Preface

Oracle Solaris Cluster Overview introduces the Oracle Solaris Cluster product by explaining the purpose of the product and how Oracle Solaris Cluster achieves this purpose. This book also explains key concepts for Oracle Solaris Cluster to help you become familiar with the Oracle Solaris Cluster features and functionality.

Related Documentation

Information about related Oracle Solaris Cluster topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Oracle Solaris Cluster documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.

For a complete list of Oracle Solaris Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your release of Oracle Solaris Cluster software at http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunCluster/Home/.

Documentation, Support, and Training

See the following web sites for additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

• Training – Click the Sun link in the left navigation bar.

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Getting Help

If you have problems installing or using the Oracle Solaris Cluster system, contact your service provider and provide the following information:

• Your name and email address (if available)

• Your company name, address, and phone number

• The model and serial numbers of your systems

• The release number of the operating environment (for example, Oracle Solaris 10)

• The release number of the Oracle Solaris Cluster software (for example, 3.3)

Use the following commands to gather information about each Solaris host on your system for your service provider.

Also have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file.

Typographic Conventions

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

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts