How to install Solaris 10 x86 on HP Proliant BL460c G6 – part IV

January 29th, 2010 |

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After success install Solaris 10 x86 64bit we will begin configuring it and Installing "Solaris JumpStart Install Server" for x86pc architecture with DHCP net boot mode support.

This is our example configuration:

IP address of install server: 10.0.0.2

Netmask: 255.255.255.0

Default gateway: 10.0.0.1

1) Lets correct /etc/hosts file

After first boot our “/etc/hosts” file will be contain bellow records:

#
# Internet host table
#
::1 localhost loghost installserver
127.0.0.1 localhost loghost installserver

To stopping warning messages in console from sendmail related to domain name we will add hostname with domain name at the end of last record:

127.0.0.1 localhost loghost installserver installserver.domain.com

To determine NIC name in Solaris we well user command:

#dladm show-dev

Output must be like this:

vmxnet3s0 link: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full

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Now for configuring VMware vmxnet3s0 NIC interface at first we will determine correct connection it to the active Ethernet segment by command:

#snoop -d vmxnet3s0

The output must be like this:

Using device vmxnet3s0 (promiscuous mode)
172.26.29.5 -> installserver_netboot TCP D=22 S=49583 Ack=1094034602 Seq=3622722182 Len=0 Win=16635 Options=<nop,nop,tstamp 16173716 10980151>
installserver_netboot -> 172.26.29.5 TCP D=49583 S=22 Push Ack=3622722182 Seq=1094034602 Len=196 Win=49232 Options=<nop,nop,tstamp 10980274 16173716>
172.26.29.5 -> installserver_netboot TCP D=22 S=49583 Ack=1094034798 Seq=3622722182 Len=0 Win=16586 Options=<nop,nop,tstamp 16173840 10980274>

to stop press “CTRL+C”.

Now is necessary to configuring first NIC interface (vmxnet3s0), add records to /etc/hosts file:

#echo “10.0.0.2 installserver_netboot”>> /etc/hosts

creating “/etc/hostname.vmxnet3s0” file:

#echo “installserver_netboot” >/etc/hostname.vmxnet3s0

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creating “/etc/defaultrouter” file:

#echo “10.0.0.1” >>/etc/defaultrouter

adding netmask to /etc/netmasks:

#echo “10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0” >>/etc/netmasks

now to bring up network connection is necessary to execute command:

#svcadm restart physical

then check ip configuration by bellow command:

#ifconfig –a

lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
vmxnet3s0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
        inet 10.0.0.2 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
        ether 0:50:56:9f:40:b6

#netstat –nr

Routing Table: IPv4
Destination           Gateway           Flags Ref     Use     Interface
——————– ——————– —– —– ———- ———
default                10.0.0.1            UG     1     111
10.0.0.0               10.0.0.2            U      1     54       vmxnet3s0
224.0.0.0              127.0.0.1           U      1     0        lo0
127.0.0.1              127.0.0.1           UH     25    242585   lo0

check the correct configuration by ping command:

#ping 10.0.0.1
10.0.0.1 is alive

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