Sun Microsystems 220R How to Boot the System Using the Standard Ethernet Interface, What to Do

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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