How To Boot The System Using The Standard Ethernet Interface - Sun Microsystems Sun Enterprise 220R Owner's Manual

How to Boot the System Using the
Standard 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 Sun Enterprise 220R Server" on page 13
Specifically, you must perform the following tasks:
Set up a system console; see "About Communicating With the Server" on page 28
Configure the Ethernet port; see "How to Configure the Standard Ethernet
Interface" on page 47
Attach the Ethernet port to a network; see "How to Attach a Twisted-Pair
Ethernet (TPE) Cable" on page 52 or "How to Attach an MII Ethernet
Transceiver" on page 54
Power on the system; see "How to Power On the System" on page 34
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
At the ok prompt, type either of the two following commands:
a. To load the operating system into the server's volatile memory, type:
ok boot net
Note – Because the operating system is only in volatile memory, it is not retained
across power cycles.
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