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Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on SPARC Platforms     Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library
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Preface

1.  Booting and Shutting Down a SPARC Based System (Overview)

2.  Booting a SPARC Based System to a Specified State (Tasks)

3.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

4.  Rebooting a SPARC Based System (Tasks)

5.  Booting a SPARC Based System From the Network (Tasks)

6.  Modifying Boot Parameters on a SPARC Based System (Tasks)

Modifying Boot Parameters on a SPARC Based System (Task Map)

Modifying Boot Parameters on a SPARC Based System

How to Identify the PROM Revision Number for a System

How to Identify Devices on a System

How to Determine the Default Boot Device

How to Change the Default Boot Device by Using the Boot PROM

How to Change the Default Boot Device by Using the eeprom Utility

How to Change the Default Boot File by Using the Boot PROM

How to Change the Default Boot File by Using the eeprom Utility

7.  Creating, Administering, and Booting From ZFS Boot Environments on SPARC Platforms (Tasks)

8.  Keeping a SPARC Based System Bootable (Tasks)

9.  Troubleshooting Booting a SPARC Based System (Tasks)

Index

Chapter 6

Modifying Boot Parameters on a SPARC Based System (Tasks)

This chapter provides task-related information about modifying the default boot behavior on a SPARC based system.

The following is a list of the information that is in this chapter:

If you need to configure SPARC boot mode properties on an Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) service processor, see the hardware documentation at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19166-01/E20792/z40003d6165586.html#scrolltoc.

For overview information about booting a SPARC based system, see Chapter 1, Booting and Shutting Down a SPARC Based System (Overview).

For information about modifying boot parameters on an x86 based system, see Chapter 6, Modifying Boot Parameters on an x86 Based System (Tasks), in Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on x86 Platforms.