Emulex Fibre Channel - Install Solaris from a Network Image

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Boot for the Fibre Channel Protocol User Manual P010096-02A Rev. A

2. Boot from SAN

Solaris

show-devs

The ID information for each found adapter is displayed, such as:

/pci@5d,700000/emlx@2

4. Enable boot from SAN on each Emulex adapter in the system by typing the

following set of commands, replacing adapter_id with the ID information for each

Emulex adapter in turn. There is a space between the first quotation mark and the

first character of the adapter ID.

" adapter_id" select-dev [for example, “/pci@5d,700000/emlx@2”

select-dev]

set-sd-boot

unselect-dev

5. After all Emulex adapters have been enabled to boot from SAN, reboot the system

with the following command:

reset-all

6. Install the operating system on an FC boot disk:

 To install the operating system from a network image, see “Install Solaris from a

Network Image” on page 22.

 To migrate an operating system image from a local SCSI disk to an FC device,

see “Install Solaris by Migrating an Image from a Local SCSI Disk” on page 24.

Install Solaris from a Network Image

The system must have a DVD drive and must be part of the site's network and naming

service. If you use a naming service, the system must already be in a service, such as

NIS, NIS+, DNS, or LDAP. If you do not use a naming service, you must distribute

information about this system by following your site's policies.

Note: This procedure assumes that the system is running the Volume Manager. If you

are not using the Volume Manager to manage media, refer to the Sun

Microsystems System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems.

1. Log on as a superuser or equivalent.

2. Insert the Solaris DVD in the system's drive.

3. Create a directory to contain the DVD image.

# mkdir -p install_dir_path

Install_dir_path specifies the directory where the DVD image is to be copied.

4. Change to the Tools directory on the mounted disc.

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_10/Tools

Note: For Solaris 10 only:

a. Remove the SUNWemlxu and SUNWemlxs from the

/install_dir_path/Solaris/Tools/Boot directory.

b. Unzip the lpfc driver from the /temp pkgadd -R

/install_dir_path/Solaris/Tools/Boot -d/temp directory.