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Introduction
This chapter contains the following topics:
■ “Terms and References Used in This Book” on page 1
■ “Installation Overview” on page 2
■ “Routine Power On and Power Off” on page 3
■ “About Diskless Servers” on page 5
■ “About the Boot Process” on page 10
■ “RAID Configuration” on page 15
■ “Installing an Operating System” on page 17
■ “Directing Console Output” on page 17
■ “Accessing BIOS Configuration Utilities and Selecting a Boot Device” on page 13
Terms and References Used in This Book
Note the following terms used in this book:
■ The term server module refers to the Sun Blade X6450 server hardware.
■ The term chassis refers to the Sun Blade 6000 modular system.
■ The term remote drive refers to a disk drive that is located outside the server
module, but is configured to serve as a local drive.
■ The server module includes a service processor (SP), which is IPMI-compatible
software integrated into the motherboard. This can be either:
■ Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) – Sun Blade X6450 server modules are
currently shipped with an ILOM service processor.
