Setting up Solaris & ZFS for the first time

Hello All

I�ve made the decision to switch my storage server from FreeNAS to Solaris. I opted to use FreeNAS as it has ZFS and until BTRFS is stable, it�s the best option (IMHO) for backup and network storage.
The switch was facilitated by the USB stick that FreeNAS was on got lost during a move a couple weeks ago, and wanting to trunk NIC�s. I�ve also never used Solaris, and wanted to learn.

Long story short, can anyone point me in the right direction for a setup guide of sorts?
What I am looking to do :

  • Install Solaris (11.?)
  • Import the existing ZFS pool
  • Setup an SSD to be used as ZFS cache

I�m fairly Linux competent, but I�ve never used anything other than *buntu and OpenSUSE, nor do I have any experience with ZFS outside of the FreeNAS GUI.

Any and all help / suggestions are welcome!

Thanks!

A good start would be here:

Oracle Solaris 11.2 Information Library Updated: 2014-09-03

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