SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS
Vol 69 Issue 2 2003-11-10 Article 11451 from section "Entry Level Servers"
Link to Installation Guide
Sun Fire[TM] B100x / B200x, 1.0
This is the blade installation software for supported Linux releases. It
should be added to a standard copy of the appropriate Red Hat Linux
distribution on a PXE install server.
The Sun Fire B100s Blade Server is a single processor SPARC[R] server
that is hosted in the Sun Fire[TM] B1600 Blade System Chassis, a 16
slot, 3U intelligent shelf offering an integrated Gigabit Ethernet
switch fabric, fully redundant components, and 5x server density over
typical one processor 1U servers.
The source download contains the source code which can be used to build
the blade support drivers and utilities:
http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3f8d9716.html
Sun Fire[TM] V60x Server and Sun Fire[TM] V65x Server: Red Hat Linux 9
Server Management
This download includes revised server management packages for using Red
Hat Linux 9 with the Sun Fire V60x or Sun Fire V65x servers. For the
download, see:
http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3f6f7a7e.html
Section 4 of the Linux installation guide for the Sun Fire V60x and Sun
Fire V65x servers provides steps on how to install Red Hat Linux 9
software using supplemental drivers provided on the Sun Web site, and
installation steps for working from CDs and a network. Required items
are listed, an optional service partition instruction is included.
For the whole guide, including section 4, see:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/817-1956-13
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