Storix Software SBAdmin Solaris System Recovery Guide - Manual (Page 10)

Network
Use this option to create a network boot image to be used with various network boot loaders to boot a
client system over the network from a network boot server.
To create a network boot image on any configured client or server and save the image on the boot server,
select either:
Configure !Network Boot/Install!Create/Update a Network Boot Image or
Utilities !Create System Installation Boot Media!Network Boot Media
Solaris clients may only be set to network boot from a Solaris boot server.
Select the Boot Server Name. This is the server on which the network boot image will stored after it is
created. The network boot server may be the same system from which the network boot image is created.
Next, type the name of the boot image in the Network Boot Image Name field or select the name of an
existing image to overwrite by pressing the arrow button to the right of the entry field. If you enter a unique
name, a new image will be created using that name. Note that the network boot “image” actually consists of
several files on disk, but will always be referred to within the application as a single image by a unique boot
image name. The files are copied into the directory specified as the “Directory for Client CDROM &
Network Boot Images directory when the server was configured. You may also use the select button to the
right to choose an existing name. The named image will be overwritten.
Upon successful completion, the network boot image will be created and transferred, if necessary, to the
boot server. It will now be possible to configure any client to boot from this image using the option
“
Enable/Disable Network Installation of a Client ” below.
When all selections are complete, press the Create/Update button. A new window will appear with the output of
the command to create the media and any error message if they should occur.
No-prompt Installation
CDROM and Network boot media may be created with the default installation options set, also allowing the
system to be installed as soon as a system is booted from this media. This allows an installation to take place
simply by booting from a network boot image, for instance, with no operator intervention required.
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