Requirements and Preparation for Installing the Solaris 10 Software
The first step in the installation is to determine whether your system type is supported under Solaris 10. Second, you need to decide which system configuration you want to install and whether you have enough disk space to support that configuration.
In preparation for installing Solaris 10 on a system, use Table 2.1 to check whether your system type is supported. Also, make sure you have enough disk space for Solaris and all of the packages you plan to install. (The section "Software Terminology" later in this chapter will help you estimate the amount of disk space required to hold the Solaris operating system.)
Table 2.1. Sun Platforms That Support the Solaris 10 EnvironmentSystem | Platform Name | Platform Group |
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Workstation Systems | Sun Blade 100 | SUNW,Sun-Blade-100 | | Sun Blade 150 | SUNW,Sun-Blade-100 | | Sun Blade 1000 | SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 | | Sun Blade 1500 | SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 | | Sun Blade 2000 | SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 | | Sun Blade 2500 | SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 | | Ultra 2 | SUNW,Ultra-2 | | Ultra 5 | SUNW,Ultra-5_10 | | Ultra 10 | SUNW,Ultra-5_10 | | Ultra 30 | SUNW,Ultra-30 | | Ultra 60 | SUNW,Ultra-60 | | Ultra 80 | SUNW,Ultra-80 | | Ultra 450 | SUNW,Ultra-4 | Entry/Workgroup Servers | Sun Fire V100 | SUNW,UltraAX-i2 | | Sun Fire V120 | SUNW,UltraAX-i2 | | Sun Fire V210 | SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210 | | Sun Fire V240 | SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240 | | Sun Fire V250 | SUNW,Sun-Fire-V250 | | Sun Fire 280R | SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R | | Sun Fire V440 | SUNW,Sun-Fire-V440 | | Sun Fire V480 | SUNW,Sun-Fire-480 | | Sun Fire V490 | SUNW,Sun-Fire-490 | | Sun Fire V880 | SUNW,Sun-Fire-880 | | Sun Fire V890 | SUNW,Sun-Fire-890 | | Sun Fire B100s | SUNW,Serverblade1 | | Sun Fire B10n | SUNW,Serverblade1 | | Sun Enterprise 2 | SUNW,Ultra-2 | | Sun Enterprise Ultra 5S | SUNW,Ultra-5_10 | | Sun Enterprise Ultra 10S | SUNW,Ultra-5_10 | | Sun Enterprise 250 | SUNW,Ultra-250 | | Sun Enterprise 450 | SUNW,Ultra-4 | | Sun Enterprise 220R | SUNW,Ultra-60 | | Sun Enterprise 420R | SUNW,Ultra-80 | Mid-Range and Mid-Frame Servers | Sun Fire V1280 | SUNW,Netra-T12 | | Sun Fire 3800 | SUNW,Sun-Fire | | Sun Fire 4800 | SUNW,Sun-Fire | | Sun Fire 4810 | SUNW,Sun-Fire | | Sun Fire 6800 | SUNW,Sun-Fire | | Sun Fire E2900 | SUNW,Sun-Fire | | Sun Fire E4900 | SUNW,Sun-Fire | | Sun Fire E6900 | SUNW,Sun-Fire | | Sun Enterprise 3000 | SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise | | Sun Enterprise 4000 | SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise | | Sun Enterprise 5000 | SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise | | Sun Enterprise 6000 | SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise | | Sun Enterprise 3500 | SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise | | Sun Enterprise 4500 | SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise | | Sun Enterprise 5500 | SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise | | Sun Enterprise 6500 | SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise | High-End Servers | Sun Fire E20K | SUNW,Sun-Fire-Enterprise-20K | | Sun Fire E25K | SUNW,Sun-Fire-Enterprise-25K | | Sun Fire 12K | SUNW,Sun-Fire-12000 | | Sun Fire 15K | SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000 | | Sun Enterprise 10000 | SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise | Netra Servers | Netra 20 | SUNW,Netra-T4 | | Netra 120 | SUNW,UltraAX-i2 | | Netra 240 | SUNW,Netra-240 | | Netra 440 | SUNW,Netra-440 | | Netra 1280 | SUNW,Netra-T12 | | Netra T1 AC200/DC200 | SUNW,UltraAX-i2 | | Netra X1 | SUNW,UltraAX-i2 | | Netra ct 400 | SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-Netract | | Netra ct 800 | SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-Netract | | Netra CT 820 | SUNW,Netra-CP2300 | | Netra CP2300 | SUNW,Netra-CP2300 | | Netra t1 100 | SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine | | Netra t1 105 | SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine | | Netra t 1120 | SUNW,Ultra-60 | | Netra t 1125 | SUNW,Ultra-60 | | Netra t 1400 | SUNW,Ultra-80 | | Netra t 1405 | SUNW,Ultra-80 |
If your system is running a previous version of Solaris, you can determine your system type using the uname -m command. The system will respond with the platform group and the platform name for your system. Compare the system response to the Platform Group column in Table 2.1. For example, to check for Sun platforms that support the Solaris 10 environment, use the command uname -m. On a Sun Ultra5, the system returns sun4u as the platform name and on an x86/x64 system, the command will return i86pc as the platform name.
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OpenBoot Commands To determine the system type on a system that is not currently running some version of Solaris, you'll need to use the OpenBoot commands described in the next chapter.
Table 2.1 outlines a general list of Sun systems that support Solaris 10. For a complete, up-to-date listing of all hardware that is compatible with the Solaris 10 OE, including all x86/x64-based systems, go to http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/. This site features a searchable database to quickly locate equipment in three categories: Sun Certified, Test Suite Certified, and Reported to Work. X86- and x64-based systems are available from many vendors, and the components can vary from system to system. Use this site to track down the specific components that are installed in your system to determine if it is compatible with Solaris 10. Overall, your x86/x64-based system needs to have a 120MHz or faster processor with hardware floating-point support required, a minimum of 128MB of RAM, and 12GB of disk space.
Check slice 2 by using the format command to determine whether your disk drive is large enough to hold Solaris. See Chapter 1, "Managing File Systems," for the correct use of this command. As described in Chapter 1, slice 2 represents the entire disk.
Minimum System Requirements
The computer must meet the following requirements before you can install Solaris 10 using the interactive installation method:
The system must have a minimum of 128MB of RAM (256MB is recommended). Sufficient memory requirements are determined by several factors, including the number of active users and applications you plan to run. Exam Alert
Minimum Memory Requirements Although Sun states that 128MB of RAM is the minimum required, it is possible to install Solaris 10 on a system that has 64MB of RAM. With less than 128MB, the system will run sluggishly. It's important that you use Sun's RAM recommendations when you encounter this question on the exam. Also, pay close attention to the question and understand the difference between "minimum" and "recommended."
The media is distributed on CD-ROM and DVD only, so a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive is required either locally or on the network. You can use all of the Solaris installation methods to install the system from a networked CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. A minimum of 2GB of disk space is required. See the next section for disk space requirements for the specific Solaris software you plan to install. Also, remember to add disk space to support your environment's swap space requirements. When upgrading the operating system, you must have an empty 512MB slice on the disk. The swap slice is preferred, but you can use any slice that will not be used in the upgrade such as root (/), /usr, /var, and /opt. The system must be a SPARC-based or supported x86/x64-based system.
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