Re: S7-2 Debian 12 ISO Installation via NFS
Dennis,
**Revised: Fixed some typos and clarified a step to easily detect nfs
related "SUNRemote ISO CDROM" boot string.
Many ways to accomplish this goal, just showing what works on my end.
In any event, successfully installed Debian 12 sparc64 via NFS as well.
So USB and NFS based Debian12 sparc64 ISO installs all work on my end.
Hope the following step-by-step will help.
*NOTE:
This is a temp demonstration, I am not concerned about security for this
quick example. You can re-enable the firewall or revert any changes on
your nfs server system, after the Debian 12 sparc64 installation is
finished. Doing so to rule out any potential firewall related issues
between ILOM and NFS.
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Section A: on NFS Server: In my case, this is manjaro x86-64
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) Ensure nfs-server related package is installed for your linux system.
2) Add an "/export" entry similar to the following within /etc/exports
for your network. In my case, it is 192.168.21.0/24 (see below).
However, this will most likely differ on your end. This will be the
export directory to other systems.
# /etc/exports - exports(5) - directories exported to NFS clients
#
# Example for NFSv3:
# /srv/home hostname1(rw,sync) hostname2(ro,sync)
# Example for NFSv4:
# /srv/nfs4 hostname1(rw,sync,fsid=0)
# /srv/nfs4/home hostname1(rw,sync,nohide)
# Using Kerberos and integrity checking:
# /srv/nfs4 *(rw,sync,sec=krb5i,fsid=0)
# /srv/nfs4/home *(rw,sync,sec=krb5i,nohide)
#
# Use `exportfs -arv` to reload.
/export 192.168.21.0/24(rw,sync)
3) sudo bash
4) mkdir /export
5) chmod 777 /export
6) copy debian 12 iso image within /export directory
Example: cp ./debian-12.0.0-sparc64-NETINST-1-08212025.iso /export/
7) chmod 777 to the debian 12 sparc64 iso image
Example: chmod 777 /export/debian-12.0.0-sparc64-NETINST-1-08212025.iso
8) exportfs -arv
9) Disable your firewall temporality on your NFS server, until the
Debian 12 sparc64 ISO install is finished.
10) Ensure the nfs-server service is started for your distro. Example:
systemctl restart nfs-server
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Section B: S7-2
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface (should be root or admin user)
1a) In the "NAVIGATION" pane, click on "Remote Control" and then select
"Host Storage Device".
1b) In the "Mode" dropdown menu, select "Remote".
For the URI field, enter the NFS path to your ISO file using the format:
nfs://<NFS_SERVER_IP>:/<path_to_iso>
1c) For example:
nfs://192.168.21.22:/export/debian-12.0.0-sparc64-NETINST-1-08212025.iso
Click "Save". ILOM will now attempt to connect to the NFS server and
mount the ISO. The status field should change to "Operational" .
**If it doesn't work or appears hung with a "Time-Out" message or a
"Connecting" status that takes a long time (over 60 seconds). Then try
changing "Mode" to "Disabled" then click "Save". Perform some
troubleshooting regarding then NFS server, firewall, etc, then try steps
(1a) to (1c) again. On the NFS Server system, issue: "sudo showmount
-a" and check for S7-ILOM related IP address along with the /export
directory.
2) Login to ILOM MGMT CLI [ethernet port] (should also be root or admin
user)
# Start the system
-> start /SYS
# Start the Console
-> start /SP/console
3) ok prompt related
# wait until you see an ok prompt
{0} ok
# Now issue proble-all command
{0} ok probe-all
NOTICE: Probing PCI devices.
NOTICE: Finished PCI probing.
NOTICE: Probing USB devices.
NOTICE: Finished USB probing.
# Now use probe-scsi-all command, doing so will enable to quickly locate
the correct boot string
{0} ok probe-scsi-all
/pci@302/pci@2/pci@0/pci@14/LSI,sas@0
FCode Version 1.00.65, MPT Version 2.05, Firmware Version 10.00.00.00
Target 9
Unit 0 Disk ATA SAMSUNG MZ7LN256 3L6Q 500118192 Blocks,
256 GB
SATAWorldWideName 5002538d00000000 PhyNum 2
/pci@300/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/usb@0/storage@1
Unit 0 Disk smiMICRON eUSB DISK 1112
/pci@300/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/usb@0/hub@2/storage@1
Unit 0 Removable Read Only device SUNRemote ISO CDROM1.01
#NOTE: The boot string we want has the SUNRemote ISO CDROM Keyword
listed. This may differ for you, but in my case it is:
/pci@300/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/usb@0/hub@2/storage@1
# Now issue show-disks command and select the letter that has a similar
boot string.
{0} ok show-disks
a) /reboot-memory@0
b) /pci@302/pci@2/pci@0/pci@14/LSI,sas@0/disk
c) /pci@300/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/usb@0/hub@2/storage@1/disk
d) /pci@300/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/usb@0/storage@1/disk
e) /iscsi-hba/disk
q) NO SELECTION
Enter Selection, q to quit: c
* In my case, the SUNRemote ISO CDROM related ilom device is letter "c".
# Now type boot then press Control Y Doing so will paste the boot
string for you.
Example;
{0} boot /pci@300/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/usb@0/hub@2/storage@1/disk
# *Note: If unsuccessful, you should try a different boot string until
you find the correct one (repeat step 3, ok prompt related again).
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4) # If all went well, now you should see a grub install menu. I
selected "Default install".
GNU GRUB version 2.12-9
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Debian GNU/Linux installer boot menu
|
|* Default install
| Automated install
| Expert install
| Rescue mode
|
|
|
|
|
|
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted.
Press enter to boot the selected OS, `e' to edit the commands
before booting or `c' for a command-line.
5) # After that you will see the words
"loading...."
NOTE: this may take a while (approx 5 to 10 minutes) - it didn't hang.
Currently connected to ILOM management Ethernet port using 1GBE (unsure
if the management port supports 10GBE).
Menus are faster after that long "loading..." message.
6) After installation is finished, see section B step 1b, change mode to
"Disabled" and hit save. You can now enable the firewall on the nfs
server and revert any changes made (if needed).
Regards,
Tony Rodriguez
https://www.linkedin.com/in/unixpro1970/?_l=en_US
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