HP DL785 Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers - Page 3

Contents Introduction ...6 Applicable servers and OS versions...6 Using this guide ...7 Basic installations...8 Prerequisites ...8 Installing Solaris interactively...9 Architecture of an installation...10 General process flow ...10 Primary installation components...10 GRUB ...10 Miniroot ...11 Configuration information ...11 Packages ...11 Network deployment infrastructure...11 DHCP server...12 TFTP server ...12 JumpStart server...12 Install server ...12 Deploying ProLiant servers ...12 Additional drivers ...13 Miniroot ...13 JumpStart ...14 iLO virtual media ...14 Rapid Deployment Pack...14 Flash archives...15 Deployment resource kit...15 Deployment planning...16 Selecting a deployment strategy ...16 Boot methods...16 Configuration methods ...17 Software delivery methods ...17 Implementing a PXE boot-based deployment 17 Implementing an Rapid Deployment Pack -initiated deployment 18 Implementing a custom ISO boot-based deployment 18 Deployment tasks ...19 Install server preparation ...19 Prerequisites for preparing an install server 19 Preparing the install server ...20 Miniroot preparation ...21 Prerequisites for preparing a miniroot ...21 Preparing a miniroot ...21 JumpStart preparation ...23 Overview of JumpStart preparation...23 Prerequisites for JumpStart preparation 23 Example: JumpStart preparation ...24 DHCP/PXE preparation ...26 Contents 3