3-6 Sun Fire™ B1600 Chassis and B100s, B100x, and B200x Blade Product Notes • May 2004
3.2.2 Creating a Network Install Server
Toinstall the Solaris x86 software over the network onto a blade, you must create an
install server.This section describes how to set up an install server on the same
subnet as the server blade you are about to install, by copying the Solaris x86 CD or
DVD images to the hard disk drive on the system that is to perform the role of
Network Install Server.
The following procedure refersto Chapter 12 (“Preparing to Install Solaris Software
Over the Network”) on page 209 of the Solaris 9 Installation Guide. This document is
supplied with the Solaris 9 media kit. The beginning of the chapter provides
background information.
Note – If you are using the Solaris x86 CD media (instead of the DVD media), you
need to use a Solaris x86 system available to read the CDs. For more information,
refer to Chapter 12 of the Solaris 9 Installation Guide. The section of that chapter that
you require is called “ToCreate an x86 Install Server on a SPARC System With x86
CD Media”.
1. On the system that is going to be the Solaris x86 Network Install Server, log in
and become superuser.
This system must include a CD-ROM or DVD drive and be part of the site’s network
and name service.
2. Follow the instructions in the Solaris 9 Installation Guide to set up a Network Install
image for Solaris 9 (12/03).
These will include the instruction to copy the Solaris 9 image (from its location on a
CD or DVD, or from a location on the network) to the install server’s hard disk by
using the setup_install_server command.
The setup_install_server command indicates whether or not there is enough
disk space available for the Solaris 9 software media images. Todetermine available
disk space, use the df -kl command.
Torun the setup_install_server command, type:
whereinstall_dir_path specifies the directory that the CD image is to be copied to. The
directory must be empty.
3. Change to the directory in which you placed mis.259-4174-11.zip by typing:
#./setup_install_server install_dir_path
#cd /var/tmp/blades