Preface

This Sun Management Center 3.5 Version 6 Supplement for Sun Fire Midrange Systems provides instructions on how to install, configure, and use Sun Management Center software on these Sun Fire midrange systems:

Sun Fire E6900

Sun Fire E4900

Sun Fire 6800

Sun Fire 4800

Sun Fire 4810

Sun Fire 3800

Systems containing UltraSPARC^® IV and UltraSPARC^® IV+ CPU/Memory boards are supported.

This supplement is intended for Sun Fire midrange systems administrators who install and use the Sun Management Center software to monitor and manage their Sun Fire midrange systems.

Before You Read This Book

Read this supplement after reading the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide, which provides detailed instructions for installing and configuring Sun Management Center software, and the Sun Management Center User's Guide, which provides detailed instructions for using Sun Management Center software.

Note - For the latest information about this product, go to the Sun Management Center Web site at http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 introduces Sun Management Center software on the Sun Fire midrange systems.

Chapter 2 describes how to install, set up, update multiple hosts, start, and stop Sun Management Center software on the Sun Fire midrange systems using the graphical user interface (GUI). Use this chapter with the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide. This chapter includes pre-installation steps, such as enabling system controller (SC) failover. The chapter also includes post-installation steps, such as assigning users to administrator and operator groups and setting up domains.

Chapter 3 describes how to administer and monitor the Sun Fire midrange systems platform and domains using the Platform Agent. This chapter also briefly describes each property and the alarm rules used by the Platform Agent.

Chapter 4 describes how to administer a Sun Fire midrange systems domain using the Domain Agent. This chapter also briefly describes each property and the alarm rules used by the Domain Agent.

Chapter 5 describes how to use the dynamic reconfiguration and other management commands from the Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) module, which is based on the configuration administration cfgadm(1M) command.

Appendix A describes how to use the command-line interface (CLI) to install, set up, uninstall, start, and stop Sun Management Center software.

The Glossary defines abbreviations and acronyms used in this supplement and in the Sun Management Center graphical user interface (GUI) for Sun Fire midrange system-specific modules.

A comprehensive Index helps you find information quickly in this supplement.

Localized Documentation

The Sun Management Center 3.5 documents for Sun Fire midrange systems are available in French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. However, the examples of screens in this supplement appear only in English.

Note - If you have trouble seeing all the text in your language in a given window, resize the window.

Open Source Information

The Sun Management Center 3.5 product includes open source software. Refer to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide for information about license terms, attribution, and copyright statements for open source software included in this release.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on basic UNIX^® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at

http://docs.sun.com

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Typographic Conventions

Typeface`^[1]`	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your`.login` file. Use `ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Typeface^[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Application	Title
Issues, limitations, and bugs for Sun Fire midrange systems add-on software	Sun Management Center 3.5 Version 6 Release Notes for Sun Fire Midrange Systems (819-0794)
Issues, limitations, and bugs for core software	Sun Management Center Release Notes
New functionality in Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1	Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 Supplement
Installing and configuring Sun Management Center core software	Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide
Using Sun Management Center core software	Sun Management Center User's Guide
Changes, limitations, and bugs for Sun Fire midrange systems	Sun Fire Midrange Systems Firmware Release Notes
Platform administration	Sun Fire Midrange Systems Platform Administration Manual
Command reference	Sun Fire Midrange System Controller Command Reference Manual
Dynamic reconfiguration, command-line interface	Sun Fire High-End and Midrange Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide
Hardware service	Sun Fire E6900/E4900 Systems Service Manual Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Service Manual

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL	Description
Documentation	`http://www.sun.com/documentation/`	Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents.
Support	`http://www.sun.com/support`	Obtain technical support and download patches.
Training	`http://www.sun.com/training/`	Learn about Sun courses.

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