When you initially set up your install server, you must create at least one install service for each client architecture and for each version of Oracle Solaris that you plan to install. For each install service that you create for the different client architectures, you must also create customized installation instructions and system configuration instructions. Each client is then directed to the AI install server to access the information for the correct install service, as well as the AI manifest, and the system configuration profiles within that install service. If you do not provide adequate system configuration instructions prior to the installation, an interactive tool opens during the first boot after the installation, prompting you for the missing system configuration information.
Setting up an install client requires you to run the installadm create-client command on the install server, which associates a particular client with a particular install service. For example, you would set up a SPARC install client and associate the client with the MAC address 00:14:4f:a7:65:70 and the solaris11_2-sparc install service as follows:
# installadm create-client -n solaris11_2-sparc -e 00:14:4f:a7:65:70
In this particular example, the DHCP server does not require configuration because the SPARC wanboot-cgi boot file has already been configured by using the create-service command. See Creating an Install Service in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems .
For information about setting up an x86 install client, see Setting Up an x86 Client in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems .