How To Boot The System Using A Pci-Based Ethernet Interface - Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Owner's Manual

How to Boot the System Using a
PCI-Based Ethernet Interface
Before You Begin
Before you can boot the system over a network interface, you must complete the
installation procedure; see:
"How to Install the Enterprise 250 Server" on page 13
Specifically, you must perform the following tasks:
Set up a system console; see "About Setting Up a Console" on page 19
Configure the PCI-based Ethernet port; see "How to Add an Ethernet Interface"
on page 175
Attach the Ethernet port to a network; see "How to Attach a Twisted-Pair
Ethernet (TPE) Cable" on page 178 or "How to Attach an MII Ethernet
Transceiver" on page 180
Power on the system; see "How to Power On the System" on page 27
Note – To boot the system over an Ethernet network, it is necessary that there be a
bootable image for Sun4u architecture somewhere on the network. For details, see
the installation instructions accompanying your Solaris software.
What to Do
1. At the ok prompt, enter:
ok show-devs
The show-devs command lists the system devices. It displays the full path name of
the hme device, similar to the example below:
/pci@1f,4000/pci@5/SUNW,hme@0,1
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