Using DHCP Manager to Create Installation Options and Macros

This section includes two procedures for creating installation options and macros by using DHCP Manager. The first procedure describes how to create installation options with DHCP Manager. The second procedure describes how to create installation macros with DHCP Manager.

How to Create Options to Support a Solaris Installation (DHCP Manager)

Before You Begin

Perform the following tasks before you create DHCP options for your installation.

• Add the clients that you want to install with DHCP as installation clients of your network installation server. For more information, see How to Add Systems to Be Installed From the Network With add_install_client.

• Configure your DHCP server, if it has not already been configured. For more information, see Configuring and Unconfiguring a DHCP Server Using DHCP Manager in System Administration Guide: IP Services and Configuring and Unconfiguring a DHCP Server Using dhcpconfig Commands in System Administration Guide: IP Services.

1. On the DHCP server, become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

   Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. Start DHCP Manager.

   # /usr/sadm/admin/bin/dhcpmgr &

   The DHCP Manager window is displayed.

3. Select the Options tab.

4. Choose Create from the Edit menu.

   The Create Option dialog box opens.

5. Type the option name for the first option, then type values appropriate for that option.

   Use the output of the add_install_client command , and the information in the tables in this section to check the option names and values for options that you must create. Notice that the vendor client classes are only suggested values. See Table 1–7. Create classes to indicate the actual client types that need to obtain Solaris installation parameters from the DHCP service. See Working With DHCP Options (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: IP Services for information about how to determine a client's vendor client class.

6. Click OK after you have typed all the values.

7. In the Options tab, select the option that you just created.

8. Select Duplicate from the Edit menu.

   The Duplicate Option dialog box opens.

9. Type the name of another option, then modify other values appropriately.

   The values for code, data type, granularity, and maximum are most likely to need modification. See Table 1–6.

10. Repeat Step 7 through Step 9 until you have created all the options.

    You can now create macros to pass the options to network installation clients, as explained in the following procedure.

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    Note –

    You do not need to add these options to a Solaris client's /etc/dhcp/inittab file because they are already included in that file.

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How to Create Macros to Support a Solaris Installation (DHCP Manager)

Before You Begin

Perform the following tasks before you create DHCP macros for your installation:

• Add the clients that you want to install with DHCP as installation clients of your network installation server. For more information, see How to Add Systems to Be Installed From the Network With add_install_client.

• Configure your DHCP server, if it has not already been configured. For more information, see Configuring and Unconfiguring a DHCP Server Using DHCP Manager in System Administration Guide: IP Services and Configuring and Unconfiguring a DHCP Server Using dhcpconfig Commands in System Administration Guide: IP Services.

• Create the DHCP options that you want to use in your macro. See Creating DHCP Options and Macros for Solaris Installation Parameters.

1. On the DHCP server, become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

   Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. Start DHCP Manager.

   # /usr/sadm/admin/bin/dhcpmgr &

   The DHCP Manager window is displayed.

3. Select the Macros tab.

4. Choose Create from the Edit menu.

   The Create Macro dialog box opens.

5. Type the name of a macro.

6. Click the Select button.

   The Select Option dialog box opens.

7. Select Vendor in the Category list.

   The Vendor options that you created previously are listed.

8. Select an option that you want to add to the macro , and click OK.

9. Type a value for the option.

   See Creating DHCP Options and Macros for Solaris Installation Parametersfor the option's data type and refer to the information that add_install_client -d reports.

10. Repeat Step 6 through Step 7 for each option you want to include.

    To include another macro, type Include as the option name and type the macro name as the option value.

11. Click OK when the macro is complete.