Preface

The Sun N1^TM System Manager 1.1 Introduction provides an overview of the N1 System Manager features and components, and a walkthrough describing the sequence of tasks required to implement N1 System Manager on your site.

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

Related Documentation

This guide is part of a six-volume implementation reference set. The set should be read in the following order:

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 Release Notes

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 Site Preparation Guide

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 Administration Guide

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 Command Line Reference Manual

How This Book Is Organized

• Chapter 1, Sun N1 System Manager Overview provides an overview of the N1 System Manager.

• Chapter 2, Installing, Configuring, and Using the Sun N1 System Manager provides an overview of the steps required to install and configure the N1 System Manager and then to use the N1 System Manager to discover and provision servers.

• The Glossary provides definitions of the terms used in the N1 System Manager environment.

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	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	#