To Set Up The Client - Sun Microsystems Sun StorEdge Installation Manual

3. Ensure that the host name, its IP address, and its Ethernet address have been
added to the name service (/etc files, NIS, or NIS+).
4. Run the add_install_client(1M) command to add the host with the host
adapter as a boot or install client.
# add_install_client host_name platform_name
Note – You can find the platform name by running the uname command with the
-m option on the host that has the host adapter.
5. Log out of the boot or install server.

To Set Up the Client

1. Bring the client host (with the host adapter) down to the ok prompt at run level 0.
See the Solaris system administration documentation for the commands that can be
used with different configurations. The following example uses the shutdown(1M)
command.
# shutdown
...
ok
Caution – Do not reboot the boot or install server.
2. Boot the host from the net.
ok boot net
The Solaris interactive installation program runs from the boot or install server.
3. Respond to the prompts according to your configuration as instructed in the
Solaris installation guide.
Ensure that to specify the new boot disk as the destination for the operating
environment installation.
B-6 Sun StorEdge SBus Dual Fibre Channel Host Adapter Installation Guide • October 2002