When you use the smosservice add command to add OS services, you must specify the platform, media path, and cluster (or software group) of each diskless client platform that you want to support.
Ensure that the system that is intended to be the OS service is running a supported release. Also verify that the combination of OS server release and diskless client release is supported. For more information, see OS Server and Diskless Client Support Information.
Identify the diskless client platform by using this format:
instruction-set.machine-class.Solaris- version
For example:
sparc.sun4u.Solaris_10
The following are the possible platform options:
instruction-set |
machine-class |
Solaris_version |
---|---|---|
sparc |
sun4v sun4c, sun4d, sun4m, sun4u, |
Starting with the Solaris 10 1/06 OS Solaris_10, Solaris_9, and Solaris_8 |
i386 |
i86pc |
Solaris_10, Solaris_9, and Solaris_8 |
The sun-4c architecture is not supported in the Solaris 8, Solaris 9, or Oracle Solaris 10. The sun-4d architecture is not supported in the Solaris 9 or Oracle Solaris 10. The sun-4m architecture is not supported in the Oracle Solaris OS.
Identify the media path.
The media path is the full path to the disk image that contains the OS that you want to install for the diskless client.
In some Oracle Solaris releases, the OS is delivered on multiple CDs. However, you cannot use the smosservice command to load OS services from a multiple CD distribution. You must run the scripts that are found on the Solaris software CDs (and optional Language CD), or the DVD, as described in the steps that follow:
In this Oracle Solaris release, the software is delivered on DVD only.
Create an install image on a server.
For information on setting up an installation server, refer to Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations.
Load the required OS services from the CD or DVD image.
If you are running an Oracle Solaris release that delivers the OS on multiple CDs, use one of the following scripts:
CD 1 – /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_10/Tools/setup_install_server
Additional Solaris Software CDs – /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_10/Tools/add_to_install_server
Language CD – /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_10/Tools/add_to_install_server
For example, if you are using the setup_install_server script from the Oracle Solaris Software 1 CD on a locally connected CD-ROM device, the syntax looks similar to the following:
# mkdir /export/install/sparc_10 # cd /cd_mount_point/Solaris_10/Tools # ./setup_install_server /export/install/sparc_10 |
After the Oracle Solaris CD or DVD image is installed on the disk, specify the disk media path. For example:
/export/install/sparc_10 |
Identify the SUNWCXall cluster when you add OS services.
You must use the same cluster for diskless clients that run the same OS on the same system.
For example, consider the following Solaris 9 diskless clients:
sparc.sun4m.Solaris_9
sparc.sun4u.Solaris_9
To set up these diskless clients, you would need to specify the SUNWCXall cluster for each diskless client because the sun4u and sun4m systems require the SUNWCXall cluster. In addition, diskless clients that run the same operating release (in this example, Solaris_9) on the same system must use the same cluster.
If you are using a sun4u system, or if you are using a system with an accelerated 8-bit color memory frame buffer ( cgsix), you must specify SUNWCXall as the cluster.