Install Oracle Solaris 11 Over a Network (Oracle SPARC)

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Refer to Chapter 1, Overview of Booting and Shutting Down a System in Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris 11.3 Systems for instructions on installing the Oracle Solaris 11 OS over the network.

Prepare an installation server and a client server for installing the Oracle Solaris 11 OS over the network.
1. Create an installation server that contains the image of the Oracle Solaris 11 CD.
2. Set up the client server to be installed over the network.
  Refer to Managing Network Virtualization and Network Resources in Oracle Solaris 11.3 to learn how to create the installation server and set up the client server.
Note - To install the client server over a network that is not part of the same subnet, you must also create a boot server. Refer to Chapter 1, Overview of Booting and Shutting Down a System in Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris 11.3 Systems to learn about boot servers.

Shut down and halt the client server to get to the OpenBoot (ok) prompt.

# shutdown -i0 -g0 -y. . .
(shutdown command messages omitted)
. . .
ok

Check the .properties output for each device.

These examples assume that /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@8/network@0 is a port on the adapter.

Change to the device directory.

ok cd /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@8/network@0

Display properties for the device.

ok .properties

The output should be similar to this:

vf-assigned-addresses    c3050000 00000041 01010000 00000000 00010000
                         c3050003 00000041 01210000 00000000 00004000
assigned-addresses       c3050010 00000041 00000000 00000000 01000000
                         c305001c 00000041 01000000 00000000 00008000
                         82050030 00000000 00200000 00000000 00080000
vf-reg                   43050000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00010000
                         43050003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00004000
reg                      00050000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
                         43050010 00000000 00000000 00000000 01000000
                         4305001c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00008000
                         02050030 00000000 00000000 00000000 00080000
local-mac-address        3c fd fe 50 00 f0
version                  Oracle Quad Port 10GBase-T Adapter FCode 3.7 10/18/2016
board-model              7096675
model                    7111181/7111182
compatible               pciex8086,1589.108e.7b1c.1
                         pciex8086,1589.108e.7b1c
                         pciex8086,1589.1
                         pciex8086,1589
                         pciexclass,020000
                         pciexclass,0200
address-bits             00000030
max-frame-size           00002400
network-interface-type   ethernet
device_type              network
name                     network
fcode-rom-offset         00059c00
vf-stride                00000001
first-vf-offset          00000010
total-vfs                00000020
initial-vfs              00000020
#vfs                     00000020
port-type                PCIE-Endpoint
interrupts               00000001
cache-line-size          00000010
class-code               00020000
subsystem-id             00007b1c
subsystem-vendor-id      0000108e
revision-id              00000002
device-id                00001589
vendor-id                00008086
{0} ok

If you do not see the device listed, check that the adapter is properly seated. If necessary, reinstall the adapter.

When you finish looking at the .properties values, type:
```
ok device-end
```

At the ok prompt, display the device paths.

You should see the full paths of all of the network devices, including two for the adapter similar to this example.

ok show-nets
a) /niu@480/network@0
b) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@c/network@0,3
c) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@c/network@0,2
d) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@c/network@0,1
e) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@c/network@0
f) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@a/network@0,1
g) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@a/network@0
q) NO SELECTION
Enter Selection, q to quit: q

At the ok prompt, boot the client server using the full device path of the device.
For example, type:
```
ok boot /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@c/network@0:dhcp
```
The boot takes several minutes to complete. Then, you should see a menu for continuing to install the Oracle Solaris 11 OS.

Proceed with the Oracle Solaris 11 OS installation.
Refer to Managing Network Virtualization and Network Resources in Oracle Solaris 11.3 for more information about installing the Oracle Solaris OS over the network.

Install the adapter software on the client server.
The software installed in Step 5 is required to boot the client server over the adapter interface. You now must install the software in order for the OS to use the client's interfaces in normal operation.

Before installing the SUNWi40e driver, ensure that the client server does not already have the driver installed.
```
# pkginfo | grep SUNWi40e*
```
- If the software is installed, this command will return the package name you typed in. In that case, skip to Step 8.
- If needed, install the software from the download center at My Oracle Support (https://support.oracle.com).

Display the configuration information for all datalinks or the specified datalink.

By default, the server is configured to have one datalink for each known network device.

# dladm show-phys

The output should include lines similar to this:

LINK        MEDIA         STATE     SPEED     DUPLEX     DEVICE
net10       Ethernet      up        10000     full       i40e6
net11       Ethernet      up        10000     full       i40e7
net14       Ethernet      up        10000     full       i40e5
net15       Ethernet      up        10000     full       i40e4

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