Sample Site Setup

Figure D-1 shows the sample site setup for this example.

Figure D-1

At this fictitious site:

• ^(R) · The engineering group is on its own subnet. This group uses NEC ^(R) Powermate systems for software development.
• The marketing group is on its own subnet. This group uses Dell 466 systems for running word processing, spreadsheets, and other office tools.
• The site uses NIS+. The Ethernet addresses, IP addresses, and host names are in NIS+ tables.
• The engineering server named server_1 has a copy of Solaris 2.4 software on its local disk in a directory named /export/install. Both the engineering and marketing groups will install Solaris software over the network from server_1.
• The network information is preconfigured on the site as described in "Preconfiguring Network Information" on page 43.

1 Create a JumpStart directory.

The administrator sets up a JumpStart directory on the install server, server_1. This directory will hold files necessary for a custom JumpStart installation of Solaris software. The easiest way to set up this directory is to copy the sample directory from the copy of the Solaris CD that has been put in /export/install.

# cp -r /export/install/auto_install_sample /jumpstart

2 Share the JumpStart directory.

The system administrator shares the /jumpstart directory so that the rules file and profiles are accessible to systems on the network. To accomplish this, the administrator adds the following line to the /etc/dfs/dfstab file:

share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /jumpstart

Then, at the command line, the administrator uses the unshareall and shareall commands:

# unshareall # shareall

3 Create the eng_profile profile.

The administrator creates a file named eng_profile in the /jumpstart directory. The eng_profile file has the following entries, which define the Solaris software to be installed on systems in the engineering group.

(1) install_type initial_install (2) system_type standalone (3) partitioning default (4) cluster SUNWCprog (5) filesys any 50 swap

(1)

Specifies that the installation will be treated as an initial installation, as opposed to an upgrade.

(2)Specifies that the engineering systems are standalone systems.

(3)Specifies that the JumpStart software uses default disk partitioning for installing Solaris on the engineering systems.

(4)

Specifies that the developer's software cluster will be installed.

(5)Specifies that each system in the engineering group will have 50 Mbytes of swap space.

4 Create the marketing_profile profile.

The administrator creates a file named marketing_profile in the /jumpstart directory. The marketing_profile file has the following entries, which define the Solaris software to be installed on systems in the marketing group.

(1) install_type initial_install (2) system_type standalone (3) partitioning default (4) cluster SUNWCuser (5) package SUNWaudmo

(1)

Specifies that the installation will be treated as an initial installation, as opposed to an upgrade.

(2)Specifies that the marketing systems are standalone systems.

(3)Specifies that the JumpStart software will use default disk partitioning for installing Solaris on the marketing systems.

(4)

Specifies that the end user software cluster is to be installed.

(5)Specifies that the audio demo software package is to be added to each system.

5 Edit the rules file.

The administrator must define the rules file. The Solaris installation program will use the contents of this file to select the proper installation for each department.

At this site, each department is on its own subnet and has its own network address. The administrator uses this information to control how systems are installed. The engineering department is on subnet 255.222.43.0, and marketing is on 255.222.44.0.

In the /jumpstart directory, the administrator edits the rules file, deletes all of the example rules, and enters:

network 255.222.43.0 - eng_profile - network 255.222.44.0 - marketing_profile -

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Note - These are sample rules in which an administrator uses a network address to identify which systems will be installed with the eng_profile and marketing_profile, respectively. The administrator could also have chosen to use host names, memory size, or model type as the rule keyword. See "Rule Keyword and Rule Value Descriptions" on page 92 for a complete list of keywords you can use in a rules file.

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6 Execute the check script.

After the rules and profile files are properly set up, the system administrator runs the check script to verify the files.

# cd /jumpstart # ./check

When check finds no errors, it creates the rules.ok file.

7 Set up the engineering systems for installation.

After setting up the /jumpstart directory and appropriate files, the administrator sets up the install server to install Solaris software on the engineering systems.

The administrator first sets up the engineering systems because they are on the same subnet as the install server. On the install server, the administrator uses the add_install_client command:

# cd /export/install # ./add_install_client -c server_1:/jumpstart host_eng1 i386pc # ./add_install_client -c server_1:/jumpstart host_eng2 i386pc . . .

In the add_install_client command,

-c                   Specifies the server (server_1) and path 
                     (/jumpstart) to the JumpStart directory.

host_eng1	Is the name of a system in the engineering group.
host_eng2	Is the name of another system in the engineering group.
i386pc	Specifies the architecture of the systems that will use server_1 as an install server. (This is the proper kernel architecture for x86 systems.)

8 Set up the marketing systems for installation.

Systems cannot boot from an install server on a different subnet, so the administrator sets up a boot server on the marketing group's subnet. On a server on the marketing subnet, the administrator inserts a Solaris CD. The administrator then uses the setup_install_server command to copy the boot software from the Solaris CD to the marketing server's local disk.

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0 # ./setup_install_server -b /marketing/boot-dir i86pc

In the setup_install_server command,

-b                   Specifies that setup_install_server will to copy 
                     the boot information from the Solaris CD to the 
                     directory named /marketing/boot-dir.

i86pc......Specifies the architecture of the systems that will use this boot server. (This is the proper kernel architecture for x86 systems.)

Next, the administrator sets up the marketing systems to boot from the local boot server and install Solaris from the remote install server. The administrator uses the add_install_client command on the marketing group's boot server:

# cd /marketing/boot-dir # ./add_install_client -s server_1:/export/install -c server_1:/jumpstart host_mkt1 i86pc # ./add_install_client -s server_1:/export/install -c server_1:/jumpstart host_mkt2 i86pc . . .

In the add_install_client command,

-s                   Specifies the install server (server_1) and the path to 
                     the Solaris software (/export/install).

-c                   Specifies the server (server_1) and path 
                     (/jumpstart) to the JumpStart directory.

host_mkt1	Is the name of a system in the marketing group.
host_mkt2	Is the name of another system in the marketing group.
i86pc	Specifies the architecture of the systems that will use this boot server. (This is the proper kernel architecture for x86 systems.)

9 Boot the systems and install Solaris software.

The administrator boots the engineering systems and marketing systems by using the Solaris boot diskette.