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    Sun Microsystems, Inc. www .sun.com Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback Sun Ultra ™ 20 W or kstation Getting Star ted Guide P ar t No . 819-2148-12 April 2006, Revision A[...]

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    Copyright 2005-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Cir cle, Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved. Sun Microsystems, Inc. has intellectual pr operty rights relating to technology that is described in this document. In particula r , and without limitation, these intellectual property rights may include one or mor e of the U[...]

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    iii Contents Preface vii 1. Setting Up the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation 1–1 1.1 Safety Information 1–1 1.2 Planning the Installation 1–2 1.3 Unpacking the W orkstation 1–3 1.3.1 Front Panel Overview 1–4 1.3.2 Back Panel Overview 1–5 1.4 Cabling the W orkstation 1–6 1.5 Powering On the W orkstation 1–8 1.6 Powering Off the W orkstation [...]

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    iv Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 2.4 Installing Drivers and Mounting the Diagnostic Partition 2–6 2.4.1 Installing Linux Operating System Drivers 2–7 2.4.2 Installing Solaris Operating System Drivers 2–9 2.4.3 Installing W indows XP Operating System Drivers 2–10 2.4.3.1 Installing RAID Drivers Using XPReburn [...]

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    Contents v A.1.2 Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the W indows Image A–3 A.1.3 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Setting Files A–4 A.2 Creating a 64-bit W indows XP RIS Image A–7 A.2.1 Installing W indows XP 64-bit onto the RIS Server A–7 A.2.2 Adding the NVIDA Ethernet Drivers to the W indows Image A–8 A.2.3 Adding Other Drivers and[...]

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    vi Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006[...]

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    vii Pr eface The Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide pr ovides the information that you need to set up, power on, and configur e the workstation hardware and software. How This Book Is Or ganized This guide is organized into the following chapters: Chapter 1 contains instructions on unpacking, cabling, and powering on the workstation. Ch[...]

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    viii Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 Shell Pr ompts T ypographic Conventions Shell Prompt C shell machine-name % C shell superuser machine-name # Bourne shell and Korn shell $ Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser # T ypeface * * The settings on your browser might differ from these settings. Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 [...]

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    Preface ix Related Documentation The document set for the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation is described in the Where T o 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-n- solutions/hardware/docs/Workstation_Products/Workstation[...]

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    x Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 Thir d-Party W eb Sites Sun is not responsible for the availability of thir d-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that ar e available on or through such sites or res[...]

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    1-1 CHAPTER 1 Setting Up the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation This chapter includes information about the following topics: ■ Section 1.1, “Safety Information” on page 1- 1 ■ Section 1.2, “Planning the Installation” on page 1-2 ■ Section 1.3, “Unpacking the W orkstation” on page 1-3 ■ Section 1.4, “Cabling the W orkstation” on page[...]

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    1-2 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 1.2 Planning the Installation Use the following flowchart as a pr ocess tool to assist you with installation of the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation. FIGURE 1-1 Flowchart for Installing the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation Unpack the workstation and f amiliar ize yourself with the workstation f ea[...]

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    Chapter 1 Setting Up the Sun Ultra 20 W or kstation 1-3 1.3 Unpacking the W orkstation Carefully unpack all workstation components fr om the packing cartons. The following items are contained in the package. ■ Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation ■ Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation Documentation, which includes the following: ■ Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Setup Gu[...]

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    1-4 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 1.3.1 Fr ont Panel Overview FIGURE 1-3 Front Panel of the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation T ABLE 1-1 Front Panel of the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation Label Button/LED/P ort Label Button/LED/port 1 Power button 4 T wo USB ports 2 Power LED 5 Microphone-in jack 3 T wo 1394 (FireW ire) ports 6 He[...]

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    Chapter 1 Setting Up the Sun Ultra 20 W or kstation 1-5 1.3.2 Back Panel Overview FIGURE 1-4 Back Panel of the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation T ABLE 1-2 Back Panel of the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation Label Connector/Slot Label Connector/Slot 1 Power connector 7 Ethernet connector 2 Power switch 8 Four USB connectors 3 Onboard HDI15 video connector 9 PCI Ex[...]

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    1-6 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 1.4 Cabling the W orkstation 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 m[...]

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    Chapter 1 Setting Up the Sun Ultra 20 W or kstation 1-7 4. Connect the monitor cable as follows: ■ If a PCI Express graphics car d 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 car d is installed in the top PCI slot, connect the monitor to the g[...]

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    1-8 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 1.5 Powering On the W orkstation Tip – If you are installing optional internal components such as additional DIMMs, PCI cards, optical drives, or har d drives, install those components before you power on the workstation. If you are not installing optional components, you ar e read[...]

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    Chapter 1 Setting Up the Sun Ultra 20 W or kstation 1-9 1.6 Powering Of f the W orkstation 1. Save your data and close any open applications. 2. Read all of the following power-of f 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 dow[...]

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    1-10 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006[...]

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    2-1 CHAPTER 2 Softwar e 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[...]

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    2-2 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 FIGURE 2-1 Installation Flow Diagram Install the operating system. READY TO WORK! See Section 1.5, “Powering On the W orksta- tion” on page 1-8 . See Section 3.1, “Conf iguring Solaris 10 Op- erating System Software” on page 3-1 . See Section 2.2, “Installing the Operating [...]

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    Chapter 2 Software Installation 2-3 2.1.1 Erasing the Primary Boot Har d 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 W orkstation Supplemental CD main menu enables you to erase other installed operating systems to make room for the new install[...]

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    2-4 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 2.1.2 Setting up the BIOS for Operating System Installation If you plan to install an operating system onto the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation, you need to make sure that the BIOS is set up corr ectly before installing the software. See the section below that matches the operating system [...]

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    Chapter 2 Software Installation 2-5 2.2 Installing the Operating System Y our Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation has the Solaris 10 Operating System preinstalled. Y ou can also choose to install one of the supported operating systems (or later versions) for Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation. ■ Solaris 10 Operating System ■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 WS Update 5[...]

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    2-6 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 2.3 Running the up2date Utility If you are installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux softwar e, run the up2date utility after installing the operating system and before installing the video drivers from the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation Supplemental CD. Note – If you have already install[...]

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    Chapter 2 Software Installation 2-7 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 Linu[...]

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    2-8 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 3. If the CD does not automount, open a terminal window and mount the CD by typing the following command: Where / mountpoint is the appropriate mount point for the OS and optical drive type. For example: 4. Change to the / mountpoint /drivers/linux/ operating_system directory . Where[...]

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    Chapter 2 Software Installation 2-9 2.4.2 Installing Solaris Operating System Drivers The following instructions are for installing drivers if you ar e performing a fresh installation of the Solaris 10 operating system. Y ou do not need to reinstall the drivers if you are using the pr einstalled version of the operating system. 1. Remove the curren[...]

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    2-10 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 2.4.3 Installing W indows XP Operating System Drivers The Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation Supplemental CD contains NVRAID, NVIDIA display , and NVIDIA chipset drivers for W indows XP . If you are installing NVRAID drivers, you will need to use the XpReburn script to create a new W indows [...]

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    Chapter 2 Software Installation 2-11 2.4.3.1 Installing RAID Drivers Using XPReburn Script The Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation Supplemental CD (705-1364) contains a script that allows you to create a new W indows XP CD with the needed RAID drivers. After the new CD is created, you can boot the CD and install W indows XP normally . This new CD automatical[...]

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    2-12 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 5. Unzip the XpReburn_ version . zip f ile. For example: 6. Run the XpReburn script. For example: The script displays the driver files it expects to be located in the curr ent directory . When all four driver files ar e downloaded into that directory , the script creates a new ISO i[...]

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    Chapter 2 Software Installation 2-13 Creating a Boot Diskette for NVIDIA RAID Drivers T o create a boot diskette for W indows XP 32- bit and 64-bit, you will need a W indows system with a CD drive and diskette drive. 1. On a W indows workstation, insert the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation Supplemental CD. 2. Change to the following directory on the CD: d[...]

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    2-14 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 Installing Windows XP and NVIDIA RAID Drivers T o install W indows XP with the NVIDIA RAID drivers on the Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation: 1. Attach a USB f loppy diskette drive to the workstation. 2. Insert a W indows XP 32-bit or 64-bit installation CD into the DVD drive. 3. Press the F[...]

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    Chapter 2 Software Installation 2-15 b. Double-click the executable f ile. 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: Where OS is XP32 or XP64. b. Double-click the executable f ile. c. Follow the[...]

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    2-16 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006[...]

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    3-1 CHAPTER 3 Setting Up the Pr einstalled Software The Solaris 10 Operating System and additional development software ar e preinstalled on all Sun Ultra 20 W orkstations. This chapter contains instructions on configuring the operating system and using the softwar e installed on the system. This chapter contains the following sections: ■ Section[...]

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    3-2 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 3.1.1 Licensing Information The Solaris 10 Operating System installed on your workstation requir es no licensing fee. The Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation requires Solaris 10, HW 1 or a subsequent compatible version of Solaris software. For mor e information, refer to the following web site[...]

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    Chapter 3 Setting Up the Preinstalled Software 3-3 3.1.4 Conf iguring the Preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System Complete the following steps to configur e the preinstalled Solaris 10 x86 Platform Edition. 1. Power on the workstation. See Section 1.5, “Powering On the W orkstation” on page 1-8 . 2. Answer the setup prompts by following the on[...]

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    3-4 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 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 [...]

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    Chapter 3 Setting Up the Preinstalled Software 3-5 3.2 Setting Up Pr einstalled Development Softwar e The following minimum versions of development software is pr einstalled or preloaded on your Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation: Sun Studio 10, Sun Java Studio Creator 2004Q2 and Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7. Y our system might have later versions of this s[...]

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    3-6 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 3.2.2 Sun Java Studio Cr eator The Sun Java Studio Creator development envir onment (formerly "Project Rave") is the next-generation tool for Java application development. This product combines the power of 100% Java standards with simplif ied visual development techniques [...]

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    Chapter 3 Setting Up the Preinstalled Software 3-7 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 [...]

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    3-8 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 Y ou should make and keep a full backup of the operating system, which can be used to restor e 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 Sy[...]

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    Chapter 3 Setting Up the Preinstalled Software 3-9 3.3.4 Backing Up the Pr einstalled Image to Another Har d Drive Information about hard drive backups can be found in the Solaris 10 System Administration Guide. T o obtain this guide, refer to the following web site: http://docs.sun.com/ 3.3.5 Har d Drive Mirr oring T o perform hard drive mirroring[...]

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    3-10 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006[...]

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    A-1 APPENDIX A Cr eating W indows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images This appendix describes how to create Sun Ultra 20 W orkstation specific images on the Remote Installation Service (RIS) server for the following operating systems: ■ W indows XP SP2 32-bit ■ W indows XP 64-bit Once created you can install the images on a client [...]

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    A-2 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 A.1 Cr eating a 32-bit W indows XP (Service Pack 2) RIS Image This section tells you how to create a W indows XP 32-bit image on a RIS server and then add platform specific drivers to the image. All drivers for this pr ocedure are located on the Supplemental CD, version 1.3 or later [...]

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    Appendix A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A-3 7. In the “W indows Installation Image Folder Name“ screen, type a descriptive name for the W indows XP SP2 32-bit CD image you are creating. For example: 8. In the “Friendly Description and Help T ext” screen, type a description and help text (for future end-u[...]

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    A-4 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 A.1.3 Adding Other Drivers and Modifying Setting Files T o modify settings files, cr eate driver directories, and copy drivers to their directories in the W indows XP SP2 32-bit image on the RIS server , do the following steps. The ristndrd.sif file is located in the following direct[...]

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    Appendix A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A-5 3. Add the following entries to the ristndrd.sif file : 4. T o create the $oem$ directory for the RIS image, type the following command: The $oem$ directory will have a subdirectory tr ee structure with the following directory names: 5. T o copy Windows XP 32-bit drive[...]

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    A-6 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 a. T o copy the chipset zip package to the RIS server , type the following command: b. T o unzip the package, type the following command: 6. T o copy the chipset drivers to the proper directories, type the following commands: 7. The txtsetup.oem f ile is located in the following dire[...]

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    Appendix A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A-7 A.2 Cr eating a 64-bit W indows XP RIS Image This section tells you how to create a W indows XP 64-bit image on a RIS server and then add platform specific drivers to the image. All drivers for this pr ocedure located on the Supplemental CD, version 1.3 or later . Note[...]

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    A-8 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 8. In the “Friendly Description and Help T ext“ 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 th[...]

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    Appendix A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A-9 1. Change these entries in the ristndrd.sif file to read as follows: 2. Remove the following entry from the ristndrd.sif file : 3. Add the following entries to the ristndrd.sif file : 4. T o create the $oem$ directory for the RIS image, type the following command: [Una[...]

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    A-10 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 The $oem$ directory will have a subdirectory tr ee structure with the following directory names: 5. T o copy Windows XP 64-bit driver f iles into the $oem$ directory tree, type the following commands. The drivers are located in the following dir ectory on the Supplemental CD: cdrom_[...]

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    Appendix A Creating Windows Images on a RIS Server and Installing RIS Images A-1 1 6. T o copy the driver f iles to the proper directories, type the following commands: 7. The txtsetup.oem f ile is located in the following directory . ris_partition :RemoteInstallSetupEnglishImages image_dir $oem$ textmode Add a semicolon to the beginning of[...]

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    A-12 Sun Ultra 20 Workstation Getting Started Guide • April 2006 A.3 Installing a RIS Image onto a Client W orkstation 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 , pr ess the F12 key to enter PXE. The workstation looks for the RIS server [...]