Sun Cluster Quorum Server provides a quorum device that is not a shared storage device. The Sun Cluster Quorum Server User's Guide contains procedures for installing and configuring the Sun Cluster Quorum Server software.
This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Sun software and hardware. Do not use this document as a presales guide. You should have already determined your system requirements and purchased the appropriate equipment and software before reading this document.
In this document, the term “x86” refers to the Intel 32-bit family of microprocessor chips and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD. Sun Cluster Quorum Server software runs on two platforms, SPARC® and x86.
The information in this document pertains to both platforms unless otherwise specified in a special chapter, section, note, bulleted item, figure, table, or example.
Information about related Sun Cluster Quorum Server topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table.
Topic |
Documentation |
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Sun Cluster system administration | |
Sun Cluster hardware administration |
Sun Cluster 3.1 - 3.2 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS |
Glossary |
Sun Java Enterprise System Glossary |
For a complete list of Sun Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your Sun Cluster software at http://docs.sun.com.
The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
Meaning |
Example |
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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. |
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 |
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C shell |
machine_name% |
C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell |
$ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser |
# |