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#### Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris Operating System |

## Preface

This guide contains operating system installation and initial software configuration procedures for bringing the Sun Fire X4470 Server from Oracle to a configurable and usable state. This document is written for technicians, system administrators, authorized service providers (ASPs), and users who have experience with installing operating systems.

### Product Information

For product information about the Sun Fire X4470 Server, go to the following web site:

http://www.oracle.com/goto/x4470

At that site, you can find links and navigate to the following information and downloads:

- Product information and specifications

- Supported operating systems

- Software and firmware downloads

- Supported option cards

- External storage options

- Power calculator

### Related Documentation

The related documents listed in the following table are available online at:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sf.x4470#hic

Title | Content | Part Number | Format
--- | --- | --- | ---
Sun Fire X4470 Server Product Notes | Late-breaking information about the server | 821-0704 | PDF HTML
Sun Fire X4470 Server Getting Started Guide | Basic installation information for setting up the server | 821-0333 | PDF Print
Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide | Detailed installation information for setting up the server | 821-0332 | PDF HTML Print option
Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems | Installation instructions for the Linux operating systems | 821-1213 | PDF HTML
Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Windows Operating Systems | Installation instructions for the Windows Server operating systems | 821-0701 | PDF HTML
Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris Operating System | Installation instructions for the Oracle Solaris operating system | 821-0700 | PDF HTML
Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Virtual Machine Software | Installation instructions for Oracle VM and VMware ESX/ESXi software | 821-1214 | PDF HTML
Sun Installation Assistant 2.3 Through 2.4 User’s Guide for x64 Servers | Instructions for using the Sun Installation Assistant to install the operating systems | 821-0694 | PDF HTML
Sun Fire X4470 Server Service Manual | Information and procedures for maintaining and upgrading the server | 821-0703 | PDF HTML
Sun Server CLI Tools and IPMItool 2.0 User’s Guide | Information about installing, configuring, and working with CLI tools and IPMItool | 821-1600 | PDF HTML
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Documentation Collection (formerly called Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager Documentation Collection) | Documents covering ILOM features and tasks that are common to servers and server modules that support ILOM 3.0 | 820-5523 820-6410 820-6411 820-6412 820-6413 | PDF HTML
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Supplement for Sun Fire X4470 Server | ILOM 3.0 information that is specific to the Sun Fire X4470 Server | 821-0702 | PDF HTML
Sun Fire X4470 Safety and Compliance Guide | Hardware safety and compliance information for the server | 821-0705 | PDF
Important Safety Information for Sun Hardware Systems | Multilingual hardware safety and compliance information for all Sun hardware system | 821-1590 | Print
Oracle X86 Servers Diagnostics Guide | Information for diagnosing and troubleshooting the server. | 820-6750 | PDF HTML

Translated versions of some of these documents are available at the product documentation web site listed above the table. English documentation is revised more frequently and might be more up-to-date than the translated documentation.

### Documentation, Support, and Training

These web sites provide additional resources:

- Documentation

- Support

- Training

### Typographic Conventions

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`AaBbCc123` | The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output | Edit your`.login` file. Use`ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
AaBbCc123 | What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output | `%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123 | Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values. | Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, enter `rm` filename.

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### Product Downloads

To download the latest product software, go to the following web site:

http://www.oracle.com/goto/x4470

At that site, you can find links and navigate to the following items:

- Tools and Drivers DVD image

- Sun Installation Assistant DVD image

- Sun Validation Test Suite (Sun VTS) update

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