Preface

This guide contains release notes for the System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 software.

Before You Read This Book

This guide is intended for the Sun Fire trademark system administrator, who has a working knowledge of UNIX® systems, particularly those based on the Solaris Operating System. 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 currently outside of the scope of this document to address system management for Sun Fire cluster configurations.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System 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	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	#

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.

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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.

Related Documentation

The documents listed as online are available at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation

Application	Title	Part Number	Format	Location
Software Overview	Sun Fire High-End Systems Software Overview Guide	819-4658	PDF HTML	Online
Software Installation	System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 Software Installation Guide	819-4659	PDF HTML	Online
Administrator Guide	System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 Administrator Guide	819-4660	PDF HTML	Online
Reference (man pages)	System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 Reference Manual	819-4662	PDF	Online
Options	Sun Fire High-End and Midrange Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide	819-1501	PDF HTML	Online
	OpenBoot 4.x Command Reference Manual	816-1177	PDF HTML	Online
	Sun Fire 15K/12K System Site Planning Guide Sun Fire E25K/E20K System Site Planning Guide	806-3510 817-4137	PDF HTML PDF HTML	Online Online
	Securing the Sun Fire 12K and 15K Domains	817-1357	PDF HTML	Online
	Securing the Sun Fire 12K and 15K System Controllers	817-1358	PDF HTML	Online

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL
Documentation	`http://www.sun.com/documentation/`
Support	`http://www.sun.com/support/`
Training	`http://www.sun.com/training/`

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