The OpenBoot firmware controls the operation of the system before the operating system is loaded.
Which four tasks are directly controlled by the OpenBoot firmware?
Correct Answer:ABCD
OpenBoot firmware is executed immediately after you turn on your system. The primary tasks of OpenBoot firmware are to:
* Test and initialize the system hardware (D)
* Determine the hardware configuration (D)
*Boot the operating system from either a mass storage device or from a network
*Provide interactive debugging facilities for testing hardware and software
Some notable features of OpenBoot firmware.
* Plug-in Device Drivers (B)
Most common tasks that you perform using OpenBoot
* Booting Your System
The most important function of OpenBoot firmware is to boot the system.
Note: If auto-boot? is true, the system will boot from either the default boot device or from the diagnostic boot device depending on whether OpenBoot is in diagnostic mode. (C)
You are going to use the- Automated installer (AI) to install a non global zone named zone1. You have created a custom manifest for the non-global zone and named it zone1manifest
Which command will you use to add this custom manifest to the s11-sparc install service and associate this custom manifest with the non-global zone?
Correct Answer:B
installadm add-manifest
Associates manifests with a specific install service, thus making the manifests available on the network, independently from creating a service. When publishing a non-default manifest, it is required to associate criteria either via criteria entered on the command line (-c) or via a criteria XML file (-C).
To help with your troubleshooting, you need to determine the version of the OBP. Which two commands will provide you with this information?
Correct Answer:BC
B: banner
Displays power-on banner.
The PROM displays the system banner. The following example shows a SPARCstation 2 banner. The banner for your SPARC system may be different.
SPARCstation 2, Type 4 Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.0, 16MB memory installed, Serial # 289 Ethernet address 8:0:20:d:e2:7b, Host ID: 55000121 C: .version
Displays version and date of the boot PROM.
Note: OBP-OpenBootProm is a firmware which is placed on the sun machine's prom chip. It is a os independent user interface to deal with the sun machine's hardware components. The user interface provides one or more commands to display system information.