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Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

To Add Systems to Be Installed From the Network With add_install_client

You can use the add_install_client(1M) command to set up systems to be installed from the network.

Note –

The add_install_client command updates only the /etc files.

  1. Become superuser on the install server or the boot server if a system requires one.

  2. If you use the NIS or NIS+ name service, verify that the following information about the system to be installed has been added to the name service in the /etc files:

    • Host name

    • IP address

    • Ethernet address

  3. Change to the Tools directory on the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 CD image on the install server or the boot server's boot directory:


    # cd Solaris_8/Tools

  4. Use the add_install_client command to set up a system to be installed from the network: 


    # ./add_install_client [[-d]] [[-c server:jumpstart_dir_path]] [[-s install_server:install_dir_path]] \
[[-p server:path]] host_name platform_group

    -d

    Specifies that the client is to use a DHCP server as a profile server for a custom JumpStart installation. 

    When you issue the boot command for a custom JumpStart installation, you can specify that the client use a DHCP server instead of a name server bootparams database. For detailed instructions, for SPARC systems refer to Step 6 in SPARC: To Perform a Custom JumpStart Installation and for IA systems refer to Step 8 in x86: To Perform a Custom JumpStart Installation.

    -c server:jumpstart_dir_path

    Specifies a JumpStart directory for custom JumpStart installations. server is the host name of the server on which the JumpStart directory is located. jumpstart_dir_path is the absolute path to the JumpStart directory.

    Instead of using this option, when you issue the boot command for a custom JumpStart installation, you can specify the location of the JumpStart directory with the boot command. For detailed instructions, refer to Creating a Compressed Configuration File.

    -s install_server:install_dir_path

     

    Specifies the install server. This option is required only when you are using add_install_client on a boot server.

    install_server is the host name of the install server. install_dir_path is the absolute path to the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 CD image for your platform.

    -p server:path

    Specifies the sysidcfg file for preconfiguring system information. server is either a valid host name or IP address for the server that contains the file. path is the absolute path to the sysidcfg file.

    If you saved the sysidcfg file in JumpStart directory on a profile server, you might not need to use this option. When you issue the boot command for a custom JumpStart installation, you can specify the location of the JumpStart directory with the boot command. For detailed instructions, refer to Creating a Compressed Configuration File.

    host_name

    Is the host name of the system to be installed from the network. This is not the host name of the install server. The host must be in the name service for this command to work.

    platform_group

    Is the platform group of the system to be installed. A detailed list of platform groups appears in Chapter 31, Platform Names and Groups.

SPARC: Example—Adding Systems to Be Installed From the Network With add_install_client

The following example illustrates how to add a system named basil, which is a SPARCstation 10, to be installed from the network. The system requires a boot server, so the command is run on the boot server. The -s option is used to specify the install server that is named install_server1, which contains a Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 SPARC Platform Edition CD image in /export/install:


# cd /export/install/boot/Solaris_8/Tools
# ./add_install_client -s install_server1:/export/install basil sun4m