I recently acquired a Sun Fire X4600 M2 and here are some pics of the machine:
I have Solaris 11.4 up and running on my newly acquired Sun Fire X4600 M2:
The DVD-ROM in the unit doesn't appear to be working properly, so I couldn't use a DVD ISO to carry out the install! (I'll have to source another drive some time.)
I therefore had to create a bootable USB Solaris 11 text install. (all of the information required to accomplish this can be found in the link below)
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I then upgraded the text install with a GUI, by following the steps shown in this video:
Here's a video giving you a short overview of this machine:
I have Solaris 11.4 up and running on my newly acquired Sun Fire X4600 M2:
The DVD-ROM in the unit doesn't appear to be working properly, so I couldn't use a DVD ISO to carry out the install! (I'll have to source another drive some time.)
I therefore had to create a bootable USB Solaris 11 text install. (all of the information required to accomplish this can be found in the link below)
How to create a bootable Solaris 11 USB?
Because I need the ZFS encryption feature of ZFS v31, I need to use Solaris 11 (+ napp-it) as the OS on my HP N40L Microserver. Because all of the hard drive slots are populated by disks, I need to run Solaris from a fast bootable USB flash drive. What is the best way to do this? Do I just make...
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I then upgraded the text install with a GUI, by following the steps shown in this video:
Here's a video giving you a short overview of this machine:
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