Installing the Solaris OS Manually

This section provides the procedures for installing the Solaris OS 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, allocate 1-Gbyte plus 3 Gbytes per OS distribution that you plan to provision to the /var file hierarchy, and assign all remaining free space to / (the system root directory).

Next Steps

• If you plan to manage ALOM-based provisionable servers, install and enable the Solaris mail service on the management server. The mail service package is located on the Solaris Companion CD-ROM. For information about which provisionable servers are ALOM-based, see Table 2–3. You must also configure the mail service as described in To Configure the Mail Service on a Solaris Management Server.

• If you plan to manage SPARC-based provisionable servers, enable FTP as described in Enabling FTP on the Management Server. For information about which provisionable servers are SPARC-based, see Table 2–3.

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