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APPENDIX B
Selecting a Boot Device
This appendix provides instructions on selecting a boot device.
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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 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 T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide.
Note – The serial management port on the ILOM card is preconfigured as the
default system console port. For more information, see the SPARCEnterprise T5140
and T5240 Servers Overview.
If you want to boot from a network, you must connect the network interface to the
network.