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APPENDIX B
Selecting a Boot Device
The boot device is specified by the setting of an OpenBoot configuration variable
called boot-device. The default setting of this variable is disk net. Because of
this setting, the firmware first attempts to boot fromthe system hard drive, and if
that fails, from the on-board NET0 Gigabit Ethernet interface.
This appendix includes the following topic:
■Connecting the Network Interface to the Network

Connecting the Network Interface to the

Network

Toboot from a network, you must connect the network interface to the network.
This procedure assumes that you arefamiliar with the OpenBoot firmware and that
you know how to enter the OpenBoot environment. For more information, see the
SPARCEnterprise T1000 Server Administration Guide.
▼To Connect the Network Interface to the

Network

●At the ok prompt, type:
where the device-specifier is one of the following:
ok setenv boot-devicedevice-specifier