Preface

The Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Installation Guide provides instructions, background information, and reference material to help you install a Sun Fire trademark

V215 and V245 server.

The instructions in this document assume that you are a system administrator who is experienced with the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS).

How This Document Is Organized

Chapter 3 provides instructions for powering on the server and configuring the preinstalled software.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about basic UNIX^® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

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.

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

Title	Description	Part Number
Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Product Notes	Includes late breaking information.	819-3040
Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Getting Started Guide	Provides an overview of the servers, installation process, site planning, and documentation.	819-3041
Sun Fire V215 And V245 Servers System Administration Guide	Provides instructions for administrative tasks that are specific to the Sun Fire V215 and V245 servers.	819-3036
Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Service Manual	Provides instructions for removing and replacing parts in the servers.	819-3038
Sun Fire V215 and V245 Compliance and Safety Manual	Provides the declarations of conformity and platform-specific safety information.	819-3039
Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) 1.6 Administration Guide	Provides instructions for using the Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) software.	819-2445

Title

Description

Part Number

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Product Notes

Includes late breaking information.

819-3040

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Getting Started Guide

Provides an overview of the servers, installation process, site planning, and documentation.

819-3041

Sun Fire V215 And V245 Servers System Administration Guide

Provides instructions for administrative tasks that are specific to the Sun Fire V215 and V245 servers.

819-3036

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Servers Service Manual

Provides instructions for removing and replacing parts in the servers.

819-3038

Sun Fire V215 and V245 Compliance and Safety Manual

Provides the declarations of conformity and platform-specific safety information.

819-3039

Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) 1.6 Administration Guide

Provides instructions for using the Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) software.

819-2445

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/`

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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