How to Add a Diskless Client

The following default directories are created and populated on the OS server for each diskless client that you add:

/export/root/diskless_client_name/export/swap/diskless_client_name/export/dump/diskless_client_name/tftpboot/diskless_client_ipaddress_in_hex

You can modify the default locations of the /root, /swap, and /dump directories by using the -x option. However, do not create these directories under the /export branch.

To add a diskless client:

1. Use the smdiskless add command, including the required IP address, Ethernet address (MAC address), name, and operating system options, for the first diskless client that you want to add.

   For example, the following adds the "client1" diskless client, which runs Solaris 8 on a sun4u machine:

   % /usr/sadm/bin/smdiskless add -- -i 129.9.200.1 \ -e 8:0:11:12:13:14 -n client1 -x os=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8 \

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   Note -

   The operating system is in the format of instruction_set.machine_class.Solaris_os_version and is equivalent to the platform you specified when you used the smosservice command to set up OS services.

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2. Continue to use the /usr/sadm/bin/smdiskless add command to add each remaining diskless client.

3. When you are finished adding diskless clients, use the /usr/sadm/bin/smdiskless list command to verify that the diskless clients were installed.