The following AI feature enhancements have been made in this release:
AI manifest wizard – Oracle Solaris 11.2 includes a new interactive browser interface that you can you use to create AI manifests for use on an AI server. See Creating a AI Manifest Using the AI Manifest Wizard in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems .
installadm command options – The installadm command has three new options: update-service, update-profile, and set-service. These options enable you to maintain a set of installation services. The ability to specify a manifest location with a system boot argument has also been added in this release. See Part III, Installing Using an Install Server, in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems .
Configuring multiple network interfaces during installation – This release includes a new svc:/network/install:default SMF service that has two new property group types: ipv4_interface and ipv6_interface for creating SC profiles that contain property groups with the type ipv4_interface and ipv6_interface. See Configuring Network Interfaces in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems .
End-to-end secure provisioning for SPARC platforms – AI supports a more secure installation for SPARC based systems by using the SPARC WAN boot through process to retrieve installation packages from an IPS repository. This improvement provides more secure communications between the installation server and client systems. See Increasing Security for Automated Installations in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems .
Installer support for connecting to Oracle support services – The Oracle Configuration Manager and the Oracle Auto Services Request utility are enabled by default for the purpose of collecting system configuration information during an installation. Both services are enabled through two recently added Oracle Solaris installation screens. See Appendix A, Working With Oracle Configuration Manager, in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems .
Interactive installation on iSCSI targets – The ability to install to iSCSI target logical unit numbers (LUNs) in included in the Oracle Solaris 11 interactive text and Live Media installers. You can choose between installing on local disks or connecting to a remote iSCSI disk by using DHCP auto-discovery or by manually specifying a target IP address, iSCSI target name and LUN, and an initiator name. This feature change enables installed OS images to be maintained in a central location. See Installing With the GUI installer in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems .
Rights profiles and authorizations for managing the AI service – Many of the commands that are used with an automated installation require increased privilege. Use one of the following methods to gain more privilege:
Use the profiles command to list the privileges that are assigned to you.
Use the sudo command with your user password to execute a privileged command. Use of the sudo command is dependent upon the security policy at your site.
Use the roles command to list the roles that are assigned to you. If you have the root role, you can use the su command to assume that role.
See AI Server Requirements in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems .