V210 USB Dvd Rom

UNIX Solaris
1

Is there anyway to get a USB DVD ROM to work on a V210/V240/V440 SPARC systems for initial installation? I'm drawing a blank and I can't seem to find any documentation on this.

2

this DVD can be used with v201/240 , please take a look at the text snippet

USB ports
Two USB ports provide a convenient way to connect a keyboard and mouse to Sun Fire V210 and
Sun Fire V240 servers as well as hand-held devices for configuration management. In addition,
USB-based peripheral devices supported by third parties, such as ZIP drives and printers, as well
as external CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives can be attached using the USB ports.

from

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CB0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sun.com%2Fservers%2Fentry%2Fv210%2Farch_wp.pdf&ei=mQ4fTNuELND64Aa5g42QDg&usg=AFQjCNHwemD9aoZjZQKZDdC7oZzt-pMyhw&sig2=AjR8aoer92EkB1U25MfKHA

and

C H A P T E R 1 - Introduction

Hope this helps

3

Solaris Ready USB FAQ says: Sparc systems with USB 2.0 support can boot from USB disks if the OBP(Open Boot Prom) is upgraded to version 4.27 or later.

But I am not sure, if "boot from USB disks" includes booting from DVD.

4

I probed around for the physical address of the USB drive and I tried booting only for it to say, Unable to boot from boot device.