Preinstallation Information

Administrator user name 

A valid Solaris user name is required for assignment as the Sun Management Center administrator on Sun Management Center server machines. 

Network Addressing Mode 

Sun Management Center uses two types of addressing for communication between the server and agent: IP addressing, and Network Address Translation (NAT). You must have the following information:

• Which addressing mode is used in your network

• The name of each machine that is to be managed by Sun Management Center

• The IP addresses and names for all machines that have been assigned static IP addresses

See Appendix D, Network Address Translation for further information.

Sun Management Center Security Key 

First time install - Sun Management Center requires an encrypted security key for communication between processes. The security key is generated based on a unique password you provide.

Store the password securely. You need the password if you modify your Sun Management Center installation. 

Upgrade Install – If you are upgrading a prior version of Sun Management Center, you must supply the password used in the previous version of Sun Management Center.

SNMPv1 Community String 

Sun Management Center 3.5 requires an SNMPv1 community string for security. The default is public. You have the option of specifying a more secure custom string.

Store the SNMPv1 string securely. You need the SNMPv1 security string if you modify your Sun Management Center installation. 

Web Server Security Key 

The Sun Management Center Web server requires an encrypted security key. The security key is generated based your organization name and location. 

Store the organization name and location securely. You need this information if you modify your Sun Management Center Web server. 

Base Components 

First Time Install – Determine the machines on which you will install each component, for example, server, agent, and console. See Chapter 2, Sun Management Center 3.5 Requirements.

Upgrade Install – Make sure that the current machines have sufficient capacity for the upgrade to the new version of the component installed on each machine.

Add-on Products 

Review the add-on supplements to determine which add-ons you want to install.  

Add-on products are installed on the same machine as the Sun Management Center server. Make sure that the machine selected for the server has sufficient resources. See Sun Management Center Base Add-on Requirements.

Space Needed 

If the machine does not have enough space in the default /opt directory, you might need to make one of the following adjustments:

• Specify an alternate file system that has sufficient space

• Select a machine with sufficient resources

• Make more space in /opt

See Sun Management Center Base Layer Requirements, Sun Management Center Base Add-on Requirements, and the add-on supplements for information on the space required in /opt and /var/opt.

Permissions 

You must have permission to write to the /var/opt and /opt/SUNWsymon directories as root on each machine. You also need privileges to run commands such as chmod.

Languages 

Determine which, if any, additional languages you need for online help. 

Ports 

Determine the assignments for the following ports: 

• SNMPv1 Port: default 161

• Database port: default 2521

• Web server port: default 8080

• Web server secure port: 8443

See Default Ports for further information.