Starting with the Solaris Express Developer Edition 5/07 release, the booting process runs the nwamd daemon. This daemon implements an alternate instance of the SMF service svc:/network/physical which enables automated network configuration with minimal intervention. The Open Solaris Network Auto-Magic Phase 0 page and nwamd man page contain further information, including instructions for turning off the NWAM daemon, if preferred. For more information and a link to the nwamd(1M) man page, see http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/nwam/phase0/.
For the 5/07 developer release, the NWAM daemon is enabled by default under the following circumstances:
You have selected the “Solaris Express Developer Edition” choice on the installation screen.
And, after having made this choice, you are performing an initial installation.
The NWAM daemon is not enabled under the following circumstances:
On the installation screen, you choose “Solaris Express.”
Or, you choose to upgrade after any choice on the installation screen.
In those cases, you must manually turn on the NWAM daemon. See the nwamd(1M) man page for details.