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Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on SPARC Platforms     Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library
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Preface

1.  Booting and Shutting Down a SPARC Based System (Overview)

2.  Booting a SPARC Based System to a Specified State (Tasks)

3.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

4.  Rebooting a SPARC Based System (Tasks)

5.  Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network (Tasks)

Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network (Task Map)

Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network

SPARC Network Boot Processes

Requirements for Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network

Setting Network Boot Arguments in the OpenBoot PROM

How to Specify Network Boot Arguments in the OpenBoot PROM

Setting Up an NVRAM Alias to Automatically Boot by Using DHCP

How to Boot a SPARC Based System From the Network

6.  Modifying Boot Parameters on a SPARC Based System (Tasks)

7.  Creating, Administering, and Booting From ZFS Boot Environments on SPARC Platforms (Tasks)

8.  Keeping a SPARC Based System Bootable (Tasks)

9.  Troubleshooting Booting a SPARC Based System (Tasks)

Index

Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network (Task Map)

Table 5-1 Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network: Task Map

Task
Description
For Instructions
Add network boot arguments in the OBP PROM to enable a wide area network (WAN) boot.
Save the information about which network boot protocol to use when performing a WAN boot by setting the network-boot-arguments parameter of the eeprom utility.
Set up an NVRAM alias to automatically boot a SPARC based system by using the DHCP network protocol.
Save the information about which network boot protocol to use across system reboots by setting up an NVRAM alias.
Boot a SPARC based system from the network.
After performing any preliminary tasks, use the boot command to boot a SPARC based system from the network.