Sun N1 System Manager Features

The Sun N1 System Manager is a system management tool that enables you to manage racks or other groupings of horizontally scaled servers using a single browser user interface. The Sun N1 System Manager browser interface provides an integrated command-line interface (CLI). A separate CLI is provided as well.

The Sun N1 System Manager system or N1 System Manager enables you to do the following tasks:

• Discover servers on the network that can be provisioned by the N1 System Manager

• Manage provisionable servers

• Provision operating system and application software to the provisionable servers

• Manage provisionable server firmware and patches

• Monitor provisionable server health

• Automate provisionable server configuration, recovery, and replacement

• Maximize server utilization

• Minimize user-visible hardware downtime

• Log N1 System Manager and provisionable server events