Creating an OS Profile

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An OS profiles specify profile specifies how to configure the OS when provisioning the OS on a set of target systems. It The OS profile includes information like what software packages or distributions to install, what disk partitions to use, and various network settings. And, each OS profile is tied to a specific [OS image|Creating an OS Image] that is actually installed by the OS profile.
 
For Solaris systems, the OS profile can be considered synonymous is similar to a JET Template, and it actually uses the underlying JET technology for the provisioning. By default, the SUNWjet (base_config) module is installed on the proxy server and is available for the OS profiles. If you want to use other modules, you must install them on the proxy server. A Solaris OS profile can also use a fFlash archive (FLAR) to initialize the target OS on the system.

The JETflash module and a custom module are also pre-installed to provide support for FLARs and scripts if you specify those options in an OS profile.
For Solaris, you have three ways to create a Solaris OS profile:
For Solaris, you can create a Solaris OS profile in one of three ways:
* Create an OS profile exclusively from a JET template.
* Create an OS profile that includes additional JET module and name/value parameter functionality.

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