Preface

This book describes how to install the Solaris^TM Operating System (Solaris OS) remotely over a local area network or a wide area network.

This book does not include instructions about how to set up system hardware or other peripherals.

Note –

This Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC® and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC®, SPARC64, AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T. The supported systems appear in the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl. This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types.

In this document these x86 related terms mean the following:

“x86” refers to the larger family of 64-bit and 32-bit x86 compatible products.
“x64” points out specific 64-bit information about AMD64 or EM64T systems.
“32-bit x86” points out specific 32-bit information about x86 based systems.

For supported systems, see the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for system administrators who are responsible for installing the Solaris software. This book provides advanced Solaris installation information for enterprise system administrators who manage multiple Solaris machines in a networked environment.

For basic installation information, see Solaris 10 6/06 Installation Guide: Basic Installations.

Related Books

Table P–1 lists related information that you need when you install the Solaris software.

Table P–1 Related Information


Information	Description
Solaris 10 6/06 Installation Guide: Basic Installations	This book describes how to perform a basic Solaris installation with a graphical user interface (GUI).
Solaris 10 6/06 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning	This book describes how to use CD or DVD media to upgrade a system to the Solaris OS. This book also describes how to use the Solaris Live Upgrade feature to create and maintain boot environments, and how to upgrade systems to these boot environments.
Solaris 10 6/06 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations	This book describes how to create the files and directories necessary to perform an unattended custom JumpStart installation. This book also describes how to create RAID-1 volumes during a JumpStart installation. This book describes how to create a Solaris Flash archive and deploy the archive over the network to quickly install the Solaris OS. This book also describes how to maintain these archives, and how to quickly update clone systems by using differential Flash archives.
Solaris 10 6/06 Installation Guide: Solaris Flash Archives (Creation and Installation)	This book describes how to create a Solaris Flash archive and deploy the archive over the network to quickly install the Solaris OS. This book also describes how to maintain these archives, and how to quickly update clone systems by using differential Flash archives.
System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems	This book describes how to back up system files.
Solaris 10 6/06 Release Notes	This book describes any bugs, known problems, software that is being discontinued, and patches that are related to the Solaris release.
SPARC: Solaris 10 6/06 Sun Hardware Platform Guide on `http://docs.sun.com`	This book contains information about supported hardware.
Solaris 10 6/06 Package List	This book lists and describes the packages in the Solaris 10 6/06 OS.
x86: Solaris Hardware Compatibility List	This list contains supported hardware information and device configuration details.

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–2 Typographic Conventions


Typeface	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`aabbcc123`	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–3 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell	`machine_name%`
C shell for superuser	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	`#`