Chapter 1 New Features in Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1

For the latest information on Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1, see the Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 Release Notes available only online at http://docs.sun.com.

The Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 product has new features in the following areas:

• Installation and Configuration

• Enhanced Java Console Navigation

• Performance Reporting Manager (PRM)

• Support for New Hardware Products

• Java Console and Agent Available for Solaris x86 Architecture

• Support for Microsoft Windows XP

Installation and Configuration

Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 provides several new features related to installation and configuration:

• Upgrade path from Sun Management Center 3.5 to Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1

• SNMP encryption (privacy)

• Documentation installation as part of the product installation process

• Ability to specify an operating system as a parameter to the es-makeagent command

• Ability to configure agents to use multiple trap destinations by using the es-trapdest command

• Ability to configure agents to send the registration trap at a custom interval

For more information on these new features, see Chapter 2, Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 Installation and Configuration.

Enhanced Java Console Navigation

The Sun Management Center Java^TM Console has been enhanced to provide alternative methods for accessing Java Console functions. For more information on these enhancements, see Chapter 3, Alternative Methods for Accessing Java Console Functions.

Performance Reporting Manager (PRM)

The Performance Reporting Manager (PRM) has been enhanced to provide the following features:

• New reports for system uptime statistics

• Scheduled reports can be generated in CSV (comma separated values) format

• New graphing options: stacked area charts and stacked bar charts

• Reports can be printed directly from the Java Console

For more information about these new features, see Chapter 4, Performance Reporting Manager (PRM) Enhancements.

Support for New Hardware Products

Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 includes support for the following new platforms and products:

• Sun Fire^TM V210, V240, V250, V440, E25K, E20K, E6900, and E4900 systems

• Sun Blade^TM 1500, 2500 systems

• PCI+ support for Sun Fire Midrange systems

• UltraSPARC® IV CPU board support for 6800 and 4800 systems

• hPCI+ board and CP2140 system controller for Sun Fire High-End systems

For a list of other supported hardware, see the “Hardware-Specific Module Availability” in Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide.

Java Console and Agent Available for Solaris x86 Architecture

Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 supports the Java Console and the agent layer on Solaris^TM x86 architecture. The Solaris x86 support is available on the Solaris 9 release only for the core product and specific add-ons.

The following add-ons are supported on x86:

• Advanced System Monitoring

• Performance Reporting Manager

• Service Availability Manager

• System Reliability Manager

The Java Console on x86 has the same look and feel as the Java Console running on SPARC^TM architecture.

For more information on these features, see Chapter 2, Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 Installation and Configuration.

Support for Microsoft Windows XP

Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 now supports Microsoft Windows XP for the Java Console.