Preface

This administration guide describes the Sun™ Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Agent for Sun Fire (MASF), which supports management of hardware using the SNMP. The SNMP Management Agent provides monitoring of inventory, configuration, service indicators, and environmental and fault reporting.

The guide is intended for experienced enterprise administrators and professional developers, and it describes the following:

Refer to the version of Sun SNMP Management Agent Release Notes that corresponds to the version of the software you are using for specific information about your software release.


Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on 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 #


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. Replace command-line variables with real names or values. Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

To delete a file, type rm filename.




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Related Documentation

Documentation for Sun SNMP Management Agent software can be found online at:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/snmp#hic

For information about documentation for supported platforms, refer to the current release notes.


Documentation, Support, and Training

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


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Sun SNMP Management Agent 1.6.1 Administration Guide for Sun Supported Servers, part number 821-0655-10.