Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 Site Preparation Guide

Preface

The Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide describes the requirements, network and hardware connections and preparation processes, and the procedures for installing and configuring the base operating system and then the Sun N1 System Manager system.

Who Should Use This Book

This guide is intended for system administrators who are responsible for installing or upgrading the N1 System Manager software and hardware. The system administrators must have extensive knowledge and experience in the following areas:

The Linux and Solaris^TM operating systems, and the network administration tools provided by each operating system
Network equipment and network devices from a variety of vendors such as Sun and Cisco
DNS, DHCP, IP addressing, subnetworks, VLANs, and SNMP
Network device interconnections and cabling
Linux Kickstart^TM installation
Solaris JumpStart^TM installation

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Site Preparation Overview provides an overview of the N1 System Manager system preparation work flow.
Chapter 2, Sun N1 System Manager System and Network Preparation lists the hardware and software required for a successful installation of the N1 System Manager, and provides references and guidelines describing how to connect the N1 System Manager management server to servers that are to be managed and to external Ethernet switches.
Chapter 3, Installing and Configuring an OS on the Management Server describes how to install an OS on the N1 System Manager system.
Appendix A, Alternate Sun Fire V20z and V40z Reference Configuration provides an overview and reference configuration diagrams for an alternative method of connecting Sun Fire^TM V20z and V40z provisionable servers to the N1 System Manager networks.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see “Buy printed documentation” at http://docs.sun.com.

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, and the management server N1-ok> 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	`#`
`N1-ok` shell	`N1-ok>`

In this book, unless otherwise specified, the term “command-line” is used to describe the N1-ok> shell. The N1-ok> shell is defined as any of the following shells:

The shell available from the command-line pane of the browser interface
The shell available from a terminal console window, after logging in by ssh to the management server
The standard UNIX or Linux shell, with all commands preceded by the n1sh command