Booting and Shutting Down a System (Overview)

Chapter 1

Oracle Solaris is designed to run continuously so that enterprise services, such as databases and web services, remain available as much as possible. This chapter provides overview information and guidelines for booting and shutting down an Oracle Solaris system. Any information in this chapter that applies only to SPARC or x86 based systems is identified as such.

Note - This book focuses primarily on booting and shutting down a single Oracle Solaris instance on servers and workstations. Information about booting and shutting down Oracle Solaris on systems that have service processors and systems that have multiple physical domains is not covered in detail in this book. For more information, see the product documentation for your specific hardware or configuration at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html.

This is a list of the information that is in this chapter:

What's New in Booting and Shutting Down a System
Guidelines for Booting a System
Overview of the Oracle Solaris Boot Architecture
Description of the Boot Process
Service Management Facility and Booting

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