After installation, refer to Completing the IPMItool Installation) Ipmitool-Command line utility that reads the sensor data repository (SDR) and displays sensor values, System Event Log (SEL), Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory information, gets and sets LAN configuration parameters, and performs chassis power control operations via the BMC (also called the Service Processor).
Fully described in Disk Control and Monitoring.
TABLE 8-1 Install Pack Supplemental Softwareĭisk Control and Monitoring Utility-Manages disk drives and reports to the BMC disk drive status and Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) information. You have two options for installation: Typical, where basic choices are made for you (as indicated in the table below), and Custom, which is a superset of Typical and includes all software components of Typical plus additional software components you can select. There are supplemental software components available for your Sun Fire server. If you are not installing the Supplemental Software, click Yes to restart your computer. If you accepted the default settings in Step 2, click No to proceed to Installing Supplemental Software. Once the Supplemental Software has been installed, you will be prompted to restart the system.ħ. Note - If you plan on installing Supplemental Software (highly recommended), do not restart your system at this time. The System Settings Change dialog box displays (see FIGURE 8-6).įIGURE 8-6 System Settings Change Dialog Box
A green check mark verifies that each driver has been successfully installed.įIGURE 8-5 Finished Installing Page Example
The platform-specific drivers are installed (see FIGURE 8-5). Select “I accept this agreement”, and then click Next. The End User License Agreement page appears.įIGURE 8-4 End User License Agreement Pageĥ. The Welcome to the Sun Fire Installation Wizard displays.įIGURE 8-3 Sun Fire Installation Wizard Example Review the Important Note and then click Next. The Install Pack notice dialog box displays.įIGURE 8-2 Install Pack Notice Dialog Box Exampleģ. Sun also recommends accepting the “Supplemental software” to ensure you can take full advantage of the server’s feature set. Note that you should always accept the “Platform-specific drivers” to ensure that the most recent versions of the drivers are installed. Click Next to accept the default settings. If you have a Sun Fire X4500, the examples will appear slightly different, but the actions to perform are the same.įIGURE 8-1 Sun Fire Installation Package Dialog Box ExampleĢ. Note - Screen examples shown here are for the Sun Fire X4540 server. The Sun Fire Install Package dialog box (shown below) displays.
exe file from the Sun download site (as described in Downloading Server-Specific Driver Packages), ensure that it has been copied to a local drive on the server, and then run the InstallPack _x_x_x.
This chapter describes how to update the Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 installation with server-specific device drivers. Update the Critical Server-Specific Drivers Sun Fire X4500/X4540 Server Windows Operating System Installation Guide