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Sun Management Center 3.5 Release Notes

Document Affected: Appendix B, “Importing Preconfigured XML Files Using the Manage XML Configurations Option” in Sun Fire Link Fabric Administrator's Guide (4841740)

The following are detailed instructions for importing preconfigured XML files using the Manage XML Configurations option. These instructions were omitted from Appendix B of the Sun Fire Link Fabric Administrator's Guide.

The Sun Management Center console's Fabric Details window includes the Manage XML Configurations menu option. You can use this option to open an XML file for editing or to apply any configuration information the file contains to an unconfigured fabric.

Note –

The term unconfigured fabric refers to a fabric that has been created and started, but does not yet contain any member data, such as descriptions of compute nodes.

An XML file can be opened for editing without being associated with an unconfigured fabric. However, if the file will be used to configure a fabric, that fabric must first be created and started.

The following steps explain how to use the Manage XML Configurations option:

  1. Prior to using the Manage XML Configuration option, you must create and start a fabric, using the Fabric Manager (FM) CLI commands, createfabric and startfabric.

    Note –

    You must be superuser to execute the following FM commands.


    # cd /opt/SUNWwcfm/bin


    # ./createfabric fabric-name


    # ./startfabric fabric-name

  2. Use the Sun Management Center console to load a FM agent module for the fabric. The Loading FM Agent Modules discussion in the Sun Fire Link Fabric Administrator's Guide provides detailed instructions for this step.

  3. In the Fabric Details window, press mouse button 3 on the fabric icon. Select the Manage XML Configurations option from the pop-up menu that is displayed, or choose the Fabric Menu item Manage XML Configurations.

    At this point, the following invalid error message is displayed: 


    Getting FM Info Values

    This error message can be safely ignored.

  4. Press the OK button on the Error dialog window.

    Pressing the OK button closes the Error window. The XML Configuration dialog box is now the active window.

  5. In the Look In field of the Configuration dialog window, enter the full path of the directory that contains the XML configuration file that you want to import. Press Return.

    A scrolling list of the files that are contained in the specified directory are displayed in the window.

  6. Select the XML configuration file you want to import. The name of the file is displayed in the File Name field.

    Note –

    You must press Return in Step 5 and then select the XML file of interest as described in Step 6. Do not bypass these steps and manually enter the file name in the File Name field. The file will not open if you manually enter the file name.

  7. Click Open to open the selected file.

    This displays the XML configuration file in the text area of the window.

  8. Choose one of the following options:

    • You can edit the XML file. Refer to Appendices B and C of the Sun Fire Link Fabric Administrator's Guide for specific information about XML file configurations and the Document Type Definition (DTD).

    • If you want to apply the XML information to configure a fabric, proceed to the next step.

    • If you want to save your changes as a new XML file, click the Save As button. Enter a new filename.

  9. Click Configure to apply the XML file contents to the fabric.

For more information, see Manage Extended Markup Language (XML) Configurations Option Produces an Invalid Error Message When Applying an XML File to a New Fabric (4855354).