Version 3.6 of the Sun Management Center product includes the following significant changes:
Agent and console layers are available in Linux Operating System (OS). The agent layer is available for Red Hat, SuSE/JDS Linux kernel version 2.4.20 and later. For a list of modules, add-ons, and commands supported by the Linux agent, see Appendix F, Linux Agent Support.
On Solaris 10, you can handle hardware and software faults effectively. You can view a fault report and a message article. For information about this, see Table 11–1 and Fault Manager Module Version 1.0.
On Solaris 10, you can monitor the services running on a host. You can view the details of a service, enable a service, or disable a service. You can also view the processes in the selected service. For information about this, see Table 11–1 and Service Management Facility Module Version 1.0.
On Solaris 10, when Sun Management Center is installed and set up, the services run as Service Management Facility (SMF) services.
You can access the Sun N1TM System Manager server (System Manager) from the Sun Management Center software. You can also monitor a set of properties managed by this server. For information about this, see Table 11–1 and Volume System Monitoring Module Version 1.0.
On Solaris 10, you can configure the agent inside a global zone. You For information about this, see (On Solaris 10) Monitoring a Zone Using Sun Management Center in Sun Management Center 3.6 Installation and Configuration Guide.
On Solaris 10, you can run Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) scripts. For information about this, see Sun Management Center 3.6 System Reliability Manager User’s Guide.
You can use SolarisTM Container Manager 3.6 for resource allocation, service performance monitoring, and accounting. For information about installing and using this add-on, see Installing and Administering Solaris Container Manager 3.6.
The Sun Management Center agents can securely communicate with third-party management applications by using SNMPv3.
Many enhancements have been made to the command-line interface (CLI). For information about this, see Chapter 20, Using the Command-Line Interface.
Documentation for Sun Management Center is not installed with the product. The documents are available at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/810.4.
Many bugs and requests for enhancements (RFEs) have been addressed in this release.