Sun Management Center 3.6.1 User's Guide

Preface

The Sun Management Center 3.6.1 User's Guide provides instructions on how to use the SunTM Management Center system management solution.


Note –

The SolarisTM 10 release supports systems that use the SPARC® and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC®, SPARC64, AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T. The supported systems appear in the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl. This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types.

In this document the term “x86” refers to 64-bit and 32-bit systems manufactured using processors compatible with the AMD64 or Intel Xeon/Pentium product families. For supported systems, see the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List.


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:

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 3.6.1 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.

Appendix E, Alternative Methods for Accessing Java Console Functions lists alternative methods for accessing Java Console functions.

Appendix F, Linux Agent Support lists the modules, add-ons, and commands supported by the Linux agent.

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 3.6.1 product includes open source software. To view license terms, attribution, and copyright statements for the open source software, see the copyright file available in the media.

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function 

URL 

Description 

Documentation 

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents 

Support and Training 

http://www.sun.com/supportraining/

Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses 

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output 

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output 

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value 

The command to remove a file is rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized 

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

Perform a patch analysis.

Do not save the file.

[Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.] 

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 

C shell prompt 

machine_name%

C shell superuser prompt 

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt 

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt 

#