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Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library |
Part I Planning to Install Over the Network
1. Where to Find Oracle Solaris Installation Planning Information
2. Preconfiguring System Configuration Information (Tasks)
3. Preconfiguring With a Naming Service or DHCP
Part II Installing Over a Local Area Network
4. Installing From the Network (Overview)
5. Installing From the Network With DVD Media (Tasks)
6. Installing From the Network With CD Media (Tasks)
7. Patching the Miniroot Image (Tasks)
8. Installing Over the Network (Examples)
9. Installing From the Network (Command Reference)
Part III Installing Over a Wide Area Network
11. Preparing to Install With WAN Boot (Planning)
12. Installing With WAN Boot (Tasks)
13. SPARC: Installing With WAN Boot (Tasks)
14. SPARC: Installing With WAN Boot (Examples)
Create the Document Root Directory
Check the Client OBP for WAN Boot Support
Install the wanboot Program on the WAN Boot Server
Create the /etc/netboot Hierarchy
Copy the wanboot-cgi Program to the WAN Boot Server
(Optional) Configure the WAN Boot Server as a Logging Server
Configure the WAN Boot Server to Use HTTPS
Provide the Trusted Certificate to the Client
(Optional) Use Private Key and Certificate for Client Authentication
Create the Keys for the Server and the Client
Create and Validate the rules File
Create the System Configuration File
Check the net Device Alias in OBP
You can perform an unattended installation by setting network boot argument variables for wanclient-1 at the ok prompt, and then booting the client.
ok setenv network-boot-arguments host-ip=192.168.198.210, router-ip=192.168.198.1,subnet-mask=255.255.255.0,hostname=wanclient-1, file=http://192.168.198.2/cgi-bin/wanboot-cgi ok boot net - install Resetting ... Sun Blade 100 (UltraSPARC-IIe), No Keyboard Copyright 1998-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. OpenBoot 4.x.build_28, 512 MB memory installed, Serial #50335475. Ethernet address 0:3:ba:e:f3:75, Host ID: 83000ef3. Rebooting with command: boot net - install Boot device: /pci@1f,0/network@c,1 File and args: - install <time unavailable> wanboot progress: wanbootfs: Read 68 of 68 kB (100%) <time unavailable> wanboot info: wanbootfs: Download complete Fri Jun 20 09:16:06 wanboot progress: miniroot: Read 166067 of 166067 kB (100%) Fri Jun 20Tue Apr 15 09:16:06 wanboot info: miniroot: Download complete SunOS Release 5.10 Version WANboot10:04/11/03 64-bit Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Configuring devices.
The following variables are set.
The client IP address is set to 192.168.198.210.
The client's router IP address is set to 192.168.198.1
The client's subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.0
The client's host name is set to wanclient-1
The wanboot-cgi program is located at http://192.168.198.2/cgi-bin/wanboot-cgi
The client installs over the WAN. If the wanboot program does not find all the necessary installation information, you might be prompted to provide the missing information at the command line.