Sun Microsystems GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter User Manual

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Chapter 3

Network Configuration

Setting Up a GigaSwift Ethernet
Network on a Diskless Client System

Before you can boot and operate a diskless client system across a gigabit Ethernet
network, you must first install the GigaSwift Ethernet software packages into the
root directory of the diskless client. You can find the GigaSwift Ethernet software
packages on the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver CD. Refer to the Solaris Advanced
Installation Guide and the System Administration Guide for more information about
installing and administering diskless client systems.

Note –

The Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 x86 versions of the operating system do not

support diskless clients.

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To Set Up a GigaSwift Ethernet Port on a
Diskless Client

1. Locate the root directory of the diskless client on the host server.

The root directory of diskless client system is commonly installed in the host
server’s

/export/root/

client-name directory, where client_name is the diskless

client’s host name. In this procedure, the root directory is:

2. Insert the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver CD into the server’s CD-ROM drive.

The CD should automatically mount to the

/cdrom/cdrom0

directory. If the CD

does not mount to this directory, see Appendix A for mounting instructions.

3. Use the

pkgadd -R

command to install the three GigaSwift Ethernet software

packages to the diskless client’s root directory on the server.

Install the

SUNWced.u

SUNWcedm

, and

SUNWcedu

software packages to the client’s

root directory.

/export/root/

client-name

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/GigaSwiftEthernet/Packages

# pkgadd -R /export/root/

client-name

-d . SUNWced.u SUNWcem SUNWcedu

# cd /