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# 1  
Old 02-23-2015
Booting T5 from USB

I've copied over the sol-11_2-text-sparc.usb file to a USB thumb drive, plugged into a USB port on the front of the server, and then attempted to find the drive with
Code:
ok show-disks

to no avail.

Is there a different way to copy the image over to the drive using a Windows workstation? Is there anything else I should be doing in order to make sure that the server recognizes the USB thumb drive?
# 2  
Old 02-24-2015
Booting a SPARC from USB is not something I've done but I would say that, in all cases, the 'bios' or equivalent must support such a boot if it's to work.

Before the O/S is running there are no drivers installed so it has to be the service processor that is looking for a USB image to boot.
# 3  
Old 02-24-2015
I would simply use the ILOM to mount an ISO image of Solaris to the server and boot from there. All you need is an IP address for the ILOM and another computer to access it.
# 4  
Old 02-24-2015
Hi,

In order to boot your T5, I suggest you have a quick look here.

Regards

Dave
# 5  
Old 02-25-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by gull04
Hi,

In order to boot your T5, I suggest you have a quick look here.

Regards

Dave
I did (thank you!) but no luck. Running the ok prompt command devalias shows no USB devices and I've tried all of the USB ports. I am leaning towards DukeNuke's suggestion but still working my way through this.

I genuinely appreciate the help offered from those that have chimed in so far.
# 6  
Old 02-25-2015
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28853_01/pdf/E28858.pdf

Take a look at pages 12 & 19.

What OBP version have you got?
Read somewhere that 4.72 is the first to support USB boot.

What version of Solaris are you trying to boot?
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# 7  
Old 02-25-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by hicksd8
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28853_01/pdf/E28858.pdf

Take a look at pages 12 & 19.

What OBP version have you got?
Read somewhere that 4.72 is the first to support USB boot.

What version of Solaris are you trying to boot?
Good catch (see below) but now I need to get firewall rules opened up so that I can upload the new firmware. Thank you!

Code:
{0} ok .version
Release 4.36.1  created 2014/06/26 12:20

---------- Post updated at 01:06 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:31 AM ----------

***Update***, hicksd8 is close on his recommendation. However, OBP 4.27 is the minimum version per this article and this server does meet that standard but it does not recognize any USB thumb drives inserted so far.

I have had no luck so far. I believe that mounting the USB installation image from another box might be my best approach.

To clarify, my situation is that we have AI instances on our local IPS boxes. However, we have issues getting ports to said IPS boxes from our new servers that we must build. I have been tasked with finding a way to avoid making and waiting on requests to open up ports as our security team is not only slow but often works in a.....not detail oriented fashion Smilie
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