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Operating Systems Solaris Checking for PXE Post 51535 by TioTony on Sunday 23rd of May 2004 12:20:34 AM
Old 05-23-2004
PXE is pretty much confined to x86 type boxes. If you are running Solaris x86 is may be possible to use PXE to provide a boot image.

Is you have a Sun Sparc based system, you can do a "Stop A" to get to the "OK" prompt. From there you can run "boot net" or "boot net -install" depending on your intentions. This will look for a Jumpstart Server (another Sun box). It will use bootp to locate this machine and optain an IP address. Sun has some Jumpstart docs you can read for more information.

In order to do either of the above remotely you will need some sore of remote console. For older boxes, you may want to go with a Digi Portserver type solution. For new boxes, they typically have a LOM (lights out management) network port you can configure. This gives you console access over the network and is available as long as the power cord has power running through it even if the system is powered off.
 

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smcwebserver(1M)					  System Administration Commands					  smcwebserver(1M)

NAME
smcwebserver - manage the server for the Sun Web Console SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/smcwebserver subcommand options DESCRIPTION
The smcwebserver utility manages the Sun Web Console server. Sun Web Console is a browser-based interface that performs systems management. System administrators can manage systems, devices and services from the console. When the console webserver is running, you can view the console by opening a browser and pointing to: https://host:6789 host is the machine where the console has been installed and the console server is running. SUBCOMMANDS
The following subcommands are supported: disable Disable automatic start or stop during system boot or shutdown. Until the administrator reruns the script with the smcweb- server enable subcommand the webserver can be started/stopped only when the administrator executes the script manually using the following command: # /usr/sbin/smcwebserver [start | stop] enable Enable the webserver to startup automatically during subsequent system boot and gracefully stop during system shutdown. restart Stop and subsequently start the console webserver. The format of the restart subcommand is: restart [-U username] start Start the console webserver. The format of the start subcommand is: start [-U username] stop Stop the console webserver. status Display status of the console webserver. The format of the status subcommand is: status [-p] OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -U username | --username usernamThe user identity to run the server as. Once the server has successfuly started under the specified iden- tity, all subsequent starts will automatically be done under that identity until you change it via this option, or by changing the com.sun.web.console.user configuration property via the smreg(1M) command. The default is to run the server under the "noaccess" identity. -p | --parseable Display non-localized output suitable for programmatic parsing. If the server is running, the output will be: running=yes If the server is not running, the output will be: running=no -h | --help | -? Display the usage statement. -V | --version Display console version information. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Displaying the Usage Statement The following command displays the smcwebserver usage statement: % smcwebserver --help Example 2: Determining if the Server is Running The following shell command will start the server if it is not already running. ans=`smcwebserver -p | grep running | cut -d"=" -f2` if [ "$ans" = "no" ]; then smcwebserver start fi ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of smcwebserver: JAVA_HOME If you do not specify this environment variable, your PATH is searched for a suitable java. Otherwise, depending on the OS, the follow- ing default locations are used: Solaris: /usr/j2se Linux: /usr/java/j2sdk1.4* EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion. 1 An error occurred. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWmcon | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
smreg(1M), attributes(5), environ(5) SunOS 5.10 27 May 2004 smcwebserver(1M)
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