Preface

The Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Installation and Configuration Guide describes the requirements for installing and configuring the Sun N1^TM System Manager software on your management server.

Who Should Use This Book

This guide is intended for system administrators who are responsible for installing 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

• DNS, DHCP, IP addressing, subnetworks, VLANs, SNMP, and mail services

How This Book Is Organized

• Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring the Sun N1 System Manager Software describes how to install, configure, and tune the N1 System Manager software on a management server for the first time.

• Chapter 2, Upgrading the Sun N1 System Manager Software and Provisionable Server Management Agents describes how to upgrade an existing N1 System Manager 1.1 installation to N1 System Manager 1.2, and how to upgrade the provisionable server management agents from version 1.1 to version 1.2.

• Chapter 3, Uninstalling the Sun N1 System Manager Software describes how to uninstall the N1 System Manager software.

• Chapter 4, Troubleshooting provides a list of problems and error messages, and the procedures for resolving the problems.

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 1.2 Release Notes

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Introduction

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Site Preparation Guide

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Administration Guide

• Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Command Line Reference Manual

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

• Training

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	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. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name%
C shell for superuser	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	#