Sun Ultra 5/10 Setup Instructions
BIOS Flash:
Before SCS will install the Solaris operating system on a Sun workstation,
you make sure the computer has the latest version of BIOS firmware
installed. Here's how to check the version and update it, if
necessary:
- Boot the computer and look at the BIOS version (you'll see "Openboot
#.##"). If the version is 3.31, you don't need to update the BIOS. If
it's older than 3.31, continue to the next step.
- Get the Sun BIOS Flash CD-ROM and BIOS Update instruction booklet
from SCS.
- Turn on the computer and press STOP+A.
- Put the BIOS flash CD-ROM in the drive.
- At the ok prompt, type 'boot cdrom
/flash-update-Ultra510-latest'.
- If the BIOS update procedure returns an error about permission
to update the BIOS or incorrect jumper settings:
- Turn off the computer.
- Remove the metal cover from the workstation and set the BIOS
Update jumper on the
motherboard. This jumper is marked JP2. Put the jumper across pins
2-3 to allow BIOS updates. (The location of this jumper is also shown
in the printed manual that comes with the CD-ROM.)
- Repeat steps 3 - 5.
Finding out what's inside your Sun box
The Sun Ultra 5 boxes all look identical on the outside, but the
internal hardware configuration varies from box to box. Your box must
meet some minimum hardware requirements before SCS will install the
Solaris operating system on it.
SCS hardware requirements:
RAM: at least 128 MB
Hard disk: at least 9 GB
CPU speed: no requirement that I know of
The amount of RAM, hard disk size, and CPU speed are not printed on the
outside of the box. To find out about these parameters, you have to boot
up the workstation. Here's how you do it:
Determining the RAM, CPU speed, and hard disk size
- Turn on the computer. At the top of the screen, you'll see the
amount of RAM and the CPU speed.
- Press STOP+A.
- At the prompt, type 'probe-ide'. This will probe the disks in the
system. Device 0 is the hard disk drive. The probe-ide command returns a
product code which identifies the hard disk. Sometimes the size of the
disk is evident from this code, but most of the time it is not. If the
disk size is not obvious, try doing a google search for the code. If that
fails, take the cover off of the computer and check to see if the disk
size is printed on the outside of the hard disk.
Note: if probe-ide returns no information about Device 0, you may have
a dead hard disk in your system.
Getting Solaris to
work:
- Fill out a nodename request form and give it to Terri Lahey. For this for
you'll need:
- Nodename. We've been giving the Sun machines nodenames ad-ops##, with ## starting at 50. The next available number is probably 53 or 54.
Terri will know.
- Ethernet tap #: The code number printed on the sticker attached to
the ethernet socket in your office.
- Primary user: You
- System administrator: Peter Schuh
- After Terri Lahey grants you a nodename and IP address, fill out
the SCS Solaris install request form on the web. You'll
need:
- MAC address for the Ultra 5 - This appears when you boot the machine. It's in the format 8:0:20:##:##:##.
- IP address - Terri Lahey will grant you an IP address after you submit the nodename request form (see above).
- system name (hostname) - This is the ad-ops## name that Terri gives you.
- size of disk - See section above: Finding out what's inside your Sun box.
- SCS will email you with directions for remote installation.
Stephen Schuh, 27-Oct-2004