette to install the drivers before installing the Windows XP operating system. The order of Windows XP operating system and driver installation is as follows: 1.
2.4.3.1 Installing RAID Drivers Using XPReburn Script The Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Supplemental CD (705-1364) contains a script that allows you to create a new Windows XP CD with the needed RAID drivers. After the new CD is created, you can boot the CD and install Windows XP normally. This new CD automatically installs the drivers, making it unnecessary to use a USB diskette drive and to install the NVRAID drivers.
5. Unzip the XpReburn_version.zip file. For example: # unzip -q XpReburn_1.0.zip 6. Run the XpReburn script. For example: #./files/XpReburn The script displays the driver files it expects to be located in the current directory. When all four driver files are downloaded into that directory, the script creates a new ISO image and then automatically burns that ISO image onto a CD if the system has a CD burner. 7. After the CD is created, install Windows XP Professional on the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation. 8.
Creating a Boot Diskette for NVIDIA RAID Drivers To create a boot diskette for Windows XP 32- bit and 64-bit, you will need a Windows system with a CD drive and diskette drive. 1. On a Windows workstation, insert the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Supplemental CD. 2. Change to the following directory on the CD: d:\drivers\windows\OS\chipset Where OS is XP32 or XP64. 3. Unzip the NForce_xxx_wxp.zip file and extract the files to a local directory (for example C:\raid). 4.
Installing Windows XP and NVIDIA RAID Drivers To install Windows XP with the NVIDIA RAID drivers on the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation: 1. Attach a USB floppy diskette drive to the workstation. 2. Insert a Windows XP 32-bit or 64-bit installation CD into the DVD drive. 3. Press the F6 key to install the third-party RAID driver. 4. Press the S key and Enter to specify additional drivers, then insert the diskette. 5. Select the NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. 6.
b. Double-click the executable file. c. Follow the instructions in the installation software. 3. Do the following steps to install the display drivers: a. Change to the directory on the Supplemental CD by typing the following command: C:\> cd/D D:\drivers\windows\OS\video Where OS is XP32 or XP64. b. Double-click the executable file. c. Follow the instructions in the installation software. 4. Reboot the workstation.
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CHAPTER 3 Setting Up the Preinstalled Software The Solaris 10 Operating System and additional development software are preinstalled on all Sun Ultra 20 Workstations. This chapter contains instructions on configuring the operating system and using the software installed on the system. This chapter contains the following sections: 3.1 ■ Section 3.1, “Configuring Solaris 10 Operating System Software” on page 3-1 ■ Section 3.2, “Setting Up Preinstalled Development Software” on page 3-5 ■ Section 3.
3.1.1 Licensing Information The Solaris 10 Operating System installed on your workstation requires no licensing fee. The Sun Ultra 20 Workstation requires Solaris 10, HW 1 or a subsequent compatible version of Solaris software. For more information, refer to the following web site: http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/licensing/index.html 3.1.2 Disk Configuration The exact configuration that has been preinstalled is as follows: ■ ■ ■ ■ 3.1.
3.1.4 Configuring the Preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System Complete the following steps to configure the preinstalled Solaris 10 x86 Platform Edition. 1. Power on the workstation. See Section 1.5, “Powering On the Workstation” on page 1-8. 2. Answer the setup prompts by following the on-screen instructions. Use a copy of TABLE 3-1 to write down the information that you might need to collect before setting up the Solaris 10 Operating System.
TABLE 3-1 Information for Preinstalled Solaris 10 Configuration (Continued) Setup Window Explanation and Notes IPv6 Option to enable IPv6 on the workstation. Security Settings Security settings and protocols. Name Service Name service to use: NIS+, NIS, DNS, LDAP, or None. Note: This window is not displayed if the workstation is not connected to a network. Domain Name NIS or NIS+ domain for this workstation.
3.2 Setting Up Preinstalled Development Software The following minimum versions of development software is preinstalled or preloaded on your Sun Ultra 20 Workstation: Sun Studio 10, Sun Java Studio Creator 2004Q2 and Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7. Your system might have later versions of this software preinstalled. Workstations shipped after January 2006, also have the NetBeans IDE installed. 3.2.1 ■ Section 3.2.1, “Sun Studio Software” on page 3-5 ■ Section 3.2.
3.2.2 Sun Java Studio Creator The Sun Java Studio Creator development environment (formerly "Project Rave") is the next-generation tool for Java application development. This product combines the power of 100% Java standards with simplified visual development techniques to give developers the most effective, most productive way to build applications in Java.
3.2.4 NetBeans IDE The NetBeans IDE includes Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) development capabilities. This new release allows developers to not only develop applications in the web tier but also includes Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) and web service development capabilities. The NetBeans IDE is a single platform with out-of-the-box development capabilities and support for enterprise (J2EE 1.
You should make and keep a full backup of the operating system, which can be used to restore your system if it is ever needed. Instructions for backing up your Operating System are included in the Solaris 10 System Administration Collection. For information about the Solaris 10 System Administration Collection see: http:/docs.sun.com/ You can also restore some of the software that is preinstalled on your hard disk image (HDI) from the CD-ROMs included in the appropriate version of the Solaris Media Kit.
3.3.4 Backing Up the Preinstalled Image to Another Hard Drive Information about hard drive backups can be found in the Solaris 10 System Administration Guide. To obtain this guide, refer to the following web site: http://docs.sun.com/ 3.3.5 Hard Drive Mirroring To perform hard drive mirroring using the Solaris 10 operating environment use Solaris Volume Manager. For information about Solaris Volume Manager, see the Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide at: http://www.sun.
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APPENDIX A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images This appendix describes how to create Sun Ultra 20 Workstation specific images on the Remote Installation Service (RIS) server for the following operating systems: ■ Windows XP SP2 32-bit ■ Windows XP 64-bit Once created you can install the images on a client workstation. This appendix contains the following sections: Appendix A.1, Creating a 32-bit Windows XP (Service Pack 2) RIS Image Appendix A.
A.1 Creating a 32-bit Windows XP (Service Pack 2) RIS Image This section tells you how to create a Windows XP 32-bit image on a RIS server and then add platform specific drivers to the image. All drivers for this procedure are located on the Supplemental CD, version 1.3 or later. Note – Before using this procedure, you must install the RIS onto a Windows 2003 server. See the following URL for complete instructions on how to install the RIS. http://support.microsoft.com/default.
7. In the “Windows Installation Image Folder Name“ screen, type a descriptive name for the Windows XP SP2 32-bit CD image you are creating. For example: Ultra_20_Windows_XP_SP2_32-bit 8. In the “Friendly Description and Help Text” screen, type a description and help text (for future end-user reference). 9. In the “Previous Client Installation Screens Found” screen, choose “Use the old client installation screens“. 10. In the “Review Settings“ screen, verify your settings. 11.
A.1.3 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Setting Files To modify settings files, create driver directories, and copy drivers to their directories in the Windows XP SP2 32-bit image on the RIS server, do the following steps. The ristndrd.sif file is located in the following directory on the RIS server: ris_partition:\RemoteInstall\Setup\Englsh\Images\image_dir\i386\ templates 1. Change these entries in the ristndrd.
3. Add the following entries to the ristndrd.sif file: [Unattended] DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore OemPnPDriversPath = “\drivers\audio;\drivers\nic;\drivers\sata_ide;\ drivers\smbus“ [MassStorageDrivers] “Nvidia RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)“=“OEM“ “Nvidia nForce Storage Controller (required)“=“OEM“ [OEMBootFiles] nvatabus.sys nvraid.cat nvraid.inf nvraid.sys txtsetup.oem [UserData] ProductKey = XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX [Identification] JoinWorkgroup = WORKGROUP 4.
a. To copy the chipset zip package to the RIS server, type the following command: c:\ copy cdrom_drive:\drivers\windows\xp32\chipset\*.zip c:\temp b. To unzip the package, type the following command: c:\ unzip c:\temp\nfref_670_w2kxp.zip c:\temp\nfref_670_w2kxp 6. To copy the chipset drivers to the proper directories, type the following commands: c:\ copy c:\temp\nfref_670_w2kxp\ide\winxp\sataraid\*.
A.2 Creating a 64-bit Windows XP RIS Image This section tells you how to create a Windows XP 64-bit image on a RIS server and then add platform specific drivers to the image. All drivers for this procedure located on the Supplemental CD, version 1.3 or later. Note – Before using this procedure, you must install RIS onto a Windows 2003 server. See the following URL for complete instructions on how to install the RIS. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325862 A.2.
8. In the “Friendly Description and Help Text“ screen, type a description and help text (for future end-user reference). 9. In the “Previous Client Installation Screens Found” screen, choose “Use the new client installation screens, and overwrite the old ones“. 10. In the “Review Settings“ screen, verify your settings. 11. After the image installs to the server, click Done. A.2.
1. Change these entries in the ristndrd.sif file to read as follows: [Unattended] OemPreinstall = yes [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword = ““ 2. Remove the following entry from the ristndrd.sif file: [Identification] JoinDomain = %MACHINEDOMAIN% DoOldStyleDomainJoin = Yes 3. Add the following entries to the ristndrd.
The $oem$ directory will have a subdirectory tree structure with the following directory names: textmode $1 drivers audio nic sata_ide smbus $$ OemDir 5. To copy Windows XP 64-bit driver files into the $oem$ directory tree, type the following commands. The drivers are located in the following directory on the Supplemental CD: cdrom_drive:\drivers\windows\xp64\chipset\ a. To copy the zip package to the RIS server, type the following command: c:\ copy cdrom_drive:\drivers\windows\xp64\chipset\*.
6. To copy the driver files to the proper directories, type the following commands: c:\ copy c:\temp\ck804_669_xp64\ide\winxp\sataraid\*.
A.3 Installing a RIS Image onto a Client Workstation This section tells you how to install a RIS image onto a client workstation using PXE boot. 1. Either power on or reboot the workstation. 2. During POST, press the F12 key to enter PXE. The workstation looks for the RIS server on the network. 3. Type your name and password when the Windows RIS install screen appears. 4. Choose the RIS image to install. Once selected, the OS installation begins and automatically continues until it completes.
