test

Solaris 7 Sun Hardware Platform Guide

Preparing the SSP for the Upgrade

This section contains instructions for preparing the SSP for the upgrade. For existing systems, the SSP should already be configured as an install server; therefore, you will only check to ensure that the information is correct. You must install a patch t update the OBP on the SSP, and you must set up the SSP as a boot server for all Enterprise 10000 domains.

Checking the Domain Network Information

For existing machines, the SSP should already be configured as an install server; however, to ensure that the information is correct, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to the SSP as superuser.

  2. Ensure that the Enterprise 10000 host name and host-name IP address are correct in the /etc/hosts file.

  3. Ensure that the Enterprise 10000 host name and Ethernet address are correct in the /etc/ethers file.

Updating the OBP On the SSP

Before you can install Solaris 7 on a domain, you must update the OBP on the SSP by performing the following steps:

Note -

Back out PatchID 105848-02 if you installed it during the Solaris 7 Beta-Refresh period.

  1. Insert the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD into the CD-ROM drive.

  2. Change to the 105684-03 patch directory on the CD: 

    ssp# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Patches/105684-03

  3. Install the patch: 

    ssp# ./installpatch .

  4. Remove the CD: 

    ssp# cd /
ssp# eject cdrom

Setting Up the SSP As a Boot Server

Perform this procedure for each domain on which the Solaris 7 will be loaded.

  1. Insert the Solaris CD disk.

    The Volume Manager takes about one minute to mount the CD-ROM.

  2. Change to the /Tools directory: 

    ssp# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_2.7/Tools

  3. Set up the host domain as an install client: 

    ssp# ./add_install_client domain_name sun4u

    The add_install_client command should share the CD across the net. If you receive the following warning, perform the share(1M) command in Step 3a. 

    prom_panic: Could not mount filesystem

    1. Share the CD across the net: 

      ssp# share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /cdrom/cdrom0/s0

  4. Exit the superuser level.