Server Setup

Use the following instructions to set up a system as an install server. Note the following:

Note - Any system that meets these setup requirements can be used as an automated install server, including laptops, desktops, virtual machines, and enterprise servers.

• You need a DHCP server in order to set up automated installations. The install server can be set up as a DHCP server. Or, if you already have a DHCP server in your network, you can use that DHCP server to provide initial configuration to the install clients.

• The install server must have a static IP address.

• The default router should be set on the install server.

• The OpenSolaris 2009.06 release, or a later release, must be installed on the install server.

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  Note - If the OpenSolaris 2010.03 release is installed on your install server, you can use AI images for either the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release or for the OpenSolaris 2010.03 release. Otherwise, the OpenSolaris release installed on your server and the OpenSolaris release for the AI images that you plan to install to client systems must be the same release.

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• 4 GB of free disk space is recommended on the install server after the OpenSolaris release has been installed.

• To set up a SPARC system as your install server, first create SPARC AI media, and then use that media to install the OpenSolaris release on that system. For instructions, see Chapter 4, Automated Installations Using Media.

Complete the following initial steps to prepare your system to be an automated install server. After performing these initial steps, complete the setup by using either simple instructions or advanced instructions, depending on your system configuration. The simple and advanced instructions are described after the initial steps.