Solaris 10 Installation Guide for IBM BladeCenter Servers
    
Numbers and Symbols
 
 #, in profiles ( Index Term Link )
 
 && (ampersands) rule field ( Index Term Link )
 
 -c option, pfinstall command ( Index Term Link )
 
 # in a rules file ( Index Term Link )
    
A
 
 absolute mouse type event, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 add_install_client
  installing Solaris 10 11/06
   troubleshooting ( Index Term Link )
 
 add_install_client command
  specifying a serial console ( Index Term Link )
  with DHCP for DVD media, example ( Index Term Link )
 
 adding, rules to rules file ( Index Term Link )
 
 adding systems from network ( Index Term Link )
 
 ampersands (&&) rule field ( Index Term Link )
 
 Asy driver, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 ATI driver performance, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 auto_install_sample directory
  check script ( Index Term Link )
  copying files to JumpStart directory ( Index Term Link )
    
B
 
 backslash in rules files ( Index Term Link )
 
 bad compiler
  bugs and issues
   Solaris 10 1/06 ( Index Term Link )
 
 begin rule field, description ( Index Term Link )
 
 begin scripts, rule field ( Index Term Link )
 
 bge driver (conflicts with)
  Broadcom bnx driver
   BladeCenter LS41 ( Index Term Link )
 
 bge driver conflicts with bnx driver, BladeCenter LS41 ( Index Term Link )
 
 BIOS
  requirements ( Index Term Link )
  setting boot priority ( Index Term Link )
 
 BIOS (updating)
  BladeCenter HS20 server
   bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 BladeCenter HS20 server
  bugs and issues
   BIOS ( Index Term Link )
   NMIs ( Index Term Link )
 
 BladeCenter HS21, troubleshooting installation issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 BladeCenter LS21 server
  bugs and issues
   PCI Express ( Index Term Link )
  installing Solaris 10 11/06
   troubleshooting ( Index Term Link )
  troubleshooting
   installation issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 BladeCenter LS41
  bnx driver
   conflicts with bge driver ( Index Term Link )
  driver conflcts
   Broadcom bnx driver ( Index Term Link )
  troubleshooting installation issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 bnx driver, installing ( Index Term Link )
 
 bnx driver (conflicts with)
  bnx driver ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris bge driver
   BladeCenter LS41 ( Index Term Link )
 
 boot priority, setting in system BIOS ( Index Term Link )
 
 boot server, creating on a subnet with DVD ( Index Term Link )
 
 booting a system with GRUB
  boot loader ( Index Term Link )
  network booting tasks ( Index Term Link )
 
 booting the system ( Index Term Link )
 
 bootparams file, providing JumpStart directory access ( Index Term Link )
 
 Bourne shell scripts in rule fields ( Index Term Link )
 
 Broadcom drivers
  bnx
   conflicts ( Index Term Link )
 
 Broadcom drivers (confilcts with)
  bnx drive
   BladeCenter LS41 ( Index Term Link )
 
 Broadcom Ethernet driver package, add patch to installed disk ( Index Term Link )
 
 Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM 5708S chipset
  bugs and issues
   Solaris 10 11/06 ( Index Term Link )
 
 bug and issues
  NIC usage
   Solaris 10 1/06 ( Index Term Link )
 
 bugs and issues
  absolute mouse type event ( Index Term Link )
  Asy driver ( Index Term Link )
  ATI driver performance ( Index Term Link )
  bad compiler ( Index Term Link )
  Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM 5708S chipset ( Index Term Link )
  driver conflicts
   bnx driver ( Index Term Link )
  hot-plug of mouse ( Index Term Link )
  installation
   BladeCenter LS21 server ( Index Term Link )
  keyboard failure ( Index Term Link )
  login failures
   logging in as root user ( Index Term Link )
  mouse undetected
   Solaris 10 1/06 ( Index Term Link )
  NMI errors ( Index Term Link )
  PCI Express
   BladeCenter LS21 server ( Index Term Link )
  PCI Express hardware support ( Index Term Link )
  serial over LAN connection ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris 10 1/06 ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris 10 11/06 ( Index Term Link )
   BladeCenter HS20 server ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris 10 6/06 ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris 10 8/07 ( Index Term Link )
  updating the BIOS
   BladeCenter HS20 server ( Index Term Link )
  Xorg bugs and issues
   Solaris 10 1/06 ( Index Term Link )
    
C
 
 changing directories, to JumpStart directory ( Index Term Link )
 
 check script
  rules file validation ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  rules.ok file creation ( Index Term Link )
 
 client DHCP script, example ( Index Term Link )
 
 cluster profile keywords, examples ( Index Term Link )
 
 commands to start an installation ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 comments, in profiles ( Index Term Link )
 
 comments in a rules file ( Index Term Link )
 
 compiler, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 configuring DHCP server, tasks, DVD media ( Index Term Link )
 
 conflicts
  with Solaris bge driver and Broadcom bnx driver
   BladeCenter LS41 ( Index Term Link )
 
 connecting (serial over LAN), how to ( Index Term Link )
 
 copying files, JumpStart installation files ( Index Term Link )
 
 creating
  JumpStart directory, on server ( Index Term Link )
  profile (description) ( Index Term Link )
  rules file ( Index Term Link )
  rules.ok file ( Index Term Link )
 
 creating a DVD ISO image ( Index Term Link )
 
 creating an installation server, with DVD ( Index Term Link )
 
 creating an x86 installation image ( Index Term Link )
 
 creating and installation server, with CD media ( Index Term Link )
 
 creating installation server, with DVD media ( Index Term Link )
    
D
 
 device drivers, installing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 device settings, modifying ( Index Term Link )
 
 dfstab file ( Index Term Link )
 
 DHCP, example client script ( Index Term Link )
 
 DHCP example server script ( Index Term Link )
 
 DHCP server script, support for network installation ( Index Term Link )
 
 DHCP service
  creating macros for Solaris installation ( Index Term Link )
  creating options for Solaris installation ( Index Term Link )
  description ( Index Term Link )
  example script for adding options and macros ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris network boot and install ( Index Term Link )
 
 dhtadm command ( Index Term Link )
 
 directories
  changing
   to JumpStart directory ( Index Term Link )
  JumpStart ( Index Term Link )
  JumpStart (copying installation files) ( Index Term Link )
 
 directories, JumpStart, permissions ( Index Term Link )
 
 directories (JumpStart), share command ( Index Term Link )
 
 disk configuration files, description ( Index Term Link )
 
 diskettes, JumpStart directory access ( Index Term Link )
 
 display, configuring ( Index Term Link )
 
 driver conflicts
  Broadcom bnx driver
   BladeCenter LS41 ( Index Term Link )
 
 drivers (conflicts with)
  Solaris bge and Broadcom bnx
   BladeCenter LS41 ( Index Term Link )
 
 DVD ISO image, creating ( Index Term Link )
    
E
 
 /etc/bootparams file, providing JumpStart directory access ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/dfs/dfstab file ( Index Term Link )
 
 example of DHCP client script ( Index Term Link )
    
F
 
 field descriptions
  in a rules file
   syntax ( Index Term Link )
 
 files and file systems, copying JumpStart installation files ( Index Term Link )
 
 files and file systems (copying), JumpStart directory ( Index Term Link )
    
G
 
 GNU (GRand Unified Bootloader), GRUB ( Index Term Link )
 
 graphical user interface (GUI), command to start ( Index Term Link )
 
 GRUB based booting ( Index Term Link )
  installing clients over the network with DVD ( Index Term Link )
 
 GRUB based booting from the network ( Index Term Link )
    
H
 
 hardware-specific instructions for IBM BladeCenter models ( Index Term Link )
 
 hot-plug of mouse, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 HS20 server, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
    
I
 
 IBM BladeCenter models, hardware-specific instructions ( Index Term Link )
 
 IBM BladeCenter systems, supported models ( Index Term Link )
 
 initiating a serial over LAN connection ( Index Term Link )
 
 install_config command ( Index Term Link )
 
 install time updates (ITUs), installing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 install_type profile keyword ( Index Term Link )
  requirement ( Index Term Link )
 
 installation bugs and issues, BladeCenter LS21 server ( Index Term Link )
 
 installation image
  creating
   Solaris 10 11/06 ( Index Term Link )
   Solaris 10 8/07 ( Index Term Link )
 
 installation issues
  Solaris 10 11/06
   PCI Express ( Index Term Link )
  troubleshooting ( Index Term Link )
 
 installation server
  creating with CD media ( Index Term Link )
  creating with DVD media ( Index Term Link )
 
 installation server with DVD media, creating ( Index Term Link )
 
 installing
  BladeCenter LS21 server ( Index Term Link )
  device drivers ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  install time updates (ITUs) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 installing Solaris 10 11/06 (how to), troubleshooting ( Index Term Link )
 
 installing the bnx driver, miniroot ( Index Term Link )
 
 installing the Solaris OS, overview ( Index Term Link )
 
 IP addresses (managing), leasing ( Index Term Link )
 
 ISO image
  how to create
   DVD ( Index Term Link )
 
 issues and bugs
  driver conflicts
   bnx driver ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris 10 1/06 ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris 10 11/06 ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris 10 6/06 ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris 10 8/07 ( Index Term Link )
    
J
 
 JumpStart, preparing for installation ( Index Term Link )
 
 JumpStart directory
  copying files ( Index Term Link )
  creating, sharing ( Index Term Link )
  rules file example ( Index Term Link )
 
 JumpStart directory location, on profile server ( Index Term Link )
    
K
 
 kdmconfig, configuring peripheral devices with ( Index Term Link )
 
 keyboard, configuring ( Index Term Link )
 
 keyboard failure
  bugs and issues
   Solaris 10 11/06 ( Index Term Link )
 
 keyword, profile ( Index Term Link )
 
 keywords
  profile examples ( Index Term Link )
  sysidcfg file ( Index Term Link )
    
L
 
 languages, selecting during installation ( Index Term Link )
 
 leasing
  DHCP benefit
   managing IP addresses ( Index Term Link )
 
 location of repository.db, variable ( Index Term Link )
 
 logical AND rule field ( Index Term Link )
 
 login failures, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 LS21 BladeCenter server
  PCI Express hardware
   bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 LS21 server, How to install ( Index Term Link )
    
M
 
 managing IP addresses, leasing ( Index Term Link )
 
 managing systems remotely, how to, serial over LAN connection ( Index Term Link )
 
 matching, order for rules ( Index Term Link )
 
 media required to install ( Index Term Link )
 
 miniroot image ( Index Term Link )
 
 modifying device settings during installation ( Index Term Link )
 
 mouse, configuring ( Index Term Link )
 
 mouse performance, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 mouse undetected, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 multiple lines in rules files ( Index Term Link )
    
N
 
 names/naming, rules file ( Index Term Link )
 
 network boot with GRUB ( Index Term Link )
 
 network installation
  using CD media to create an installation server ( Index Term Link )
  using DVD media ( Index Term Link )
 
 new-install-dir-path, directory path for patch ( Index Term Link )
 
 NIC sideband usage, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 NMI, non-maskable interrupt ( Index Term Link )
 
 NMI errors, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 non-maskable interrupt, NMI ( Index Term Link )
    
P
 
 -p option of check script ( Index Term Link )
 
 patching an x86 miniroot ( Index Term Link )
 
 paths, check script ( Index Term Link )
 
 PCI Express, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 PCI Express hardware, support issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 permissions, JumpStart directory ( Index Term Link )
 
 pfinstall command ( Index Term Link )
 
 PKG_NONABI_SYMLINKS, setting the variable ( Index Term Link )
 
 platforms, matching system attributes and profiles ( Index Term Link )
 
 post installation tasks, serial over LAN connection, setting up ( Index Term Link )
 
 Preboot Execution Environment (PXE), BIOS setup requirements ( Index Term Link )
 
 preconfiguring system configuration information, with DHCP ( Index Term Link )
 
 preparing for installation
  prerequisites ( Index Term Link )
  with custom JumpStart ( Index Term Link )
 
 prerequisites for installing ( Index Term Link )
 
 profile, syntax ( Index Term Link )
 
 profile keyword, JumpStart program ( Index Term Link )
 
 profile keywords
  install_type
   requirement ( Index Term Link )
 
 profile keywords, examples ( Index Term Link )
 
 profile server (definition of) ( Index Term Link )
 
 profiles
  comments in ( Index Term Link )
  matching systems to ( Index Term Link )
  naming ( Index Term Link )
  requirements ( Index Term Link )
  rule field ( Index Term Link )
  testing ( Index Term Link )
 
 profiles (creating) ( Index Term Link )
 
 profiles (description), creating ( Index Term Link )
 
 PXE (Preboot Execution Environment), BIOS setup requirements ( Index Term Link )
    
R
 
 reboot hangs, BladeCenter HS20 server ( Index Term Link )
 
 remote management of systems, serial over LAN connection ( Index Term Link )
 
 repository.db, location ( Index Term Link )
 
 requirements
  BIOS ( Index Term Link )
  media ( Index Term Link )
  profiles ( Index Term Link )
 
 root user login
  bugs and issues
   Solaris 10 1/06 ( Index Term Link )
 
 rule_keyword rule field ( Index Term Link )
 
 rule_value rule field ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules
  examples ( Index Term Link )
  field descriptions ( Index Term Link )
  matching order ( Index Term Link )
  multiple line rules ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules file
  adding rules ( Index Term Link )
  description ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules file, naming ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules file
  syntax
   field descriptions ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules file (comments) ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules file (creating) ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules file, testing ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules file, validating ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules file syntax ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules.ok file
  creating ( Index Term Link )
  description ( Index Term Link )
 
 rules.ok file, matching order for rules ( Index Term Link )
    
S
 
 script example (DHCP) ( Index Term Link )
 
 scripts, Bourne shell scripts in rule fields ( Index Term Link )
 
 serial console ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  specifying with add_install_client ( Index Term Link )
 
 serial over LAN connection
  bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
  SOL
   post installation task ( Index Term Link )
 
 serial over LAN connection, how to ( Index Term Link )
 
 servers, profile, JumpStart directory (how to create) ( Index Term Link )
 
 setting boot priority in system BIOS ( Index Term Link )
 
 setting up a serial console ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 shareall command ( Index Term Link )
 
 sharing the JumpStart directory, using the share command ( Index Term Link )
 
 sideband NIC usage, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 slices, profile examples ( Index Term Link )
 
 slow mouse performance, ATI driver performance ( Index Term Link )
 
 SOL connection, serial over LAN ( Index Term Link )
 
 SOL connection, setting up, serial over LAN ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris 10 1/06, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris 10 11/06
  bugs and issues ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
   keyboard failure ( Index Term Link )
   PCI Express hardware ( Index Term Link )
  creating an x86 OS image ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris 10 6/06, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris 10 8/07
  bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
  creating an x86 OS image ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris installation program
  graphical user interface (GUI)
   command to start ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  text installer
   command to start in console session ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
   command to start in desktop session ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris software groups, profile examples ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris Volume Manager, creating volumes, custom JumpStart, example ( Index Term Link )
 
 stand-alone systems, profile examples ( Index Term Link )
 
 starting, check script ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 starting an installation ( Index Term Link )
 
 supported models for Solaris OS installation on IBM BladeCenter systems ( Index Term Link )
 
 SVCCFG_REPOSITORY, setting the variable ( Index Term Link )
 
 syntax of profile ( Index Term Link )
 
 syntax rules, sysidcfg file ( Index Term Link )
 
 sysidcfg file
  display keyword description ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines and requirements ( Index Term Link )
  keyboard keyword description ( Index Term Link )
  keywords ( Index Term Link )
  monitor keyword description ( Index Term Link )
  network_interface keyword description ( Index Term Link )
  pointer keyword description ( Index Term Link )
  root_password keyword description ( Index Term Link )
  security_policy keyword description ( Index Term Link )
  system_locale keyword description ( Index Term Link )
  terminal keyword description ( Index Term Link )
  timeserver keyword description ( Index Term Link )
  timezone keyword description ( Index Term Link )
    
T
 
 telnet command, using to initiate a serial over LAN connection ( Index Term Link )
 
 testing
  profiles ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  validating rules files
   using check script ( Index Term Link )
 
 text installer, command to start in desktop session ( Index Term Link )
 
 troubleshooting
  BladeCenter LS21 server
   how to install ( Index Term Link )
  installation issues ( Index Term Link )
  LS41
   installation issues ( Index Term Link )
 
 troubleshooting installation issues
  BladeCenter HS21 ( Index Term Link )
  BladeCenter LS21 server ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris 10 8/07 ( Index Term Link )
    
U
 
 undetected mouse, bugs and issues ( Index Term Link )
    
V
 
 validating rules files, testing rules ( Index Term Link )
 
 variable
  PKG_NONABI_SYMLINKS ( Index Term Link )
  SVCCFG_REPOSITORY ( Index Term Link )
 
 variables, SYS_MEMSIZE ( Index Term Link )
    
W
 
 wrapping lines in rules files, rule wrap ( Index Term Link )
    
X
 
 Xorg bugs and issues, Solaris 10 1/06 ( Index Term Link )