Description of a Server

A server system contains the following file systems:

• The root (/) and /usr file systems, plus swap space

• The /export and /export/home file systems, which support client systems and provide home directories for users

• The /opt directory or file system for storing application software

Servers can also contain the following software to support other systems:

• Solaris OS services for diskless systems that are running a different release

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  Note –

  OS client-server configurations, where only one system is running a Solaris release that implements the new boot architecture can result in major incompatibilities. It is therefore recommended that you install or upgrade diskless systems to the same release as the server OS before adding diskless client support. New boot (GRUB) was introduced in the Solaris 10 1/06 release on the x86 platform and in the Solaris 10 10/08 release on the SPARC platform.

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• Clients that use a different platform than the server

• Solaris CD image software and boot software for networked systems to perform remote installations

• JumpStart^TM directory for networked systems to perform custom JumpStart installations