Preface

The Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 With StorEdge A1000 Array, Netra st A1000 Array, or StorEdge A3500 System Manual provides procedures specific to SCSI RAID storage devices that use Oracle's Sun StorEdge RAID Manager software in an Oracle Solaris Clusterenvironment.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is for Oracle representatives who are performing the initial installation of an Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration and for system administrators who are responsible for maintaining the system.

This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Oracle software and hardware. Do not use this document as a planning or a pre-sales guide. You should have already determined your system requirements and purchased the appropriate equipment and software before reading this document.

How This Book Is Organized

This book contains the following:

• Chapter 1, Installing and Maintaining a SCSI RAID Storage Device contains procedures about installing, configuring, and maintaining SCSI RAID storage devices that use RAID Manager software.

• Appendix A, Cabling Diagrams contains cabling diagrams for the various storage devices.

Revision History

The following table lists the information that has been revised or added since the initial release of this documentation. The table also lists the revision date for these changes.

Table P-1 Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 With StorEdge A1000 Array, Netra st A1000 Array, or StorEdge A3500 System Manual

Related Documentation

The following books provide conceptual information or procedures to administer hardware and applications. If you plan to use this documentation in a hardcopy format, ensure that you have these books available for your reference.

The following books support the Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 release. You can also access the documentation for the Sun Cluster 3.1 and 3.2 releases. All Sun Cluster and Oracle Solaris Cluster documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com. Documentation that is not available at http://docs.sun.com is listed with the appropriate URL.

The related books are organized by the following products and subjects:

• Storage Array and Storage System patches

• Solaris I/O Multipathing and Sun StorEdge RAID Manager

• Sun StorEdge A1000 and Netra st A1000 Storage Array

• Sun StorEdge A3500 system

• Oracle Solaris Cluster and Sun Cluster Documentation

Table P-2 Storage Array and Storage System Patches

Table P-3 Solaris I/O multipathing and Sun StorEdge RAID Manager

Table P-4 Sun StorEdge A1000 and Netra st A1000 Storage Array

Table P-5 Sun StorEdge A3500 Storage System

Table P-6 Oracle Solaris Cluster and Sun Cluster Documentation

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains information about commands that are used to install, configure, or upgrade an Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration. This document might not contain complete information about basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.

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

• Online documentation for the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Oracle Solaris OS)

• Other software documentation that you received with your system

• Oracle Solaris Operating System man pages

Getting Help

If you have problems installing or using Oracle Solaris Cluster, 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 number and serial number of your systems

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

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

Use the following commands to gather information about your system for your service provider.

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

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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Typographic Conventions

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

Table P-7 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-8 Shell Prompts