You need to know your system architecture (platform group) if you are adding clients for a network installation and the platform name if you are writing a custom JumpStart installation rules file.
Some examples of platform names and groups follow. For a full list of SPARC systems, see Solaris 9 Sun Hardware Platform Guide.
Table C–1 Example of Platform Names and Groups
System |
Platform Name |
Platform Group |
---|---|---|
Ultra 5 |
SUNW,Ultra-5_10 |
sun4u |
x86 based |
i86pc |
i86pc |
On a running system, you can also use the uname -i command to determine a system's platform name or the uname -m command to determine a system's platform group.