Determine System Requirements and Map Your Network

Before you can prepare your equipment for the N1 System Manager, you need to determine your site architecture and system requirements as follows:

• Map your network and determine the subnet addresses that you will use for the management, provisioning, and data networks.

• Take inventory of the equipment you want to use with the N1 System Manager, and compare the inventory to the system requirements in Sun N1 System Manager Hardware and OS Requirements in Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Site Preparation Guide.

• To assist you in determining whether you will use one switch or two switches, review Reference Configurations in Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Site Preparation Guide.

• Based on the number of provisionable servers to be managed, determine the management server and switch requirements.

  For management server sizing guidelines, see Management Server Considerations in Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Site Preparation Guide.

  For switch sizing guidelines and worksheets, see Switch Considerations in Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Site Preparation Guide.

Based on the above information, decide:

• Which server will be used as the management server

• Which operating system will be installed on the management server

• Whether the N1 System Manager network will use a single switch or dual switch configuration

When you have completed your site planning, connect your equipment.

The next task is to prepare the provisionable servers and management server.