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Solaris 9 Installation Guide

To Add Systems to Be Installed From the Network With add_install_client From a Server

If you have a boot server, make sure you have shared the install server installation image and started the appropriate daemons. See “To Create a SPARC Install Server With SPARC or x86 DVD Media” Step 6.

  1. On the install server or boot server, become superuser.

  2. If you use the NIS, NIS+, DNS, or LDAP name service, verify that the following information about the system to be installed has been added to the name service.

    • Host name

    • IP address

    • Ethernet address

    For more information on name services, see System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP).

  3. Change to the Tools directory on the Solaris 9 DVD image:


    # cd /install_dir_path/Solaris_9/Tools

    install_dir_path

    Specifies the path to the Tools directory

  4. Set up the client system so it can be installed from the network. 


    # ./add_install_client [[-d]] [[-s install_server:install_dir_path]] \
[[-c jumpstart_server:jumpstart_dir_path]]  [[-p sysid_server:path]] \
[[-t boot_image_path]] client_name platform_group

    -d

    Specifies that the client is to use DHCP to obtain the network install parameters. 

    For x86 clients, use this option to boot the systems from the network by using PXE network boot. 

    -s install_server:install_dir_path

    Specifies the name and path to the install server.  

    • install_server is the host name of the install server

    • install_dir_path is the absolute path to the Solaris 9 DVD image

    -c jumpstart_server:jumpstart_dir_path

    Specifies a JumpStart directory for custom JumpStart installations. jumpstart_server is the host name of the server on which the JumpStart directory is located. jumpstart_dir_path is the absolute path to the JumpStart directory.

    -p sysid_server:path

    Specifies the path to the sysidcfg file for preconfiguring system information. sysid_server is either a valid host name or an IP address for the server that contains the file. path is the absolute path to the directory containing the sysidcfg file.

    -t boot_image_path

    Specifies the path to an alternate boot image if you want to use a boot image other than the one in the Tools directory on the Solaris 9 net installation image, CD, or DVD. 

    client_name

    Is the name of the system to be installed from the network. This name is not the host name of the install server.

    platform_group

    Is the platform group of the system to be installed. For more information, see Chapter 39, Platform Names and Groups (Reference).

Example 11–6 SPARC: Adding a SPARC Install Client on a SPARC Install Server When Using DHCP (DVD)

The following example illustrates how to add an install client when you are using DHCP to set installation parameters on the network. The install client is named basil, which is an UltraTM 5 system. The file system /export/home/s9dvdsparc/Solaris_9/Tools contains the add_install_client command.

For more information on how to use DHCP to set installation parameters for network installations, see “Supporting Solaris Network Installation with the DHCP Service (Task Map)” in System Administration Guide: IP Services.


sparc_install_server# cd /export/home/s9dvdsparc/Solaris_9/Tools
sparc_install_server# ./add_install_client -d basil sun4u
Example 11–7 Adding an Install Client That Is On the Same Subnet As Its Server (DVD)

The following example illustrates how to add an install client that is on the same subnet as the install server. The install client is named basil, which is an UltraTM 5 system. The file system /export/home/s9dvdsparc/ contains the add_install_client command.


install_server# cd /export/home/s9dvdsparc/Solaris_9/Tools
install_server# ./add_install_client basil sun4u
Example 11–8 Adding an Install Client to a Boot Server (DVD)

The following example illustrates how to add an install client to a boot server. The install client is named rose, which is an UltraTM 5 system. Run the command on the boot server. The -s option is used to specify an install server that is named rosemary, which contains a Solaris 9 SPARC Platform Edition DVD image in /export/home/s9dvdsparc.


boot_server# cd /export/home/s9dvdsparc/Solaris_9/Tools
boot_server# ./add_install_client -s rosemary:/export/home/s9dvdsparc rose sun4u
Example 11–9 x86: Adding an x86 Install Client on an x86 Install Server When Using DHCP (DVD)

The following example illustrates how to add an x86 install client to an install server when you are using DHCP to set installation parameters on the network. The -d option is used to specify that clients are to use the DHCP protocol for configuration. If you plan to use PXE network boot, you must use the DHCP protocol. The DHCP class name SUNW.i86pc indicates that this command applies to all Solaris x86 network boot clients, not just a single client. The -s option is used to specify that the clients are to be installed from the install server that is named rosemary. This server contains a Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition DVD image in /export/boot/s9dvdx86.

For more information on how to use DHCP to set installation parameters for network installations, see “Supporting Solaris Network Installation with the DHCP Service (Task Map)” in System Administration Guide: IP Services.


x86_install_server# cd /export/boot/s9dvdx86/Solaris_9/Tools
x86_install_server# ./add_install_client -d -s rosemary:/export/home/s9dvdx86 \
SUNW.i86pc i86pc