Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

Probe Keywords and Values

Table 8-1 describes each rule keyword and its equivalent probe keyword.


Note -

Always place probe keywords at or near the beginning of the rules file.


Table 8-1 Descriptions of Probe Keywords

Rule Keyword 

Equivalent Probe Keyword 

Description of Probe Keyword 

any

None  

  

arch

arch

Determines the kernel architecture (i386 or SPARC) and sets SI_ARCH.

disksize

disks

Returns the size of a system's disks (in Mbytes) in kernel probe order (c0t3d0s0, c0t3d0s1, c0t4d0s0) and sets SI_DISKLIST, SI_DISKSIZES, SI_NUMDISKS, and SI_TOTALDISK.

domainname

domainname

Returns a system's NIS or NIS+ domain name or (if none) blank and sets SI_DOMAINNAME (this keyword actually returns the output of domainname(1M)).

hostaddress

hostaddress

Returns a system's IP address (the first address listed in the output of ifconfig(1M) -a that is not lo0) and sets SI_HOSTADDRESS.

hostname

hostname

Returns a system's host name (output from uname(1) -n) and sets SI_HOSTNAME.

installed

installed

Returns the version name, Solaris_2.x or Solaris_x, of the Solaris operating environment that is installed on a system and sets SI_ROOTDISK and SI_INSTALLED.

If JumpStart finds a Solaris release but is unable to determine the version, the version returned is SystemV.

karch

karch

Returns a system's platform group (i86pc, sun4m, and sun4u, for example) and sets SI_KARCH. Appendix A, Platform Names and Groups contains a list of platform names.

memsize

memsize

Returns the size of physical memory on a system (in Mbytes) and sets SI_MEMSIZE. 

model

model

Returns a system's platform name and sets SI_MODEL. Appendix A, Platform Names and Groups contains a list of platform names.

network

network

Returns a system's network number, which JumpStart determines by performing a logical AND between the system's IP address and the subnet mask (which are extracted from the first address listed in the output of ifconfig(1M) -a that is not lo0); also sets SI_NETWORK.

osname

osname

Returns the version and operating system name, Solaris_2.x or Solaris_x, of the Solaris operating environment that is found on a CD and sets SI_OSNAME.

If JumpStart finds a Solaris release but is unable to determine the version, the version returned is SystemV.

  

rootdisk

Returns the name and size (in Mbytes) of a system's root disk and sets SI_ROOTDISK.

totaldisk

totaldisk

Returns the total disk space on a system (in Mbytes) and sets SI_TOTALDISK. The total disk space includes all the operational disks attached to a system.