Preface

The information in the Sun Fire V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration User's Guide is intended for system administrators and service providers.

This book describes the Sun Fire trademark V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) feature, which enables you to attach and detach PCI cards from a running system. The information in this book applies only to Sun Fire V890 systems.

Using UNIX Commands

This document does not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See one or more of the following for this information:

Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

Online documentation for the Solaris Operating System

Typographic Conventions

Typeface	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	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this.
	Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name`%`
C shell superuser	machine_name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Application	Title	Part Number
Installation	Sun Fire V890 Server Owner's Guide Sun Fire V890 Server Rackmounting Guide Sun Fire V890 Server Product Notes	817-3956-11 817-6264-10 817-3996-12
Service	Sun Fire V890 Server Service Manual	817-3957-11
System Administration	Sun Fire V890 Server Owner's Guide Platform Notes: Using luxadm Software Sun Fire V890 Server Product Notes	817-3956-11 816-1466-10 817-3996-12

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Using UNIX Commands

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