Sun Microsystems SUN FIRE X4640 - Manual (Page 52)

Note – Type the append command line from append initrd= to siaurl= as one continuous
string with no returns. initrd= must point to the location of the initrd.img on your PXE
server that you copied from the SIA CD/DVD and siaurl= must point to the URL for the state
file.
You can also boot the installer from the network and perform a manual (attended) installation
by removing the siaurl= argument from the PXE target.
Save the file, and then unmount and remove the SIA CD/DVD from the CD/DVD drive.
You image is now ready to be booted from.
To boot the SIA PXE image from the PXE server and begin the unattended installation, follow the
steps presented in
“How to Boot SIA From a PXE Server and Perform an Unattended Installation”
on page 52 .
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How to Boot SIA From a PXE Server and Perform an Unattended
Installation
Ensure that the target Sun server is configured on the same network as the PXE server, and then
reset the target Sun server. For example:
■ From the service processor (Lights Out Manager) Remote Console web interface, click Remote
Control->Remote Power Control then select Reset to reset the host server.
—Or—
■ Press the Power button on the front panel of the server to turn it off (hold the button in until
the server powers off), then press the Power button to turn on the server.
The BIOS screen appears. An example is shown below (your server’s BIOS screen might look
different).
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Preparing for an Unattended SIA Firmware Upgrade
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