Preface

This document contains installation issues, runtime issues, late-breaking news, and documentation issues for Sun^TM Management Center 4.0 software and its add-on products.

The documentation for Sun Management Center 4.0 is not available on the software CD. The English documents and localized documents are available at http://docs.sun.com.

Who Should Use This Book

These notes are for users and system administrators who install and use the Sun Management Center 4.0 software and its add-on products.

Related Books

The Sun Management Center 4.0 documentation collection is found at http://docs.sfbay/app/docs/coll/1734.1.

The core books include the following:

• Sun Management Center 4.0 Release Notes (this book)

• Sun Management Center 4.0 Installation and Configuration Guide

The add-on books include the following:

• Sun Management Center Version 3 Supplement for Sun Fire Midrange Systems

• Sun Management Center Hardware Diagnostic Suite 2.0 User’s Guide

• Sun Management Center 3.5 Version 6 Release Notes for Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems

• Sun Management Center 3.5 Version 3 Release Notes for Sun Fire Midrange Systems

• Sun Management Center 3.5 Version 6 Supplement for Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems

• Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for Netra Servers

• Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for VSP High End Entry Servers (Workgroup Servers)

• Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for Workstations

Using UNIX Commands

These notes do not contain information about basic UNIX® commands and procedures, such as shutting down the system, booting the system, or configuring devices.

See one or more of the following sources for this information:

• Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

• Online documentation for the Solaris^TM software environment at http://docs.sun.com.

• Other software documentation that you received with your system

Product Information

Information about this product is available at the Sun Management Center web site at http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter.

The Sun Management Center product includes open source software. To view license terms, attribution, and copyright statements for open source software included in this release, see the copyright file available in the media.

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

• Training

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
aabbcc123	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

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