Video Description

Taking a look at a Sun Fire v440 enterprise server from 2003. We'll get familiar with the hardware, get it racked up in the retro rack, and finally install Solaris on it over a JumpStart server hosted in my proxmox instance. Check me out on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/clabretro Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio #netro #retrotech #retrocomputer #computers #networking #cisco Rack stuff StarTech Universal Rack Rails: https://amzn.to/404JV1Q StarTech 42U Rack: https://amzn.to/482c3oh StarTech 25U Rack: https://amzn.to/3mEB7hS Tripp Lite SMART1500LCD UPS: https://amzn.to/3KZW3Jw 1U 24 Port Patch Panel: https://amzn.to/3Nm0bFa 1U Brush Panel: https://amzn.to/3mExAA3 1U Rack Shelf: https://amzn.to/3oaDclT Video gear Camera: https://amzn.to/4al3xjA Main mics: https://amzn.to/4dCUuO2 Desk mic: https://amzn.to/3ye8BsV Note: The above are Amazon affiliate links. It doesn't cost you extra, but I'll receive a commission which will help keep the content coming. I only link to things I've personally ordered. 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:05 v440 Physical Overview 00:17:17 First Power On 00:18:47 ALOM and ok Prompt Explanation 00:22:27 Booting to Solaris 00:25:25 Modifying a Rail Kit and Racking the v440 00:37:06 Resetting the ALOM Password 00:40:00 Installing Hard Drives 00:45:47 JumpStart Server Overview 00:52:45 Testing the Hard Drives 01:01:57 JumpStarting Solaris 9 01:07:30 JumpStarting Solaris 10 01:17:04 Next Steps