Outline

Introduction	174
Installing the Solaris 10 Software	174
Requirements and Preparation for Installing the Solaris 10 Software	175
Minimum System Requirements	177
Software Terminology	178
Software Packages	178
Software Groups	179
Solaris Media	180
System Configuration to Be Installed	180
Servers	181
Clients	182
Disk Storage	182
Basic Considerations for Planning Partition (Slice) Sizes	184
Slice Arrangements on Multiple Disks	186
Methods of Installing the Solaris 10 Software	186
Solaris Interactive Installation	187
JumpStart	187
Custom JumpStart	187
Solaris Flash Archives	188
WAN Boot	189
Solaris Live Upgrade	190
Upgrading the Operating System	190
The Solaris Installation Prechecklist	191
Using the Interactive Installation Process (suninstall)	194
Configuring Power Management	216
Tools for Managing Software	217
Adding and Removing Software Packages	218
Using a Spool Directory	220
Installing Software from the Command Line	221
Removing Software Using pkgrm	222
Solaris Product Registry	222
Web Start Installer	225
Listing and Verifying Installed Packages	227
Software Patches	229
Installing a Patch	230
Installing a Patch	232
Removing a Patch	234
Patch Manager (smpatch)	235
Patch Tool	240
General Guidelines	242
Summary	244