Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

Worksheet for Installation

Use the following worksheet to gather the information that you need to install the Solaris operating environment. You do not need to gather all of the information that is requested on the worksheet. You only need to collect the information that applies to your system.


Note –

Ignore the shaded rows if you are installing a standalone, non-networked system.


Table 6–1 Installation Worksheet

Info Needed to Install 

Description/Example 

Enter Your Answers Here: 

Network 

Is the system connected to a network? 

Yes/No 

Host Name 

Host name that you choose for the system. 

 

DHCP 

Can the system use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to configure its network interfaces? 

Yes/No 

IP Address 

If you are not using DHCP, supply the IP address for the system. 

Example: 129.200.9.1 

 

Subnet 

If you are not using DHCP, is the system part of a subnet? 

If yes, what is the netmask of the subnet? 

Example: 255.255.0.0 

Yes/No 

IPv6 

Do you want to enable IPv6 on this machine? 

Yes/No 

Kerberos  

Do you want to configure Kerberos security on this machine? 

If yes, gather this information: 

Yes/No 

Default Realm: 

Administration Server: 

First KDC: 

(Optional) Additional KDCs: 

 

Name Service 

Which name service should this system use? 

NIS+/NIS/DNS/LDAP/None 

Domain Name 

If the system uses a name service, supply the name of the domain in which the system resides. 

 

NIS+ and NIS 

Do you want to specify a name server or let the installation program find one? 

If you want to specify a name server, provide the following information. 

Specify One/Find One 

Server's host name: 

Server's IP Address: 

DNS 

Provide IP addresses for the DNS server. You must enter at least one IP address, but you can enter up to three addresses. 

 

Server's IP Address(es): 

You can enter a list of domains to search when a DNS query is made. 

Search Domain: 

Search Domain: 

Search Domain: 

LDAP 

Provide the following information about your LDAP profile. 

 

Profile Name: 

Profile Server: 

IP Address: 

Default Router 

 

 

Do you want to specify a default IP router (gateway) or let the Solaris Web Start installation program find one? 

If you want to specify a default router, provide the following information. 

Specify One/Find One 

Router IP address: 

If you use the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program or the custom JumpStart installation method, you can specify the default router in the sysidcfg file.

Time Zone 

How do you want to specify your default time zone? 

Geographic region 

Offset from GMT 

Time zone file 

Power Management 

(only available on SPARC systems that support Power Management) 

Do you want to use Power Management? 

Yes/No 

Proxy Server Configuration 

(only available in the Solaris Web Start program) 

Do you have a direct connection to the Internet or do you need to use a proxy server to gain access to the Internet? 

If you use a proxy server, provide the following information. 

Direct Connection/Proxy Server 

Host: 

Port: 

Locales 

For which geographic regions do you want to install support? 

 

Software Group 

Which Solaris Software Group do you want to install? 

Entire Plus OEM 

Entire 

Developer 

End User 

Core 

Automatic reboot or CD/DVD ejection 

Reboot automatically after software installation? 

Eject CD/DVD automatically after software installation? 

Yes/No 

Yes/No 

Custom Package Selection 

Do you want to add or remove software packages from the Solaris Software Group that you install? 


Note –

When you select which packages to add or remove, you need to know about software dependencies and how Solaris software is packaged.


 

64–bit 

(only available on SPARC systems) 

Do you want to install support for 64–bit applications? 

Yes/No 

Select Disks 

On which disks do you want to install the Solaris software? 

Example: c0t0d0

 

IA: fdisk partitioning 

Do you want to create, delete, or modify a Solaris fdisk partition? 

Each disk selected for file system layout must have a Solaris fdisk partition. Only one x86 Boot partition is allowed per system.  

 

Select Disks for fdisk Partition Customization? 

Yes/No 

Customize fdisk partitions? 

Yes/No 

Preserve Data 

Do you want to preserve any data that exists on the disks where you are installing the Solaris software? 

Yes/No 

Auto-layout File Systems 

Do you want the installation program to automatically lay out file systems on your disks? 

If yes, which file systems should be used for auto-layout? 

Example: /, /opt, /var

If no, you must provide file system configuration information. 

Yes/No 

Mount Remote File Systems 

(only available in the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program) 

Does this system need to access software on another file system? 

If yes, provide the following information about the remote file system. 

Yes/No 

Server: 

IP Address: 

Remote File System: 

Local Mount Point: