Sun N1 Service Provisioning System User's Guide and Release Notes for the OS Provisioning Plug-In 2.0

Process Overview

  1. Prepare the hardware for the N1 SPS Master Server, OS provisioning server, and boot and install servers.

  2. Obtain the N1 SPS software.

  3. Install the N1 SPS Master Server, as explained in Installing the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Installation Guide.

  4. Install the N1 SPS RA and N1 SPS command-line interface (CLI) on the OS provisioning server

  5. Install the N1 SPS RA and N1 SPS CLI on the Solaris boot and install server

  6. Install the N1 SPS RA on the Linux boot and install server

  7. Prepare the RAs on the OS provisioning server, Solaris boot and install server, and Linux boot and install server. For information, see How to Prepare a Physical Host in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 System Administration Guide.


Note –

For safety, back up the N1 SPS database. For information, see Chapter 9, Backing Up and Restoring, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 System Administration Guide.