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Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on SPARC Platforms     Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library
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Preface

1.  Booting and Shutting Down a SPARC Based System (Overview)

2.  Booting a SPARC Based System to a Specified State (Tasks)

3.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

4.  Rebooting a SPARC Based System (Tasks)

5.  Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network (Tasks)

Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network (Task Map)

Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network

SPARC Network Boot Processes

Requirements for Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network

Setting Network Boot Arguments in the OpenBoot PROM

How to Specify Network Boot Arguments in the OpenBoot PROM

Setting Up an NVRAM Alias to Automatically Boot by Using DHCP

How to Boot a SPARC Based System From the Network

6.  Modifying Boot Parameters on a SPARC Based System (Tasks)

7.  Creating, Administering, and Booting From ZFS Boot Environments on SPARC Platforms (Tasks)

8.  Keeping a SPARC Based System Bootable (Tasks)

9.  Troubleshooting Booting a SPARC Based System (Tasks)

Index

Chapter 5

Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network (Tasks)

This chapter provides overview information, guidelines, and tasks for booting a SPARC based system from the network.

The following is a list of the information that is in this chapter:

For overview information about booting a SPARC based system, see Chapter 1, Booting and Shutting Down a SPARC Based System (Overview).

For information about booting an x86 based system from the network, see Chapter 5, Booting an x86 Based System From the Network (Tasks), in Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on x86 Platforms.