What's New in N1 System Manager 1.3

The N1 System Manager 1.3 release provides the following new features and support:

• RSC-based hardware support: Sun Fire V490 and Sun Fire V890

• OS support on management server: Solaris 10 U1 and Red Hat 4 AS

• OS support on managed servers: Solaris 10 U1, Windows 2000 versions (provisioning only), and Windows 2003 versions (provisioning only)

• Configuring and booting Solaris and Linux diskless clients

• Installing custom OS updates

• Provisioning and monitoring Grid Engine application (Grid Engine module must be enabled)

• Discovering servers by their OS or MAC address

• Rehosting management server

• Using N1 System Manager in restricted mode (management network or provisioning network only)

• Multi-segment OS provisioning through DHCP configurations

• Automatic credential configuration on Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers during discovery

• Solaris DHCP support

For a full list of hardware and OSs supported by N1 System Manager, refer to Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Site Preparation Guide.