Preface

The Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Administration Guide is intended to be used by experienced system administrators. This guide contains general descriptive information about the Sun Firetrademark V215 and V245 servers and includes detailed instructions on various server administration tasks.

To use the information in this guide, you must have a working knowledge of computer network concepts and terms and advanced knowledge of the Solaristrademark Operating System (Solaris OS).


Before You Read This Document

This document does not cover the following topics:

For information about hardware and software features such as front and rear panels, status indicators, cable connections, and environmental requirements, refer to the Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Getting Started Guide.

For detailed information on these topics, refer to the Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Installation Guide.

For detailed information on these topics, refer to the Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Service Manual.

Before following any of the procedures described in this document, ensure that you have read the Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Compliance and Safety Manual.


How This Document Is Organized

Chapter 1 describes general administrative tasks for the Sun Fire V215 and V245 servers.

Chapter 2 describes platform-specific information associated with the Suntrademark Advanced Lights Out Management (ALOM) software.

Chapter 3 describes platform-specific information associated with the SunVTStrademark software.

Chapter 4 describes the RAS features available on the Sun Fire V215 and V245 servers and how to manage the server's firmware.


Using UNIX Commands

This document does not contain information about basic UNIX® commands. For information about UNIX commands in the Solaris Operating System, refer to the appropriate man page or to the Sun documentation web site at:

http://docs.sun.com


Shell Prompts


Shell

Prompt

C shell

machine-name%

C shell superuser

machine-name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser

#



Typographic Conventions


Typeface[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.



Related Documentation


Application

Title

Part Number

Format

Location

General information

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Getting Started Guide

819-3041

Printed, HTML, and PDF

Shipping kit and online

Late-breaking news

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Product Notes

819-3040

HTML and PDF

Online

Installation

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Installation Guide

819-3037

HTML and

PDF

Online

Service

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Service Guide

819-3038

HTML and PDF

Online

Safety and compliance

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Compliance and Safety Manual

819-3039

HTML and PDF

Online

Lights out management

Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) 1.6 Administration Guide

819-2445

PDF and HTML

Online


You can obtain copies of these documents at the following site:

http://www.sun.com/documentation


Documentation, Support, and Training


Sun Function

URL

Documentation

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Support

http://www.sun.com/support/

Training

http://www.sun.com/training/



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Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.


Sun Welcomes Your Comments

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http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback

Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback:

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