Follow this procedure to install use installation images
to install the base operating system a NIM client using SMIT.
- To install BOS on a NIM client using
an rte installation, type
smit nim_bosinst from
the NIM master.
- Select the TARGET for the operation.
- Select rte as the installation
TYPE.
- Select the SPOT to use for the installation.
- Select the LPP_SOURCE to use for the
installation.
- In the displayed dialog fields, supply
the correct values for the installation options or accept the default
values. Use the help information and the LIST option to help you.
- If the client machine being installed
is not already a running, configured NIM client, NIM will not automatically
reboot the machine over the network for installation. If the client
was not rebooted automatically from SMIT, initiate a network boot
from the client to install it. If you are booting from a network device,
follow the procedures in your hardware documentation to perform the
network boot.
- After the machine boots over the network,
the display on the client machine will begin prompting for information
about how the machine should be configured during installation. Specify
the requested information to continue with the installation.