Solaris Express Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations
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Document Information

Preface

Part I Planning to Install Over the Network

1.  Where to Find Solaris Installation Planning Information

2.  Preconfiguring System Configuration Information (Tasks)

3.  Preconfiguring With a Naming Service or DHCP

Part II Installing Over a Local Area Network

4.  Installing From the Network (Overview)

5.  Installing From the Network With DVD Media (Tasks)

6.  Installing From the Network With CD Media (Tasks)

7.  Installing Over the Network (Examples)

8.  Installing From the Network (Command Reference)

Part III Installing Over a Wide Area Network

9.  WAN Boot (Overview)

10.  Preparing to Install With WAN Boot (Planning)

11.  Installing With WAN Boot (Tasks)

12.  SPARC: Installing With WAN Boot (Tasks)

13.  SPARC: Installing With WAN Boot (Examples)

Sample Site Setup

Create the Document Root Directory

Create the WAN Boot Miniroot

Install the wanboot Program on the WAN Boot Server

Create the /etc/netboot Hierarchy

Copy the wanboot-cgi Program to the WAN Boot Server

(Optional) Configure the WAN Boot Server as a Logging Server

Configure the WAN Boot Server to Use HTTPS

Provide the Trusted Certificate to the Client

(Optional) Use Private Key and Certificate for Client Authentication

Create the Keys for the Server and the Client

Create the Solaris Flash Archive

Create the sysidcfg File

Create the Client's Profile

Create and Validate the rules File

Create the System Configuration File

Create the wanboot.conf File

Check the net Device Alias in OBP

Install Keys on the Client

Install the Client

14.  WAN Boot (Reference)

Part IV Appendixes

A.  Troubleshooting (Tasks)

B.  Installing or Upgrading Remotely (Tasks)

Glossary

Index

Sample Site Setup

Figure 13-1 shows the site setup for this example.

Figure 13-1 Sample Site for WAN Boot Installation
The context describes the graphic.

This sample site has the following characteristics.

  • The server wanserver-1 is to be configured as a WAN boot server and an install server.

  • The IP address of wanserver-1 is 192.168.198.2.

  • The domain name of wanserver-1 is www.example.com.

  • wanserver-1 is running the current Solaris release.

  • wanserver-1 is running the Apache web server. The Apache software on wanserver-1 is configured to support HTTPS.

  • The client to be installed is named wanclient-1.

  • wanclient-1 is an UltraSPARCII system.

  • The client ID for wanclient-1 is 010003BA152A42.

  • The IP address of wanclient-1 is 192.168.198.210.

  • The IP address of the client's subnet is 192.168.198.0.

  • The client system wanclient-1 has Internet access, but is not directly connected to the network that includes wanserver-1.

  • wanclient-1 is a new system that is to be installed with the current Solaris release software.
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