System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Managing Diskless Clients (Task Map)

The following table identifies the procedures needed to manage diskless clients.

Task	Description	For Instructions
1. (Optional) Remove existing diskless client support	If you have existing diskless clients that were added with the Solstice AdminSuite product, remove the diskless client support and OS services with the `admhostdel` and `admhostmod` commands before installing the Solaris 9 release.	Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Administration Guide
3. (Optional) Enable Solaris Management Console logging to view diskless client error messages	Choose Log Viewer from the console main window to view diskless client error messages.	Starting the Solaris Management Console
4. Prepare for adding a diskless client	Verify supported releases and identify the platform, mediapath, and cluster (or software group) of each diskless client.	How to Prepare for Adding Diskless Clients
5. Add required OS services to an OS server	Add the OS services for the diskless clients you want to support with the `smosservice` command. You must identify the platform, media path, and each diskless client platform that you want to support.	How to Add OS Services For Diskless Client Support
6. Add a diskless client	Add diskless client support by specifying all required information with the `smdiskless` command.	How to Add a Diskless Client
7. Boot the diskless client	Verify that the diskless client support is successfully added by booting the diskless client.	How to Boot a Diskless Client
8. (Optional) Delete diskless client support	Delete support for a diskless client if it is no longer required.	How to Delete Diskless Client Support
9. (Optional) Delete OS services for a diskless client	Delete OS services for a diskless client if they are no longer needed.	How to Delete OS Services for Diskless Clients
10. (Optional) Patch OS services	Add, delete, list, or synchronize patches for diskless client OS services.	How to Add an OS Patch for a Diskless Client