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Network connection |
Is the system connected to a network? |
Networked/Nonnetworked |
Auto Registration |
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My Oracle Support (or Sun Online Support) user name and password Proxy server
host name and port number HTTP proxy user name and password |
DHCP |
Can the system
use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to configure its network interfaces? DHCP provides the
network parameters that are necessary for installation. |
Yes/No* |
If you are not using DHCP,
note the network address. |
IP Address |
If you are not using DHCP, supply the
IP address for the system. Example: 172.31.255.255 To find this information on a running
system, type the following command. # ypmatch host-name hosts |
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Subnet |
If you are not using DHCP, is the
system part of a subnet? If yes, what is the netmask of the
subnet? Example: 255.255.255.0 To find this information on a running system, type the following
command. # more /etc/netmasks |
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IPv6 |
Do you want to enable IPv6 on this machine? IPv6 is a part
of the TCP/IP Internet protocol that facilitates IP addressing by adding better security
and increasing Internet addresses. |
Yes/No* |
Host name |
Host name that you choose for the system. To
find this information on a running system, type the following command. # uname -n |
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Kerberos |
Do you
want to configure Kerberos security on this machine? If yes, gather this information: |
Yes/No* |
Default
Realm: |
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Administration Server: |
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First KDC: |
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(Optional) Additional KDCs: |
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The Kerberos service is a client-server architecture that
provides secure transactions over networks. |
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If the system uses a naming service, provide the
following information. |
Naming service |
Which naming service should this system use? To find this information
on a running system, type the following command. # cat /etc/nsswitch.conf A naming service stores information
in a central place, which enables users, machines, and applications to communicate across
the network. Examples of information that is stored are host names and addresses
or user names and passwords. |
NIS+/NIS/DNS/ LDAP/None |
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Domain name |
Provide the name of the domain in
which the system resides. During installation, you can choose the default NFSv4 domain name.
Or, you can specify a custom NFSv4 domain name.
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NIS+ and NIS |
Do you want
to specify a name server or let the installation program find one? If you
want to specify a name server, provide the following information. |
Specify one/Find one* |
Server's
host name: |
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Server's IP Address: |
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- For NIS clients, type the following command to display the server's IP address.
# ypmatch nameserver-name hosts
For NIS+ clients, type the following command to display the server's IP address. # nismatch nameserver-name hosts.org_dir
Network Information Service (NIS) makes network administration more manageable by
providing centralized control over a variety of network information, such as machine names
and addresses. |
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DNS |
Provide IP addresses for the DNS server. You must enter at
least one IP address, but you can enter up to three addresses. |
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Server's IP
Address: |
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To display the server's IP address, type the following command. # getent hosts dns |
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You can enter
a list of domains to search when a DNS query is made. |
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List
of domains to be searched: |
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The domain name system (DNS) is the naming
service that the Internet provides for TCP/IP networks. DNS provides host names to
the IP address service. DNS simplifies communication by using machine names instead of
numerical IP addresses. DNS also serves as a database for mail administration. |
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LDAP |
Provide the
following information about your LDAP profile. |
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Profile Name: |
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Profile Server: |
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If you specify a proxy
credential level in your LDAP profile, gather this information. |
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Proxy-bind distinguished name: |
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Proxy-bind password: |
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Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (LDAP) defines a relatively simple protocol for updating and searching directories
that are running over TCP/IP. |
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Default route |
Do you want to specify a default
route IP address or let the Solaris installation program find one? The default
route provides a bridge that forwards traffic between two physical networks. An IP
address is a unique number that identifies each host on a network. You
have the following choices:
You can specify the IP address. An /etc/defaultrouter file is created with the specified IP address. When the system is rebooted, the specified IP address becomes the default route.
You can let the Solaris installation program detect an IP address. However, the system must be on a subnet that has a router that advertises itself by using the ICMP router discovery protocol. If you are using the command-line interface, the software detects an IP address when the system is booted.
You can choose None if you do not have a router or do not want the software to detect an IP address at this time. The software automatically tries to detect an IP address on reboot.
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Detect one*/Specify one/None |
Time zone |
How do you want to
specify your default time zone? |
Geographic region* Offset from GMT Time zone file |
Root password |
Provide
the root password for the system. |
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Default or custom installation |
Do you want to
perform a default installation, or customize the installation?
Select Default installation to format the entire hard disk and install a preselected set of software.
Select Custom installation to modify the hard disk layout and select the software that you want to install.
Note - The text installer does not
prompt you to select a Default or Custom Installation. To perform a default
installation, accept the default values that are provided in the text installer. To
perform a custom installation, edit the values in the text installer screens.
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Default installation*/Custom
installation |
Keyboard |
This feature is new in the following releases:
For SPARC, starting with the Solaris 10 10/06 release
For x86, starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release
If the keyboard is self-identifying,
the keyboard language and layout automatically configures during installation. If the keyboard is
not self-identifying, the sysidkdb tool provides you, during the installation, a list of supported
keyboard layouts during installation, so that you can select a layout for keyboard
configuration. SPARC: Previously, the USB keyboard assumed a self-identifying value of 1 during the
installation. Therefore, all of the keyboards that were not self-identifying always configured for a
U.S. English keyboard layout during installation. For further information, see Preconfiguring With the sysidcfg File in Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations. |
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Locales |
For which geographic
regions do you want to install support?
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SPARC: Power Management (only available on
SPARC systems that support Power Management) |
Do you want to use Power Management?
Note - If your
system has Energy Star version 3 or later, you are not prompted for
this information.
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Yes/No |
Automatic reboot or CD/DVD ejection |
Reboot automatically after software installation? Eject CD/DVD automatically
after software installation? |
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Disk space reallocation |
Do you want the installation program to automatically
re-layout the systems on your disks? If yes, which file system should be used
for auto-layout? Example: /, /opt, /var If no, you must provide information for the
system configuration. |
Yes/No* |
If you are installing through a tip line, follow these instructions. |
Ensure that
your window display is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long.
For more information, see tip(1). To determine the current dimensions of your tip window,
use the stty command. For more information, see the man page, stty(1). |
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Check your
Ethernet connection. |
If the system is part of a network, verify that an
Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is connected to your system. |
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Solaris Live Upgrade
use |
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Check the system for the existence of Prestoserve software. |
If you begin the
upgrade process by shutting down the system with the init 0 command and
you're using Prestoserve software, you might lose data. Refer to the Prestoserve documentation
for shutdown instructions. |
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Check for patches needed. |
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Review the planning chapter and other relevant documentation. |
- Review the entire planning chapter or specific sections in Chapter 4, System Requirements, Guidelines, and Upgrade (Planning).
Review the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Release Notes on http://docs.sun.com and vendor release notes to ensure that the software you use is supported in the new Solaris release.
Review the 10 9/10 Sun Hardware Platform Guide to ensure that your hardware is supported.
Review the documentation that accompanied your system to ensure that your system and devices are supported by the Solaris release.
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