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Introduction

This chapter provides a brief summary of software available on your server and other features.


Software

The following software is included with every Sun Fire X4600 server:

Solaris 10 Operating System

The Solaristrademark 10 Operating System (OS) delivers the security, manageability, and performance that IT professionals need to help increase service levels and decrease costs and risk. It also serves as the foundation for the Suntrademark Javatrademark Enterprise System, an integrated, open, standards-based software system delivered using a new predictable approach for development, testing, and servicing. The Solaris OS is preinstalled on your server.

If you need to re-install the Solaris 10 OS after removing it, you can download the DVD image.

To download the DVD image, see:

http://www.sun.com/software/downloads

The raidctl patch for Solaris OS (119851-13) can be downloaded from the SunSolve web site at:

http://sunsolve.sun.com

Online documentation for Solaris 10 OS can be found at:

http://docs.sun.com/documentation

Sun Java Enterprise System

Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) is a set of software components that provide services needed to support enterprise-strength applications distributed across a network or Internet environment. The Sun Java ES is preloaded on your server.

Online documentation for Java ES can be found at:

http://docs.sun.com/documentation

Sun xVM Ops Center

Sun xVM Ops Center is a highly scalable, unified management platform for physical and virtual environments. Use Sun xVM Ops Center to manage multi-platform x64 and SPARC systems distributed throughout a global datacenter and integrate with existing toolsets. Ready to facilitate many aspects compliance reporting (ITIL) and data center automation, Sun xVM Ops Center enables management of thousands of systems simultaneously.

MegaRAID Storage Manager

MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) configuration setup application enables you to configure, monitor, and maintain storage configurations on SAS106x Integrated RAID controllers. The graphical user interface (GUI) makes it easy for you to create and manage storage configurations. The application is available on the Tools and Drivers CD or the Tools and Drivers CD image on the product download site.

MSM enables you to easily configure the controllers, disk drives, and virtual disks on your system. The Configuration Wizard greatly simplifies the process of creating disk groups and virtual disks. The Configuration Wizard guides you through several simple steps to create your storage configurations.

For more information on MSM, see the X64 Servers Utilities Reference Manual, which is on the product documentation web site.

The Sun Fire X4600 server supports MSM on the Windows 2003 Server OS and on Linux.

LSI SNMP Utility

The LSI (SAS-IR) SNMP utility is used over SAS connections to monitor MSM-IR activity from a remote station for Windows Server 2003 systems. It is available on the Tools and Drivers CD or the Tools and Drivers CD image on the product download site.

For more information on LSI SNMP utility, see the X64 Servers Utilities Reference Manual, which is on the product documentation web site.

The Sun Fire X4600 server support LSI SNMP utility on the Windows 2003 Server OS.


Diagnosing Server Problems With the Bootable Diagnostics CD-ROM

The server is shipped with a bootable diagnostics CD-ROM. This CD-ROM is designed so that the server will boot using the Solaris OS on the CD-ROM and start SunVTS software. Diagnostic tests will run and write output to log files that the service technician can use to determine the problem with the server.

To use the bootable diagnostics CD, you must have a keyboard, mouse, and monitor attached to the server on which you are performing diagnostics.