Introduction
260
Booting a System
Powering On the System
261
The Boot PROM and Program Phases
The OpenBoot Environment
262
Entry-Level to High-End Systems
264
Accessing the OpenBoot Environment
System Control Switch
265
OpenBoot Firmware Tasks
266
The OpenBoot Architecture
267
The OpenBoot Interface
269
Getting Help in OpenBoot
PROM Device Tree (Full Device Pathnames)
271
OpenBoot Device Aliases
276
OpenBoot NVRAM
278
The nvedit Line Editor
285
OpenBoot Security
287
OpenBoot Diagnostics
289
Input and Output Control
293
OpenBoot PROM Versions
294
295
The boot Command
296
The Kernel
303
The init Phase
310
The Solaris Management Facility (SMF) Service
311
Service Dependencies
315
SMF Command-line Administration Utilities
316
Starting and Stopping Services Using SMF
321
Starting Services During Boot
324
SMF Message Logging
326
Creating New Service Scripts
Legacy Services
334
Using the Run Control Scripts to Stop or Start Services
335
Adding Scripts to the Run Control Directories
338
System Shutdown
339
Commands to Shut Down the System
340
The /usr/sbin/shutdown Command
The /sbin/init Command
342
The /usr/sbin/halt Command
The /usr/sbin/reboot Command
343
The /usr/sbin/poweroff Command
Stopping the System for Recovery Purposes
Turning Off the Power to the Hardware
345
Summary
346
