Installing Oracle® Solaris 11.2 Systems

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

Selection Criteria

Table 9–1 shows the criteria keywords that can be used to indicate which clients should use a particular AI manifest or system configuration profile. The Examples column shows some possible values. The criteria keywords and values can be used with the following installadm subcommands: create-manifest, create-profile, and set-criteria.

The ipv4, mac, mem, and network specifications can be expressed as ranged values separated by a hyphen (-). To specify no limit to one end of a range, use unbounded. See the mem example below.

The arch, cpu, hostname, platform, and zonename specifications can be expressed as a quoted list of values separated by white space. See the zonename example below.

Specify criteria keywords and values on the command line by using the –c option.

-c criteria=value|list|range
-c mac="aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff"
-c mem="2048-unbounded"
-c zonename="zone1 zone2"

Criteria can also be specified in ai_criteria elements in an XML file. The content of this file should be only criteria specifications. Use the –C option to name the criteria file on the command line. Examples are shown in the table.

Table 9-1  Criteria Keywords and Criteria Hierarchy
Criteria Keyword
Description
Command Line and XML File Examples
arch
Architecture returned by uname -m
Values: i86pc, sun4u, or sun4v
CLI:
-c arch="i86pc"
XML:
<ai_criteria name="arch">
    <value>i86pc</value>
</ai_criteria>
cpu
CPU class returned by uname -p
Values: i386 or sparc
CLI:
-c cpu="sparc"
XML:
<ai_criteria name="cpu">
    <value>sparc</value>
</ai_criteria>
hostname
Client host name or list of client host names.
CLI, single host name:
-c hostname="host3"
CLI, list of host names:
-c hostname="host1 host2 host6"
XML, single host name:
<ai_criteria name="hostname">
   <value>host3</value>
</ai_criteria>
XML, list of host names:
<ai_criteria name="hostname">
   <value>host1 host2 host6</value>
</ai_criteria>
ipv4
IP version 4 network address, or range of IP addresses
CLI, single IP address:
-c ipv4="10.6.68.127"
CLI, range of IP addresses:
-c ipv4="10.6.68.1-10.6.68.200"
XML, single IP address:
<ai_criteria name="ipv4">
    <value>10.6.68.127</value>
</ai_criteria>
XML, range of IP addresses:
<ai_criteria name="ipv4">
    <range>
        10.6.68.1
        10.6.68.200
    </range>
</ai_criteria>
mac
Hexadecimal MAC address with colon (:) separators, or range of MAC addresses
CLI, single MAC address:
-c mac="0:14:4F:20:53:97"
CLI, range of MAC addresses:
-c mac=0:14:4F:20:53:94-0:14:4F:20:53:A0
XML, single MAC address:
<ai_criteria name="mac">
    <value>0:14:4F:20:53:97</value>
</ai_criteria>
XML, range of MAC addresses:
<ai_criteria name="mac">
   <range>
       0:14:4F:20:53:94
       0:14:4F:20:53:A0
   </range>
</ai_criteria>
mem
Memory size in megabytes returned by prtconf, or a range of memory size
The unbounded keyword indicates no upper limit in a range.
CLI, one memory size:
-c mem="4096"
CLI, range of memory size:
-c mem="2048-unbounded"
XML, one memory size:
<ai_criteria name="mem">
     <value>4096</value>
</ai_criteria>
XML, range of memory size:
<ai_criteria name="mem">
     <range>
        2048
        unbounded
     </range>
</ai_criteria>
network
IP version 4 network number, or a range of network numbers
CLI, single IP address:
-c network="10.0.0.0"
CLI, range of IP addresses:
-c network="11.0.0.0-12.0.0.0"
XML, single IP address:
<ai_criteria name="network">
    <value>10.0.0.0</value>
</ai_criteria>
XML, range of IP addresses:
<ai_criteria name="network">
   <range>
       11.0.0.0
       12.0.0.0
   </range>
</ai_criteria>
platform
Platform name returned by uname -i for x86 systems and prtconf -b for SPARC systems

    Values include:

  • i86pc

  • SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise for M4000 and M5000 servers

  • ORCL, SPARC-T4-2 for T4 servers

CLI:
-c platform="SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise"
XML:
<ai_criteria name="platform">
    <value>SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise</value>
</ai_criteria>
zonename
Name or list of names of zones as shown by zoneadm list. See Chapter 12, Installing and Configuring Zones.
CLI, single zone name:
-c zonename="myzone"
CLI, list of zone names:
-c zonename="zoneA zoneB zoneC"
XML, single zone name:
<ai_criteria name="zonename">
    <value>myzone</value>
</ai_criteria>
XML, list of zone names:
<ai_criteria name="zonename">
    <value>zoneA zoneB zoneC</value>
</ai_criteria>