The Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 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.
This guide is intended for those who will install, upgrade, or use the N1 System Manager software and hardware.
This guide is part of a nine-volume implementation reference set. The set should be read in the following order:
Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Introduction
Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Installation and Configuration Guide
Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide
Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Operating System Provisioning Guide
Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Grid Engine Provisioning and Monitoring Guide
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.
The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
Meaning |
Example |
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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. |
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 |
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C shell |
machine_name% |
C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell |
$ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser |
# |