Working With Diskless Client Management (Solaris 8 System Administration Supplement)

Solaris 8 System Administration Supplement

Working With Diskless Client Management

You use the command-line interface to work with the Diskless Client Management tool. By writing your own shell scripts and using the commands shown in Table 4-1, you can easily set up and manage your diskless client environment.

Table 4-1 Diskless Client Management Commands


Command	Subcommand	Task
`/usr/sadm/bin/smosservice`	`add`	Add OS services
	`delete`	Delete OS services
	`list`	List OS services
	`patch`	Manage OS service patches
`/usr/sadm/bin/smdiskless`	`add`	Add a diskless client to an OS server
	`delete`	Delete a diskless client from an OS server
	`list`	List the diskless clients on an OS server
	`modify`	Modify the attributes of a diskless client

You can obtain help on these commands in two ways:

Usage statements - To display a usage statement, use the -h option after you type the command and subcommand. For example, to display the usage statement for smdiskless add, type /usr/sadm/bin/smdiskless add -h.
Man pages - To view a man page, type man and the command name. For example, to display the man page for smdiskless, type man smdiskless.