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Install Solaris 10u6 x86 on HP BL460c

Problem:

Trying to install Solaris 10u6 x86 onto a HP BL460c server blade through the iLOv2 . The install errors out with “No Disks Found” message

Solution:

Download and install the HP SmartArray controller driver from HP site (CPQary3-2.0.0-solaris10-i386)

Procedure:

  • Mount the ISO as a virtual cdrom from the iLO v2 web interface and boot the server blade
  • When the install comes to the point where you are asked to choose what kind of install ( the prompt where it asks whether you want an interactive , desktop , text console etc)
  • Choose the option 5 , something like “install 3rd party package/patch”,  and it asks you where to install the package / patch from
  • From the iLO v2 interface , umount the Solaris 10 ISO and mount the image of the downloaded driver from HP and choose the option for searching all paths (cdrom , non-usb …etc)
  • This will find and install the driver.
  • Umount the image of the driver and mount the Solaris 10 ISO again.
  • Continue with normal installation

Note:

Since most of our servers are SPARC based , did not want to take the pain to configure Jumpstart for a single server , but if Jumpstart is used for installation, addition of 3rd party packages / patches is easier.

Recommendation :

Choose the option 3, 4 from the installation menu and you get to choose the option to boot from ZFS. It has worked flawlessly for us. Your mileage may vary.

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