Booting the Installation Client

The following examples show how to boot the SPARC client with or without DHCP and how to monitor the installation process. A brief description of the client configuration after an installation is also provided.

Example A-5 How to Boot the Installation Client

If DHCP was configured, boot the SPARC client as follows.

ok boot net:dhcp - install

If DHCP was not configured, boot the SPARC client with the network-boot-arguments syntax. Be sure to supply the install server information from the output of the installadm create-service command.

In the following example, host-ip=1.2.3.88 identifies the client's IP address, router-ip=1.2.3.1 is the IP address of the router, hostname=neo identifies the client's hostname, and the http: wanboot string address includes the AI server's system name and IP address.

ok setenv network-boot-arguments host-ip=1.2.3.88,router-ip=1.2.3.1,
subnet-mask=255.255.255.0,hostname=neo,file=http://1.2.3.10:5555/cgi-bin/
wanboot-cgi
network-boot-arguments =  host-ip=1.2.3.88,router-ip=1.2.3.1,
subnet-mask=255.255.255.0,hostname=neo,file=http://1.2.3.10:5555/
cgi-bin/wanboot-cgi
ok boot net - install

The network boot arguments are echoed to the screen and any errors are displayed automatically.

After the client boots and the installation process begins successfully, you can log in to the client system to monitor the installation process.

Automated Installation started
The progress of the Automated Installation will be output to the console
Detailed logging is in the logfile at /system/volatile/install_log
Press RETURN to get a login prompt at any time.
solaris login: root
password: solaris
# tail -f /system/volatile/install_log

After the installation, the log file is available here:

# more /var/log/install/install_log

If client configuration information is not provided by using DHCP, DNS, or through a customized profile or criteria, you are prompted to provide the system's configuration information, such as network, host name, time zone, and root password, after the client is first booted.

This information is prompted by the /usr/share/auto_install/sc_profiles/enable_sci.xml profile found on an installed system.

A message similar to the following identifies where the system information is stored on the local client system:

SC profile successfully generated.
Exiting System Configuration Tool. Log is available at:
/system/volatile/sysconfig/sysconfig.log.553