What does the following output mean? # eeprom | grep network-boot-arguments network-boot-arguments: data not available

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Options

• AOBP on this client supports WAN boot and this x86 client can be installed over the network
• BOBP on this client supports WAN boot and this SPARC client can be installed over the network.
• CNo network information can be set on this client to install it over the network.
• DBIOS on this client supports WAN boot and this SPARC client can be installed over the network.
• EOBP on this client does support WAN boot but this client's data disks failed.
• FWAN boot is not supported and the client cannot be installed over the network.

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  69% (18)
• C
  8% (2)
• D
  15% (4)
• F
  4% (1)

Explanation

SPARC clients of AI installation over the network must support WAN boot. To boot over the network, AI requires WAN boot support for SPARC clients. You can check whether your client Open Boot PROM (OBP) supports WAN boot by checking whether network-boot- arguments is a valid variable that can be set in the eeprom. If the variable network-boot-arguments is displayed, or if the command returns the output network- boot-arguments: data not available, the OBP supports WAN boot and the client can be installed over the network. * The following command shows how to check the client OBP for WAN boot support. # eeprom | grep network-boot-arguments network-boot-arguments: data not available In this example, the output network-boot-arguments: data not available indicates that the client OBP supports WAN boot.

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