Oracle Solaris Installation Features and Methods

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The following table summarizes the installation features and methods that are available in this release. With the exception of the Automated Installer (AI) method, all of these installation methods are used to install single systems. You can use AI to install single or multiple systems over the network.

Table 2-1 Supported Installation Methods

Installation Method	Preparation?	Install Server?	Single or Multiple Systems
Live Media installation (x86 only)	Minimal	No	Single
Text installation	Minimal	No	Single
Text installation over the network	Yes	Yes, for retrieving the installation image from the server.	Single
Automated installations booting from media	Yes	Yes, for customized media preparation. No for installation.	Single
Automated installations of multiple clients	Yes	Yes	Single or multiple

Note - With the exception of the Live Media (x86 only) and the text installation methods, each of these installation methods installs software packages from an Oracle Solaris Image Packaging System (IPS) repository.

The following installation features are no longer supported:

Oracle Solaris Flash Archive Installation – Use the Oracle Solaris Unified Archives feature. See System Recovery and Cloning With the Oracle Solaris Unified Archives Feature.
JumpStart feature of Oracle Solaris – Use the AI feature. See Transitioning From Oracle Solaris 10 JumpStart to Oracle Solaris 11.2 Automated Installer .