Chapter 1
Booting and Shutting Down
a System (Overview)
Oracle Solaris is designed to run continuously so that enterprise services,
such as databases and web services, remain available as much as possible.
This chapter provides overview information and guidelines for booting and
shutting down an Oracle Solaris system. Any information in this chapter that
applies only to SPARC or x86 based systems is identified as such.
Note - This book focuses primarily on booting and shutting down a single
Oracle Solaris instance on servers and workstations. Information about booting
and shutting down Oracle Solaris on systems that have service processors and
systems that have multiple physical domains is not covered in detail in this
book. For more information, see the product documentation for your specific
hardware or configuration at
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html.