Installing RSC Software

After operating system software is installed on the server to be managed, you can install RSC software on the server.

After RSC software is installed on the host, it resides in the directory /usr/platform/sun4u.

Until RSC host software is installed and configured, the system console is available as on any normal Sun computer. You can enable RSC as the system console device by using the OpenBoot PROM command diag-output-to and defining the OpenBoot PROM variables input-device and output-device as rsc. See Chapter 6, Using OpenBoot PROM Features That Support RSC.

You must also install Sun's RSC Java application on any client machine that will be used to access the RSC graphical interface. The RSC Java application is available for clients running the Solaris, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT operating environments.

To run the RSC GUI Java application on a Solaris client machine, the client machine must have the Java Development Kit for Solaris version 1.1.5 or a subsequent compatible version installed. This software is included on the Sun Enterprise 250 Supplement CD and the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD, and can be installed along with the RSC software from the CD. If you install RSC software from the Web, you must download the Java Development Kit from the following location: http://www.sun.com/solaris/java/

A client machine must have ASCII terminal emulation software installed (or be an ASCII terminal) to use the RSC shell and rscadm utility. See Sun Remote System Control (RSC) Release Notes for a list of supported hardware and software platforms.

After the RSC Java application is installed on a Solaris client, it resides in the directory /opt/rsc by default. On a Windows client, it resides in the directory C:\Program Files\Sunw\Remote System Control by default.