Preface

The System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 Administrator Guide describes how to perform various administration and monitoring tasks associated with the SMS software.

Before You Read This Book

This manual is intended for the Sun Fire system administrator, who has a working knowledge of UNIX® systems, particularly those based on the Solaris trademark Operating System (Solaris OS). If you do not have such knowledge, read the Solaris User and System Administrator documentation provided with your system, and consider UNIX system administration training.

All members of the next-generation Sun Fire server family can be configured as loosely coupled clusters. However, it is outside of the scope of this document to address system management for Sun Fire high-end system cluster configurations.

How This Book Is Organized

This guide contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1 introduces the System Management Services software and describes its command-line interface.

Chapter 2 introduces security on the domains and system controllers.

Chapter 3 introduces administrative privileges.

Chapter 4 describes SMS domain internals and explains their use.

Chapter 5 describes domain configuration, options and procedures.

Chapter 6 describes the automatic diagnosis and domain recovery features.

Chapter 7 describes Capacity on Demand (COD).

Chapter 8 describes the control functions.

Chapter 9 describes network services available and explains their use.

Chapter 10 describes status monitoring.

Chapter 12 describes system controller (SC) failover.

Chapter 11 describes event monitoring.

Chapter 13 describes SMS utilities for creating and restoring backups, configuring networks and user groups, and upgrading SMS software.

Appendix A provides a list of SMS man pages.

Appendix B describes SMS error messages.

Glossary is a list of words and phrases used in this document and their definitions.

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 System (OS) documentation, which is at

http://docs.sun.com

Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	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	`%` `suPassword:`
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. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	sc_name`:`sms-user`:> or` domain_id`:`sms-user`:>`
C shell superuser	sc_name:`# or` domain_id`:#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`>`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Application	Title	Part Number
Software Overview	Sun Fire High-End Systems Software Overview Guide	819-1338
Installation	System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 Installation Guide	817-7294
Reference (man pages)	System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 Reference Manual	817-7296
Release Notes	System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 Release Notes	817-7297
Options	Sun Fire High-End and Midrange Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide	819-1501
	OpenBoot 4.x Command Reference Manual	816-1177
	Sun Fire 15K/12K System Site Planning Guide	806-3510
	Sun Fire Link Fabric Administrator's Guide	806-1405
	Securing the Sun Fire 12K and 15K Domains	817-1357
	Securing the Sun Fire 12K and 15K System Controllers	817-1358
	System Administration Guide: IP Services	806-4075

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

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