The following procedures are provided in this section:
Setting Up an NVRAM Alias to Automatically Boot by Using DHCP
You might need to boot a system from the network for the following reasons:
To install Oracle Solaris
For recovery purposes
The network configuration boot strategy that is used in Oracle Solaris is the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
For general information about how DHCP works in this Oracle Solaris release and specific information about setting up a DHCP server, see Working With DHCP in Oracle Solaris 11.3.