Non-global zones are installed and configured on the first reboot after the global zone is installed. With AI, you can install non-global zones on the system by using the configuration element that is defined in the AI manifest. During the first boot after the global zone installation, the zone's self-assembly SMF service (svc:/system/zones-install:default) configures and installs each non-global zone that is defined in the global zone AI manifest. If the zone is configured with the auto-boot property set to true (autoboot=true), the system/zones-install service boots the zone after installing it. See Chapter 12, Installing and Configuring Zones, in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems .