I have been able to setup an AI server and successfully install onto a V210 without any x86 involvement at all. You need to get the bootablr SPARC image from http://alexeremin.blogspot.com/2009/11/opensolaris-sparc-snv125-livecd.html which allows you to install build 125 on SPARC, then download the repository isos (nearly 8Gb in total) and setup the just installed machine as a depot server. You can then update this machine from itself and can also set it up as an AI server. There are some (old) AI setup docs included in the OpenSolaris docs available for download from the Sun Download Centre (20090715) and they provide enough information to setup a DHCP server and an AI server and client.
The next challenge is finding docs which explain the process needed to configure client manifests so that the Automated Install can include things like: - turn off nwam and use static addressing - enable root login instead of it being a role - automatically setup a mirrored root disk - configure the hostname to be something other than 'opensolaris' i.e. all the things that you can currently do easily with JET or Jumpstart, and would really like to do in a corporate environment. So far I have had no luck with any of this, so I have to resort to manually changing all these after the system has been installed - bearable for one or two systems, but a big PITA when you have a number of systems to configure. Hopefully the availability of a bootable AI SPARC image will coincide with some tools to allow reasonable customization of client services. Cheers Frank -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
