Preface
The Sun Management Center 3.5 User's Guide provides instructions on how to use the SunTM Management Center system management solution.
Who Should Use This Book
This book is intended for use by system administrators who have experience working with networks and understand networking terminology and technology.
Using UNIX Commands
This document does not contain information about basic UNIX® commands and procedures, such as shutting down the system, booting the system, or configuring devices.
See one or more of the following sources for this information:
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Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals
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Online documentation for the SolarisTM software environment (available from http://docs.sun.com)
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Other software documentation that you received with your system
How This Book Is Organized
This book contains the following information:
Chapter 1, Introduction to Sun Management Center provides an overview of the Sun Management Center 3.5 product and defines essential concepts.
Chapter 2, Using Sun Management Center Administrative Domains explains how to use administrative domains.
Chapter 3, Manually Adding Objects to the Topology Database describes how to create individual managed objects for the Sun Management Center topology database.
Chapter 4, Adding Objects to the Topology Database Using the Discovery Manager explains how to automatically identify managed objects and add them to the topology database.
Chapter 5, Managing Objects in Sun Management Center introduces the JavaTM user interface.
Chapter 6, Viewing Detailed Information About a Managed Object describes the details window.
Chapter 7, Browsing Information About a Managed Object explains how to view information about your managed network.
Chapter 8, Monitoring Data Properties describes how to monitor specific data properties.
Chapter 9, Viewing Data Properties in a Graph explains how to view information about data properties in a graphical format.
Chapter 10, Monitoring Data Property Attributes describes how to monitor and change data property attributes.
Chapter 11, Managing Modules explains how to work with modules.
Chapter 12, Managing Alarms describes how to create and respond to alarms.
Chapter 13, Managing Group-related Jobs describes how to work with groups of managed objects rather than individual ones.
Chapter 14, Dataviews describes how to work with dataviews.
Chapter 15, Managing Objects Using the Web Console introduces the web-based user interface.
Chapter 16, Managing Alarms Using the Web Console describes how to create and respond to alarms using the web-based user interface.
Chapter 17, Managing Data Property Attributes Using the Web Console describes how to monitor data property attributes in the web-based user interface.
Chapter 18, Sun Management Center Security explains how to setup and administer security for this product.
Chapter 19, Importing and Exporting Topology Information explains how to import and export topology information.
Chapter 20, Using the Command-Line Interface identifies the capabilities of the command-line interface.
Appendix A, Miscellaneous Sun Management Center Procedures contains additional information and troubleshooting procedures that do not clearly fit elsewhere.
Appendix B, Internet Protocol Routing explains how routing affects network management.
Appendix C, Sun Management Center Software Modules describes information about standard modules.
Appendix D, Sun Management Center Software Rules identifies standard alarm rules.
Glossary is a list of words and phrases found in this book and their definitions.
Product Information
Information about this product is available at the Sun Management Center web site at http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter/.
The Sun Management Center 3.5 product includes open source software. To view license terms, attribution, and copyright statements for the open source software, see the copyright file located at the following default path: /cdrom0/image/Webserver/Solaris_9/SUNWtcatr/install/copyright.
Accessing Sun Documentation Online
The docs.sun.comSM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.
Typographic Conventions
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions|
Typeface or Symbol |
Meaning |
Example |
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
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AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
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AaBbCc123 |
Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
To delete a file, type rm filename. |
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AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized. |
Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. |
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
The following table shows the default 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 prompt | machine_name% |
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C shell superuser prompt | machine_name# |
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Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt | $ |
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Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt | # |
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