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Network connection |
Is the system connected to a network? |
Networked/Nonnetworked |
Auto
Registration |
Do you want to provide your support credentials and proxy information for Auto
Registration with Oracle? See What is Auto Registration? |
My Oracle Support (or Sun Online Support) user
name and password Proxy server host name and port number HTTP proxy user name
and password |
Network security |
Starting with the Solaris 10 11/06 release, you have the option during an initial installation to change
the network security settings so that all network services, except Secure Shell, are
disabled or restricted to respond to local requests only. This security option is
only available during an initial installation, not during an upgrade. An upgrade maintains
any previously set services. If necessary, you can restrict network services after
an upgrade by using the netservices command. During the installation, you can select restricted network
security. Or, you can enable a larger set of services as in previous
Solaris releases. If in doubt, you can safely select the restricted network security
option, because any services can be individually enabled after installation. For further information
about these options, see Planning Network Security. The network services can be enabled after installation
by using the netservices open command or by enabling individual services by using
SMF commands. See Revising Security Settings After Installation. |
Restricted/Open network security |
DHCP |
Can the system use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) to configure its network interfaces? DHCP provides the network parameters that are necessary
for installation. |
Yes/No* |
If you are not using DHCP, note the network address. |
IP Address |
If
you are not using DHCP, supply the IP address for the system. Example:
172.31.255.255 To find this information on a running system, type the following command. # ypmatch host-name hosts |
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Subnet |
If
you are not using DHCP, is the system part of a subnet? If
yes, what is the netmask of the subnet? Example: 255.255.255.0 To find this information
on a running system, type the following command. # more /etc/netmasks |
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IPv6 |
Do you want to enable
IPv6 on this machine? IPv6 is a part of the TCP/IP Internet protocol
that facilitates IP addressing by adding better security and increasing Internet addresses. |
Yes/No* |
Host name |
Host
name that you choose for the system. To find this information on a
running system, type the following command. # uname -n |
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Kerberos |
Do you want to configure Kerberos security
on this machine? If yes, gather this information: |
Yes/No* |
Default Realm: |
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Administration Server: |
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First KDC: |
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(Optional) Additional KDCs: |
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The
Kerberos service is a client-server architecture that provides secure transactions over networks. |
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If the
system uses a naming service, provide the following information. |
Naming Service |
Which naming service
should this system use? To find this information on a running system, type
the following command. # cat /etc/nsswitch.conf A naming service stores information in a central place, which
enables users, machines, and applications to communicate across the network. Examples of information that
is stored are host names and addresses or user names and passwords. |
NIS+/NIS/DNS/ LDAP/None |
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Domain
Name |
Provide the name of the domain in which the system resides. During installation,
you can choose the default NFSv4 domain name. Or, you can specify a
custom NFSv4 domain name.
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NIS+ and NIS |
Do you want to specify a name server
or let the installation program find one? If you want to specify a name
server, provide the following information. |
Specify one/Find one* |
Server's host name: |
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Server's IP Address: |
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- For NIS clients, type the following command to display the server's IP address.
# ypmatch nameserver-name hosts
For NIS+ clients, type the following command to display the server's IP address. # nismatch nameserver-name hosts.org_dir
Network Information
Service (NIS) makes network administration more manageable by providing centralized control over a
variety of network information, such as machine names and addresses. |
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DNS |
Provide IP addresses for
the DNS server. You must enter at least one IP address, but you
can enter up to three addresses. |
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Server's IP Address: |
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To display the server's IP
address, type the following command. # getent hosts dns |
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You can enter a list of domains to
search when a DNS query is made. |
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List of domains to be searched:
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The domain name system (DNS) is the naming service that the Internet provides
for TCP/IP networks. DNS provides host names to the IP address service. DNS
simplifies communication by using machine names instead of numerical IP addresses. DNS also
serves as a database for mail administration. |
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LDAP |
Provide the following information about your
LDAP profile. |
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Profile Name: |
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Profile Server: |
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If you specify a proxy credential level in your
LDAP profile, gather this information. |
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Proxy-bind distinguished name: |
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Proxy-bind password: |
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) defines
a relatively simple protocol for updating and searching directories that are running over
TCP/IP. |
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Default route |
Do you want to specify a default route IP address or let
the Solaris installation program find one? The default route provides a bridge
that forwards traffic between two physical networks. An IP address is a unique
number that identifies each host on a network. You have the following choices:
You can specify the IP address. An /etc/defaultrouter file is created with the specified IP address. When the system is rebooted, the specified IP address becomes the default route.
You can let the Solaris installation program detect an IP address. However, the system must be on a subnet that has a router that advertises itself by using the ICMP router discovery protocol. If you are using the command-line interface, the software detects an IP address when the system is booted.
You can choose None if you do not have a router or do not want the software to detect an IP address at this time. The software automatically tries to detect an IP address on reboot.
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Detect one*/Specify one/None |
Time zone |
How do you want to specify your default time
zone? |
Geographic region* Offset from GMT Time zone file |
Root password |
Provide the root password for
the system. |
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Keyboard |
This feature is new in the following releases:
For SPARC, starting with the Solaris 10 10/06 release
For x86, starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release
If the keyboard is
self-identifying, the keyboard language and layout automatically configures during installation. If the keyboard
is not self-identifying, the sysidkdb tool provides you, during the installation, a list of
supported keyboard layouts during installation, so that you can select a layout for
keyboard configuration. SPARC: Previously, the USB keyboard assumed a self-identifying value of 1 during
the installation. Therefore, all of the keyboards that were not self-identifying always configured
for a U.S. English keyboard layout during installation. For further information, see Preconfiguring With the sysidcfg File in Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations. |
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Locales |
For which
geographic regions do you want to install support?
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SPARC: Power Management (only available
on SPARC systems that support Power Management) |
Do you want to use Power Management?
Note - If
your system has Energy Star version 3 or later, you are not prompted
for this information.
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Yes*/No |
Automatic reboot or CD/DVD ejection |
Reboot automatically after software installation? Eject CD/DVD
automatically after software installation? |
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Default or custom installation |
Do you want to perform a
default installation, or customize the installation?
Select Default installation to format the entire hard disk and install a preselected set of software.
Select Custom installation to modify the hard disk layout and select the software that you want to install.
Note - The text installer does not prompt you
to select a Default or Custom Installation. To perform a default installation, accept
the default values that are provided in the text installer. To perform a
custom installation, edit the values in the text installer screens.
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Default installation*/Custom installation |
Software group |
Which
Solaris Software Group do you want to install? |
Entire Plus OEM Entire* Developer End User Core Reduced Networking |
Custom
package selection |
Do you want to add or remove software packages from the
Solaris Software Group that you install?
Note - When you select which packages to add or
remove, you need to know about software dependencies and how Solaris software is
packaged.
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Select disks |
On which disks do you want to install the Solaris software? Example:
c0t0d0 |
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x86: fdisk partitioning |
Do you want to create, delete, or modify a Solaris
fdisk partition? Each disk that is selected for file system layout must have
a Solaris fdisk partition. If your system currently has a Service partition,
the Solaris installation program preserves the Service partition by default. If you do
not want to preserve the Service partition, you must customize the fdisk partitions. For
more information about preserving a Service partition, see Default Boot-Disk Partition Layout Preserves the Service Partition. |
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Select Disks for fdisk
Partition Customization? |
Yes/No* |
Customize fdisk partitions? |
Yes/No* |
Preserve Data |
Do you want to preserve any data
that exists on the disks where you are installing the Solaris software? |
Yes/No* |
Auto-layout file
systems |
Do you want the installation program to automatically lay out file systems on
your disks? If yes, which file systems should be used for auto-layout? Example: /,
/opt, /var If no, you must provide file system configuration information.
Note - The Solaris installation
GUI lays out file systems automatically by default.
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Yes*/No |
Mount remote file systems |
Does this system
need to access software on another file system? If yes, provide the following
information about the remote file system. |
Yes/No* |
Server: |
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IP Address: |
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Remote File System: |
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Local Mount Point: |
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If you
are installing through a tip line, follow these instructions. |
Ensure that your window display
is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long. For more information,
see tip(1). To determine the current dimensions of your tip window, use the stty command.
For more information, see the man page, stty(1). |
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Check your Ethernet connection. |
If the
system is part of a network, verify that an Ethernet connector or similar
network adapter is connected to your system. |
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Review the planning chapter and other
relevant documentation. |
- Review the entire planning chapter or specific sections in Chapter 4, System Requirements, Guidelines, and Upgrade (Planning).
Review the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Release Notes on http://docs.sun.com and vendor release notes to ensure that the software you use is supported in the new Solaris release.
Review the following to ensure that your hardware is supported:
Review the documentation that accompanied your system to ensure that your system and devices are supported by the Solaris release.
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