Platform

Time

Sun Fire V240:

10 minutes

Sun Blade 150

10 minutes

Step

System prompt

Action

1

None (system is powered off).

Power up the system.

The system displays various initialization messages. When initialization is complete, the system displays the language selection prompt.

2

Select a Locale

0. English (C - 7-bit ASCII)
1. Canada-English (ISO8859-1)
2. Thai
3. U.S.A. (en_US.ISO 8859-1)
4. U.S.A. (en_US.ISO 8859-15)
5. Go Back to Previous Screen

Please make a choice (0 - 5), or press h or ? for help:

Enter 0 for English.

IMPORTANT:
You must use English for the locale. The Avaya IR system will not function properly if you select another locale.

3

What type of terminal are you using?

1) ANSI Standard CRT
2) DEC VT52
3) DEC VT100
4) Heathkit 19
5) Lear Siegler ADM31
6) PC Console
7) Sun Command Tool
8) Sun Workstation
9) Televideo 910
10) Televideo 925
11) Wyse Model 50
12) X Terminal Emulator (xterms)
13) Other

Type the number of your choice and press Return:

This prompt is displayed on the Sun Fire 280R and the Sun Blade 150, if the Sun keyboard is not connected to the USB port on the computer.

Choose the terminal type you want to use and press Enter.

4

The Solaris Installation Program

The Solaris installation program is divided into a series of short sections where you'll be prompted to provide information for the installation. At the end of each section, you'll be able to change the selections you've made before continuing.

About navigation...
- The mouse cannot be used
- If your keyboard does not have function keys, or they do not respond, press ESC; the legend at the bottom of the screen will change to show the ESC keys to use for navigation.

Press F2 to acknowledge the screen.

5

Identify This System

On the next screens, you must identify this system as networked or non-networked, and set the default time zone and date/time.

If this system is networked, the software will try to find the information it needs to identify your system; you will be prompted to supply any information it cannot find.

To begin identifying this system, press F2.

Press F2 to acknowledge the screens.

6

Host name:

Enter the host name for the Avaya IR system and press F2.

7

Networked

[ ]Yes
[ ] No

If you plan to connect your system to a network, position the cursor between the Yes brackets using the arrow keys. Press Enter. An X appears in the brackets to indicate your selection. Press F2.

8

Use DHCP

[ ] Yes
[ ] No

Select whether DHCP is to be used on your LAN. Press F2.

If you select No (the preferred option), the system uses static IP addresses for proxy connections.

9

IP address:

Enter the IP address of the Avaya IR system and press F2.

10

System part of a subnet

[ ] Yes
[ ] No

Select whether your system is part of a subnet and press F2.

If you choose Yes, the system prompts you for the subnet mask. In this case, enter the subnet mask and press F2.

11

Netmask:

Enter the subnet mask and press F2.

12

Enable IPv6

[ ] Yes
[ ] No

Select No and press F2.

IMPORTANT:
IPv6 is not supported in this release.

After a short wait (approximately 30 seconds), the system displays the network information you entered similar to the example shown in the following row of this table:

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Host name: host
IP address: IP address
System part of a subnet: Yes
Netmask: subnet mask
Enable IPv6: No

Review the information to make sure it is accurate and press F2 to continue. If the information is not correct, press F4 and correct the information, starting with the Networked question.

14

Configure Kerberos Security

[ ] Yes
[ ] No

Choose No and press F2.

IMPORTANT:
Kerberos Security is not supported in this release.

15

Confirm the following information. If it is correct, press F2; to change any information, press F4.

Configure Kerberos Security: No

Press F2 to confirm.

16

Configuring default router

Set default network router IP address [y,n,?]

To configure the default network router IP address, Enter Y for "yes."

17

Set Router IP Address (ex. 192.1.7.254 ):

Enter the IP address for the default router (if applicable).

18

The system asks if the address you entered is correct.

If the address is correct, enter Y for "yes."

19

Name service

[ ] NIS+
[ ] NIS
[ ] DNS
[ ] LDAP
[ ] None

Select your name service and press F2.

This choice and the prompts that follow are specific to your site. If you selected DNS, the system displays the following series of messages to set up the name server:

19a

Domain name:

Enter the domain name and press F2.

19b

Server's IP address:
Server's IP address:
Server's IP address:

You can enter up to three IP addresses for DNS servers. Type the IP address and press Enter to move to the next field. When finished, press F2.

19c

Search domain:
Search domain:
Search domain:
Search domain:
Search domain:
Search domain:

You can enter up to six search domains. Type the search domain and press Enter to move to the next field. When finished, press F2.

The system displays the information your entered, similar to the example shown in the following row in this table:

19d

Name service: DNS
Domain name: domain.com
Server address(es): 127.0.0.1
Search domain(s): search.domain.com

Review the displayed information to make sure it is accurate and Press F2 to continue. If the list is not correct, press F4 and correct the information starting with the domain name prompt.

After the system accepts your name service information, it displays a series of messages requesting information about the time zone for the system.

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Regions

[ ] Asia, Western
[ ] Australia / New Zealand
[ ] Canada
[ ] Europe
[ ] Mexico
[ ] South America
[ ] United States
[ ] other - offset from GMT
[ ] other - specify time zone file

Select the region for the system and press F2.

The system displays a menu for selecting the time zone for the region you selected. The following example in the following row of this table shows the time zones for the United States:

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Time zones

[ ] Eastern
[ ] Central
[ ] Mountain
[ ] Pacific
[ ] East-Indiana
[ ] Arizona
[ ] Michigan
[ ] Samoa
[ ] Alaska
[ ] Aleutian
[ ] Hawaii

Select your time zone and press F2.

22

Date and time: date time

Year (4 digits): year
Month (1-12) : month
Day (1-31) : day
Hour (0-23) : hour
Minute (0-59) : minute

Verify that these values for year, month, day, hour, and minute are correct. If any values need to be changed, position the cursor in the appropriate field and type the correct value. Press Enter to move between field. When finished, press F2.

The system displays the time zone information you entered, similar to the example shown in the following row in this table:

23

Time zone: US/Mountain
Date and time: 2002-07-03 10:38:00

Review the information to make sure it is accurate and press F2 to continue. If the information is not correct, press F4 and correct the information, starting with the Region prompt.

24

Root password:

Enter the root password to be used on the system.

25

Re-enter your root password.

Root password:

Enter the root password again.

26

System identification is completed.
Setting netmask of eri0 to XXX.XXX.XXX.X
Setting default IPv4 interface for multicast: add net 224.0/4: gateway XXXXX
syslog service starting.


Print services started.
volume management starting.

Jul 3 10:48:56 XXXXX sendmail[293]: My unqualified host name (XXXXX) unknown; sleeping for retry The system is ready.

The system reboots and displays the console login prompt for Solaris 8.

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Console login:

Log in as root.

You are now ready to install individual packages required for your particular site. For more information, see Installing individual packages