Comparing JumpStart and Automated Installer

Both Solaris Custom JumpStart and Oracle Solaris Automated Installer (AI) provide hands-free installation of multiple systems on a network. Clients are booted over the network, and once the client is booted, the installer takes over.

JumpStart installs the Oracle Solaris 10 OS and earlier versions of the Oracle Solaris OS. Automated Installer installs the Oracle Solaris 11 Express OS.

JumpStart and AI share the following characteristics:

Provide hands-free network installation of multiple clients by storing system configurations on an install server
Provide for different kinds of installations on different clients in one automated installation
Install both x86 and SPARC clients

Table C-1 Comparing JumpStart and AI Tasks

Task	JumpStart	AI
Set up an install server.	Use the `setup_install_server`(1M) command.	Use the `installadm create-service` command. See Chapter 2, Setting Up an AI Install Server.
Add clients to the installation.	Use the `add_install_client`(1M) command.	Use the `installadm create-client` command. See Chapter 7, Installing Client Systems.
Specify installation instructions.	Use profile files.	Use AI manifest files. See Chapter 4, Specifying Installation Instructions.
Specify client customizations.	Use rules files to associate clients with profile files.	Use the `installadm set-criteria` command to associate clients with AI manifests. See Chapter 3, Customizing Installations.
Specify post-installation client configuration.	Use finish scripts and `sysidcfg`(4) files.	Use SMF manifest files that are associated with particular AI manifests. See Chapter 5, Configuring the Client System.

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