Before You Begin - Oracle® Server X7-8 Operating Systems Installation Guide

Solaris 11.3 (with SRU 23)

To use PXE to boot the installation media over the network, ensure that the Automated Installation (AI) image install server is set up and accessible to your server over the network.
If your AI server requires the MAC address of an install client, you can obtain your system's MAC address by logging in to the Oracle ILOM SP as root, and typing:
```
-> show /System host_primary_mac_address 
  /System
    Properties:
        host_primary_mac_address = 00:10:e0:c3:b6:f4
```

Oracle Linux

If you are using a Kickstart image to perform the installation:
- Create a Kickstart file.
- Create the boot media with the Kickstart file or make the Kickstart file available on the network.
To use PXE to boot the installation media over the network:
- Configure the network (NFS, TFTP, FTP, HTTP) server to export the installation tree.
- Configure the files on the TFTP server necessary for PXE booting.
- Configure the server MAC network port address to boot from the PXE configuration.
- Configure the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

For more information on Kickstart and PXE network installation on Oracle Linux 6, refer to the Oracle Linux Installation Guide at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/index.html.

For more information on Kickstart and PXE network installation on Oracle Linux 7, refer to the Oracle Linux 7 Installation Guide at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E54695/html/index.html.

Oracle VM

To use PXE to boot the installation media over the network:
- Configure the network (NFS, TFTP, FTP, HTTP) server to export the installation tree.
- Configure the files on the TFTP server necessary for PXE booting.
- Configure the server MAC network port address to boot from the PXE configuration.
- Configure the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
If your server requires the MAC address of an install client, you can obtain your system MAC address by logging in to the Oracle ILOM SP as root, and typing:
```
-> show System/ host_primary_mac_address

  /System
    Properties:
        host_primary_mac_address = 00:10:e0:ba:be:54
```

Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016

Configure the network (NFS, TFTP, HTTP) server to export the installation tree.
Configure the files on the TFTP server that are necessary for PXE booting.
Configure the server's MAC network port address to boot from the PXE configuration.
Configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

Note - Configuring a DHCP server might not be necessary, because only one DHCP server is needed in the local network.

To use Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to perform the installation, you must:

Add the required system device drivers to the install.wim image and, if necessary, the boot.wim image.

For instructions for adding drivers to the Windows Imaging Files Format (WIM) installation image(s), see the Microsoft Windows Deployment Services documentation.
Obtain the WIM Administrator password.