Installing the Solaris OS Manually

This section provides the procedures for installing Solaris manually on the management server.

To Install Solaris Manually

Before You Begin

Ensure the partitions on all disks on the management server have been deleted.

Steps

1. Insert the Solaris installation DVD-ROM in the DVD drive of the N1 System Manager and reboot the system.

   Respond to each prompt according to the requirements of your environment.

2. When prompted for the Type of Install, select Custom Install.

   Respond to each prompt according to the requirements of your environment.

3. When prompted for the Software Group, select Entire Group Plus OEM.

4. When prompted for disk selection, select all available disks.

5. When prompted to lay out file systems, remove the /export/home directory and assign all free space to / (the system root directory).

Next Steps

• If you plan to manage SPARC-based provisionable servers, enable FTP as described by Enabling FTP on the Management Server.

• If you do not plan to manage SPARC-based provisionable servers, update the /etc/hosts file as described by Updating the /etc/hosts File.