You might need to boot a system from the network under the following situations:
When the system is first installed.
If the system won't boot from the local disk.
If the system is a diskless client.
In addition, there are two network configuration boot strategies available:
RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol and ONC+ RPC Bootparams Protocol)
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
The default network boot strategy is set to RARP.
Use this table if you need information on booting a system over the network.
Network Boot Task |
For More Information |
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Boot a SPARC system or a SPARC diskless client | |
Boot an x86 system or an x86 diskless client | |
Boot a DHCP client during installation | |
Configure a DHCP client with DHCP Manager |