Boot Over a GbE Network (Oracle Solaris x86 and Linux)

1. Obtain the MAC address of the first adapter port by checking the label of the adapter.

   For the adapter, the MAC address on the label is for the first port. The second port's MAC address is the MAC address from the label, plus 1.

2. Set up the PXE boot server with the MAC addresses.
3. Plug the Ethernet cable into the adapter's port.
4. Power on the system.
5. Press the F2 key or the Control-E keys to go to the BIOS menu.
6. Go to the Boot - Boot Device Priority screen and ensure that the boot order of the network devices is higher than the hard drive.
7. Press the F10 key to save the boot configuration changes and exit BIOS.

   The system should reboot after saving the boot configuration.

8. On Oracle platforms, press the F12 key to install the OS from the network.

   If the cable is connected to the correct port, you should see the MAC address that you assigned to your PXE server displayed by BIOS. If your platform does not support the F12 key, you might need to boot from the BIOS.

   Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.31
   Copyright (C) 1997-2009, Intel Corporation
    
   Initializing and establishing link...
    
              **************************************************
              *           Please select boot device:           *
              **************************************************
              * HDD:P1-SEAGATE ST95001NSSUN500G 111            *
              * PXE:Slot1.F0:IBA XE Slot 0700 v2193            *
              * PXE:Slot1.F1:IBA XE Slot 0701 v2193            *
              * PXE:Slot0.F0:IBA XE Slot 0D00 v2193            *
              * PXE:Slot0.F1:IBA XE Slot 0D01 v2193            *
              * PXE:IBA GE Slot 1F00 v1331                     *
              * PXE:IBA GE Slot 1F01 v1331                     *
              *                                                *
              *                                                *
              *                                                *
              **************************************************
              *           * and * to move selection            *
              *          ENTER to select boot device           *
              *           ESC to boot using defaults           *
              **************************************************
    
   Intel(R) Boot Agent XE v2.1.93
   Copyright (C) 1997-2011, Intel Corporation
    
   CLIENT MAC ADDR: A0 36 9F 02 37 A4  GUID: FF200008 FFFF FFFF FFFF CE8C75282100
   CLIENT IP: 10.134.155.174  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 10.134.155.4

9. Install the igb(7D) driver, and configure the adapter.
10. After the OS installation completes, use the BIOS to change the boot device priority to Boot from Hard Disk to boot up the newly installed OS.

    Unless the boot device priority is changed, the OS installation process will repeat.

Related Information

• Create Driver Instance Files (Oracle Solaris 10)

• Configure the Network Host Files (Oracle Solaris 10)

• Boot Options

• Boot Over the Network (PXE)

• Install Oracle Solaris 10 Over a Network (Oracle SPARC)