Problem with hostname Solaris 10

I am a complete newbie to Solaris. I purchased a Sun machine with 9 on and upgraded it to 10 without many problems apart from not geting the network to work.
On the install of 10 I was asked for domain name and hostname.
Following much differing and I would say incorrect advice on setting up network on 10 gathered from these pages I used the sys-unconfig to try to get the network to work each time with no problem.
Following advice to create 3 files dhcp.le0, hostname.le0 the last one I forget I rebooted. On reboot there were a number of problems and nothing loaded I removed the files rebooted and then did a sys-unconfig.
Eventually I got the network to work but I had lost the hostname even with placing it is hostname.hme0 and rebooting. I sys-unconfig a number of times but was not asked for the hostname as on previous occasions.
I then went for a total new fresh install but I was not asked for a hostname on trying to use sys-unconfig to install the hostname it somehow on reboot would not load the screen.
I am as typing this on another fresh install of 10 but I have not been asked to give the hostname or domain. This implies when the new install runs it will be as "unknown".
Can anyone point me in the right direction to getting a hostname now that I have cracked the network and Samba.
It appears in my very limited knowledge of Sun and Solaris that the hostname and domaon name are not part of a new software install but are read by the software from somewhere else otherwise why should it miss out on these two crutial pieces of information.
Your help would be much appreciated

Put the desired hostname in the /etc/nodename file, then edit the /etc/default/dhcpagent file and remove "12" from the PARAM_REQUEST_LIST which can be found in the bottom of the list.
The /etc/nodename controls the hostname of the machine, the dhcpagent file instructs your DHCP agent what information it should get from the DHCP server, 12 indicates that it should ask for a hostname, if no hostname is found it will use "unknown".
Personally i'm not much in favour of sys-unconfig, but ive also noticed that a lot of people here likes it..

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