Preface

This Sun Management Center 3.5 Version 2 Supplement for Sun Fire 15K/12K Systems provides instructions on how to install, configure, and use Sun Management Center software on the Sun Fire 15K/12K systems.

This supplement is intended for Sun Fire 15K/12K system administrators who install and use the Sun Management Center software to monitor and manage their Sun Fire 15K/12K systems.

The Sun Management Center 3.5 software and documents for Sun Fire 15K/12K systems are available in French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. However, the examples of screens in this supplement appear only in English.

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Before You Read This Book

Read this supplement after the Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide, which provides instructions for installing and configuring Sun Management Center 3.5 software and the Sun Management Center 3.5 User's Guide, which provides instructions for using Sun Management Center software.

Note - For the latest information about this product, go to the Sun Management Center Web site at http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 introduces Sun Management Center software on the Sun Fire 15K/12K systems.

Chapter 2 describes how to install, set up, start, stop, uninstall, reinstall, and reconfigure Sun Management Center software on the Sun Fire 15K/12K systems. Use this chapter with the Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide.

Chapter 3 describes how to set up administrative access security for Sun Management Center on the Sun Fire 15K/12K systems.

Chapter 4 describes how to create, modify, and discover Sun Fire 15K/12K system topology objects.

Chapter 5 describes platform, system controller, and domain data, which is specific to Sun Fire 15K/12K systems and is shown in the respective Details window.

Chapter 6 describes briefly each property and the alarm rules used by the Sun Fire 15K/12K systems add-on components.

Chapter 7 describes how to use the dynamic reconfiguration and other management commands from the Platform/Domain State Management (PDSM) module, which is based on the System Management Services (SMS) commands.

Chapter 8 describes how to use the dynamic reconfiguration and other management commands from the Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) module, which is based on the configuration administration cfgadm(1M) command.

Appendix A describes how to install and set up Sun Management Center software using the command line interface (CLI).

The glossary defines abbreviations and acronyms used in this supplement and in the Sun Management Center graphical user interface (GUI) for Sun Fire 15K/12K system-specific modules.

A comprehensive index helps find information quickly in this supplement.

To view license terms, attribution, and copyright statements for open source software included in this release, the default path is:

/cdrom/sunmc_3_5_sparc/image/Webserver/Solaris_9/SUNWtcatr \ /install/copyright

If you are using Solaris 8 software, substitute Solaris_8 for Solaris_9 in the path.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on basic UNIX^® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris operating environment documentation, which is at

http://docs.sun.com

Table with descriptions and examples of the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

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.

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.

Table with examples of the types of shell prompts that are used in this book

Related Documentation

Application	Title	Part Number
Overview	Sun Fire High-End Systems Software Overview Guide	817-3075
Installation and configuration for Sun Management Center	Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide	816-2678
Usage of Sun Management Center	Sun Management Center 3.5 User's Guide	816-2716
Issues, limitations, and bugs for Sun Management Center	Sun Management Center 3.5 Release Notes	816-2718
Solaris 8 or 9 reference	Sun Solaris 8 or 9 Reference Manual Collection at `docs.sun.com`	n/a
Issues, limitations, and bugs for SMS and SMS DR	System Management Services (SMS) 1.4 Release Notes	817-3058
Installation and setup for SMS	System Management Services (SMS) 1.4 Installation Guide	817-3055
SMS reference	System Management Services (SMS) 1.4 Reference Manual	817-3057
SMS administration	System Management Services (SMS) 1.4 Administrator Guide	817-3056
Sun Fire 15K/12K DR	Sun Fire 15K/12K Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide	816-5075
SMS DR	System Management Services (SMS) 1.4 Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide	817-4459
Hardware	Sun Fire 15K/12K Systems Service Manual	806-3512
`luxadm`	Platform Notes: Using luxadm Software	816-5074
Netra servers	Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for Netra Servers	817-1388
Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 systems	Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems	816-7381
Administering Sun Fire Link systems	Sun Fire Link Fabric Administrator's Guide	806-1405
Installing Sun Fire Link systems	Sun Fire Link Software Installation Guide	817-0401
Workgroup servers	Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for VSP High-End Entry Servers (Workgroup Servers)	816-7259
Workstations	Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for Workstations	816-7196
Advanced System Monitoring (ASM)	SPARCengine ASM Reference Manual	805-7581

Accessing Sun Documentation

You can view, print, or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation, including localized versions, at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation

Contacting Sun Technical Support

If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this document, go to:

http://www.sun.com/service/contacting

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. You can submit your comments by going to:

http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback

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