Setting Up an x86 Client

The following example associates the x86 client with MAC address 0:e0:81:5d:bf:e0 with the solaris11_2-i386 install service. The DHCP configuration output by this command must be added to the DHCP server. If this DHCP configuration is not done, the client cannot boot the solaris11_2-i386 install service.

# installadm create-client -n solaris11_2-i386 -e 0:e0:81:5d:bf:e0
No local DHCP configuration found. If not already configured, the
following should be added to the DHCP configuration:
    Boot server IP      : 10.80.239.5
    Boot file(s)        : 
        bios clients (arch 00:00):  0100E0815DBFE0.bios
        uefi clients (arch 00:07):  0100E0815DBFE0.uefi

The following example shows how installadm might set the PXE boot entry for this client:

host 00E0815DBFE0 {
  hardware ethernet 00:E0:81:5D:BF:E0;
  if option arch = 00:00 {
    filename "0100E0815DBFE0.bios";
  } else if option arch = 00:07 {
    filename "0100E0815DBFE0.uefi";
  }
}

The following results of this installadm create-client command appear in the /etc/netboot directory:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   21 May  6 10:32 0100E0815DBFE0 -> ./0100E0815DBFE0.bios
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   44 May  6 10:32 0100E0815DBFE0.bios -> ./solaris11_2-i386/boot/grub/pxegrub2
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   51 May  6 10:32 17:49 0100E0815DBFE0.uefi -> ./solaris11_2-i386/boot/grub/grub2netx64.efi
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  1744 May  6 10:32 17:49 grub.cfg.0100E0815DBFE0
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  1204 May  6 10:32 17:49 menu.conf.0100E0815DBFE0