Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide

Capability of Managed Servers Based on Discovery

Depending on how a server was discovered, some features are not be available. The following table shows the features of the N1 System Manager that are available for a managed server once it is discovered.

Table 4–1 Capabilities of a Managed Server Based on Discovery Method

Feature 

Discovered by Service Processor 

Discovered by OS 

Discovered Manually 

Power control 

Yes 

No 

No 

Serial console [Availability of these capabilities also depends on your choice of hardware. Serial Console access and firmware updates are not supported for Sun Fire V490, V890 and X2100 servers, regardless of the method of discovery.]

Yes 

No 

No 

Firmware update

Yes 

No 

No 

Hardware sensor monitoring 

Yes 

No 

No 

OS provisioning 

Yes 

No 

No 

OS provisioning with netboot option 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Package/patch/rpm deployment 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Display Model 

Yes 

Yes for Sun FireTM X4000 series servers running supported versions of Linux of Solaris 10 update 1 or above, and if recorded correctly in BIOS.

Otherwise, no. 

Yes 

Display Manufacturer 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Support for base management and OS monitoring 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Launch web console (Sun Fire X4000 series servers only) 

Yes 

No 

No 

Enable/Disable Locator 

Yes 

No 

No 

Enable/Disable Monitoring 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Show server output [show server output includes locator, power status, hardware health, hardware type, processor, memory, serial number]

Yes 

No 

No 

Show server serial number 

Yes 

Yes for Sun Fire X4000 series servers running a supported Linux or Solaris 10 update 1, if the BIOS has the serial number. Otherwise no. 

No 

Show server management IP 

Yes 

Yes (provisioning IP address used for discovery) 

No 

Initial server name 

IP address used to discover the server 

IP address used to discover the server 

Name is supplied in file 

The features that are available for a managed server are displayed in the managed server's Capabilities table. The Capabilities table is available in the Server Details page in the browser interface or by using the show server command.