Sun Certified Solaris(tm) 9 System and Network Administrator All-in-One Exam Guide

2017-07-07 02:10:07

In this chapter, you will

Analyze host setup details using OpenBoot commands

Change the default boot device

Test system hardware

Create device aliases using nvalias

Remove custom devices using nvunalias

Diagnose and troubleshoot booting problems

Halt a hung system

One of the main hardware differences between SPARC systems that run Solaris and PC systems that run Linux or Microsoft Windows is that SPARC systems have an OpenBoot PROM monitor program, which can be used to modify firmware settings prior to booting. In this chapter, we examine how the monitor can be used to boot a system and troubleshoot hardware problems.

In this chapter, you will

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