Solaris Advanced Installation Guide

Choose a Method for Preconfiguring

There are two ways to preconfigure system configuration information. You can add the information to:

Use Table 6-1 to determine which method to use to preconfigure system configuration information.

Table 6-1 Methods to Preconfigure System Configuration Information


If You Want to Preconfigure ...	And Your Platform Is ...	Can You Preconfigure With the `sysidcfg` File?	Can You Preconfigure With the Name Service?
Name service Domain name Name server	All All All	Yes Yes Yes	Yes No No
Network interface Host name IP address Netmask	All All All All	Yes Yes [Because this information is system specific, edit the name service rather than create a different `sysidcfg` file for each system.] Yes¹ Yes	No Yes² Yes² No
Root password	All	Yes	No
Language (locale) in which to display the install program and desktop	All	Yes	Yes
Terminal type	All	Yes	No
Time zone	All	Yes	Yes [This information is automatically preconfigured if you've added clients using Solstice AdminSuite^TM Host Manager.]
Date and time	All	Yes	Yes
Monitor type	x86	Yes	No
Keyboard language, keyboard layout	x86	Yes	No
Graphics card, color depth, display resolution, screen size	x86	Yes	No
Pointing device, number of buttons, IRQ level	x86	Yes	No
Power Management^TM (autoshutdown) [This system configuration information cannot be preconfigured through the `sysidcfg` file or the name service. See "Preconfiguring Power Management Information" for more details.]	SPARC	No	No