Before You Begin

Before you can select a boot device, you must complete the installation procedure; see:

• "How to Install the Enterprise 250 Server"

Specifically, you must perform the following tasks:

• Set up a system console; see "About Setting Up a Console"

• Power on the system; see "How to Power On the System"

If you want to boot across a network interface, then you must also perform the following tasks:

• Configure the Ethernet port; see "How to Configure the Standard Ethernet Interface"

• Attach the Ethernet port to a network; see "How to Attach a Twisted-Pair Ethernet (TPE) Cable" or "How to Attach an MII Ethernet Transceiver"

The device that is used to boot the system is determined by the setting of an OpenBoot firmware configuration parameter called boot-device. The default setting of this parameter is disk net. Because of this setting, the firmware first attempts to boot from the system hard drive, and if that fails, then from the main logic board Ethernet interface.

This procedure assumes that you are familiar with the OpenBoot firmware and that you know how to enter the OpenBoot environment. For more information about the OpenBoot firmware, see OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual in the Solaris System Administrator AnswerBook for your specific Solaris release.