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Installing Solaris Via Install Server or Jumpstart Server Over VLAN Fails With "Connection timed out" (Doc ID 1938327.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 01, 2023

Applies to:

SPARC T5-8 - Version All Versions and later
SPARC T4-4 - Version Not Applicable and later
SPARC T4-1 - Version Not Applicable and later
SPARC T5-2 - Version All Versions and later
SPARC T5-1B - Version All Versions and later
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
This also applies to all systems with T1, T2, T2+, and T3 CPUs

Symptoms

In this example a T6320 Blade server should get Solaris 11 installed using Automated Installer but the installation fails. It doesn't even start, it fails with "Connection timed out".

Changes

 

Cause

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Solution
 How to boot over VLAN with OBP 4.36.0 and newer
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