Automated Network Configuration

Starting with the Solaris Express Developer Edition 5/07 release, the booting process runs the nwamd daemon. This daemon implements an alternate instance of the SMF service svc:/network/physical which enables automated network configuration with minimal intervention. The Open Solaris Network Auto-Magic Phase 0 page and nwamd man page contain further information, including instructions for turning off the NWAM daemon, if preferred. For more information and a link to the nwamd(1M) man page, see http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/nwam/phase0/.

For the 5/07 developer release, the NWAM daemon is enabled by default under the following circumstances:

• You have selected the “Solaris Express Developer Edition” choice on the installation screen.

• And, after having made this choice, you are performing an initial installation.

The NWAM daemon is not enabled under the following circumstances:

• On the installation screen, you choose “Solaris Express.”

• Or, you choose to upgrade after any choice on the installation screen.

  In those cases, you must manually turn on the NWAM daemon. See the nwamd(1M) man page for details.