Sun Microsystems Solaris 7 11/99, Hardware Platform Manual

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C H A P T E R
10
The Solaris 7 11/99 Operating
Environment on the Sun Enterprise
10000 Server
This chapter includes fresh install and upgrade instructions for the Solaris™
operating environment on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server.
Caution –
If you are installing Solaris 7 11/99 on a Sun Enterprise 10000 domain,
your system must have SSP 3.1, SSP 3.1.1, or SSP 3.2 running on the System Service
Processor (SSP). SSP 3.0 does not support domains running Solaris 7 11/99. Please
refer to your Solaris media kit for instructions on how to install the SSP software.
Knowing Where to Start
This section contains a list of the most common installation scenarios for the Sun
Enterprise 10000 server. Choose which scenario best suits your objective for the
installation, and perform the procedures in the sections that are listed in the exact
order in which they appear.
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Creating a new domain and installing Solaris 7 11/99 on a new boot disk
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Installing a fresh copy of Solaris 7 11/99 on an existing domain
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Upgrading the boot disk to Solaris 7 11/99
The procedures that are covered in this chapter can take a considerable amount of
time to complete, depending entirely on the configuration of the server and the site
in which it resides.