Preface

This document is written for system administrators of the Sun StorageTek 5800 System. The administrator should be familiar with network troubleshooting and UNIX system administrator activities.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the system hardware and software, as well as an introduction to the system components and software functionality.

Chapter 2 details the functions of the netcfg and alertcfg commands and explains how they are used to configure system parameters and the alert subsystem.

Chapter 3 describes the monitoring capabilities of the Sun StorageTek 5800 system.

Chapter 4 provides more detail on metadata and the system schema, discusses upgrading the schema configuration, and then describes file system views and their definition.

Chapter 5 explains how to perform routine maintenance on the Sun StorageTek 5800 system.

Appendix A provides instructions on how to access the CLI, as well as descriptions, syntax, and examples for each of the CLI commands.

The Glossary provides a list of pertinent words and phrases and their definitions for the Sun StorageTek 5800 system.

Using UNIX Commands

This document does not contain information on basic UNIX^® commands and procedures. Refer to the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html

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`^[1]`	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. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

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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.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Application	Title	Part Number	Format	Location
Installation and initial configuration information	Sun StorageTek 5800 System Getting Started Guide	819-3808-10	Printed PDF and HTML	Shipping kit Online
Late-breaking material not included in the documentation set	Sun StorageTek 5800 System Release Notes	819-3813-10	PDF and HTML	Online

Documentation, Support, and Training

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Support	`http://www.sun.com/support/`
Training	`http://www.sun.com/training/`

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