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## Installing and Booting Oracle Solaris 11 From Devices Connected to a USB Port

To install Oracle Solaris 11 without using an IPS AutoInstall server on the network, you can use Oracle Solaris media in a DVD drive, either built into the server or attached to a USB port. You also can boot from an ISO image copied to a DVD disk, hard disk, or SSD.

Starting with Oracle Solaris 11.2 and System Firmware 8.5.1.x, you can install the OS on this server from an image copied to a USB flash drive. That USB image is available for download at the same location as the ISO images:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/serverstorage/solaris11/downloads/index.html

You also can create a persistent device alias for a device connected to a USB port.

For more information see “Installing Oracle Solaris 11.2 Systems” at:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36784_01

You can boot Oracle Solaris 11 from drives installed in the server (hard disk, SDD, or DVD) or from devices connected to a USB port.

For the path to identify a USB port in a boot command, refer to this table:

USB Port | Path
--- | ---
USB 0 (Back panel top) | `/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/storage@1`
USB 1 (Back panel bottom) | `/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/storage@2`
USB 2 (Front panel top) | `/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@4/storage@1`
USB 3 (Front panel bottom) | `/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@4/storage@2`

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