B:

Note: You can create custom AI manifests for particular clients.

Create a custom XML AI manifest file. This method is best suited to an environment where few systems require custom provisioning. Most systems to be installed have identical or similar hardware and will be provisioned identically.

Write a script that dynamically creates an AI manifest for each client at installation time. Use this method to create a custom installation for each client, based on client characteristics discovered at installation time.

E: AI Server Software Requirements include

Software package repository

Ensure that the install server can access an IPS software package repository. AI requires the install/installadm package.

F: Install Server Requirements

Any system that meets these requirements can be used as an AI install server, including laptops, desktops, virtual machines, and enterprise servers. The install server can be either an x86 machine or a SPARC machine. An x86 install server can install both SPARC and x86 clients, and a SPARC install server can install both SPARC and x86 clients.

Note: To install clients over the network, AI requires a separate system to be an install server. On the install server, create an AI install service to provide a net image and instructions for installing the Oracle Solaris 11 OS on different clients.