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Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Systems Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
Part I Oracle Solaris 11 Installation Options
1. Overview of Installation Options
Part II Installing Using Installation Media
2. Preparing for the Installation
5. Automated Installations That Boot From Media
6. Unconfiguring or Reconfiguring an Oracle Solaris instance
Part III Installing Using an Install Server
7. Automated Installation of Multiple Clients
How Do I Use the Automated Installer?
Minimum Requirements for AI Use
Customize Installation Instructions
Provide System Configuration Instructions
Provide a Local IPS Package Repository
Provide a Custom First Boot Script
Provide Additional AI Install Services
8. Setting Up an Install Server
10. Provisioning the Client System
11. Configuring the Client System
12. Installing and Configuring Zones
13. Running a Custom Script During First Boot
14. Setting Up Oracle Configuration Manager For Use By AI Client Systems
AI automates the installation of the Oracle Solaris 11 OS on SPARC and x86 clients over the network. The clients can be customized with installation parameters such as disk layout and software selection and with system configuration parameters such as host name, network configuration, and user accounts. Customizations can be made on a client-by-client basis and can be scaled for large environments.
An automated installation of a client over the network consists of the following high-level steps:
The client system boots over the network and gets its network configuration and the location of the install server from the DHCP server.
The install server provides a boot image to the client.
Characteristics of the client determine which installation instructions and which system configuration instructions are used to install the client.
The Oracle Solaris 11 OS is installed on the client, pulling packages from the package repository specified by the installation instructions in the AI install service.