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Trusted Solaris Installation and Configuration

Prerequisites for Diskless Clients

In order to boot, a diskless client requires:

Install and Configure an OS Server

An OS server is a system type. When you choose the OS server system type during installation, you are prompted to allocate disk space for its diskless clients.

When an OS server is installed over the network rather than interactively, the Host Manager records that it is an OS server.

Path 1 - Create OS Server during Installation

    Choose the OS server system type during installation, and configure disk space for diskless clients.

Path 2 - Convert Standalone to OS Server

The workstation must have disk space for clients. When partitioning the disks, provide at least 30MB disk space per client in /export/root, and 24MB of swap space per client in /export/swap.

  1. Choose the Standalone system type during installation and leave room (or add disks) for diskless clients.

  2. Add the (still Standalone) workstation to the NIS+ network:

Access a Trusted Solaris CD Image on a File System

The OS server needs access to the Trusted Solaris CD image on hard disk. You can mount an existing install server's Trusted Solaris CD image, or you can copy the Trusted Solaris CD image to the OS server.

  1. On the workstation that is going to be the OS server, log in as a user who can assume the root role, and assume it.

Either:

    Follow the procedure "Create an Install Server".

    This will copy the Trusted Solaris CD image to one of the OS server's hard disks.

Or:

    As root, at label admin_low, mount a Trusted Solaris CD image that has been copied to an install server:

  1. Add the file systems to be mounted to the file /etc/vfstab.

    For example, 

    heron:/export/install/ts7_sparc - /export/install/ts7_sparc nfs - yes bg,intr,soft

  2. As role admin, at label admin_low, create a mount point for the file system to be mounted. 


    $ mkdir -p /export/install/ts7_sparc

  3. Mount the file system.


    # mount /export/install/ts7_sparc

Add OS Services

  1. On the workstation that is going to be the OS server, as role admin at label admin_low, open the Host Manager with the NIS+ Naming Service.

  2. If there is already an entry for the OS Server and its Type is OS Server:

    1. Select the entry and choose Edit > Modify.

    2. Click Add... under OS Services and go to Step 4.

  3. If there is an entry for the OS Server, but its Type is not OS Server:

    1. Select the host.

    2. Choose Edit > Convert > to OS Server.

    3. Click Add... under OS Services and go to Step 4.

  4. If there is no Host Manager entry for the OS server, choose Edit > Add.

    Note -

    In the Host Manager, the word Solaris stands for Trusted Solaris.

    1. Fill in the following information about the OS server:

      Table 10-1 Adding an OS Server to Host Manager

      Entry 

      Value 

      Host Name 

       

      IP Address 

       

      Ethernet Address 

       

      System Type 

      OS server 

      Timezone Region 

       

      Timezone  

       

      Remote Install 

       

      Do not select unless you plan to re-install the OS server over the network.

      OS Services 

      Add... 

    2. In the Add OS Services dialog, fill in the information:

      Table 10-2 Adding OS Services to an OS Server in Host Manager

      Entry 

      Value 

      Set Media Path 

      /export/install/ts7_sparc

      Software Groups 

       

      Per platform, choose what software cluster to run. Note that Core and End User are equivalent. 

      Platforms 

      Choose a platform. 

Create a Boot Server

The boot server provides boot information for the diskless clients. If you want a boot server separate from the install server, create it. The boot server must be on the same subnet as the diskless clients:

Reboot the OS Server

    Choose Shut Down from the Trusted Path menu, confirm, then boot the server when the prompt appears.