Preface

This Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems provides instructions on how to install, configure, and use Sun Management Center software on Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 systems.

This supplement is intended for Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 system administrators who install and use the Sun Management Center software to monitor and manage their Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 systems.

The Sun Management Center 3.5 documents for Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 systems are available in French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. However, the examples of screens in this supplement appear only in English.

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Before You Read This Book

Read this supplement after the Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide, which provides detailed instructions for installing and configuring Sun Management Center 3.5 software and the Sun Management Center 3.5 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 6800/4810/4800/3800 systems.

Chapter 2 describes how to install, set up, update multiple hosts, start, and stop Sun Management Center software on the Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 systems using the graphical user interface (GUI). Use this chapter with the Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide. This chapter includes pre-installation steps, such as and enabling 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 6800/4810/4800/3800 platform and domains using the Platform Agent. This chapter also describes briefly each property and the alarm rules used by the Platform Agent.

Chapter 4 describes how to administer a Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 domain using the Domain Agent. This chapter also describes briefly 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, setup, 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 6800/4810/4800/3800 system-specific modules.

A comprehensive index helps find information quickly in this supplement.

To view license terms, attribution, and copyright statements for open source software included in this release, the default path is:

/cdrom/sunmc_3_5_sparc/image/Webserver/Solaris_9/SUNWtcatr \ /install/copyright

If you are using Solaris 8 software, substitute Solaris_8 for Solaris_9 in the path.

Using UNIX Commands

This document may not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.

Refer to one or more of the following for this information:

Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

Online documentation for the Solaris^TM Operating System

Other software documentation included with your system

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.

Shell Prompts

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

Application	Title	Part Number
Software installation	Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide	816-2678
Software use	Sun Management Center 3.5 User's Guide	816-2716
Issues, limitations, and bugs	Sun Management Center 3.5 Release Notes	816-2718
Dynamic reconfiguration, command line interface	Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide	806-6783
Platform administration	Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Platform Administration Manual (5.14.0).	816-4851
Command reference	Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 System Controller Command Reference Manual	816-4852
Changes, limitations, and bugs for Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 systems	Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Firmware 5.14.0 Release Notes	816-4853
Hardware service	Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Service Manual	805-7363
Starfire servers	Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for Starfire Servers	816-7379
Sun Fire 15K/12K systems	Sun Management Center 3.5 Supplement for Sun Fire 15K/12K Systems	816-7377
Administering Sun Fire Link systems	Sun Fire Link Fabric Administrator's Guide	806-1405
Installing Sun FIre Link Systems	Sun Fire Link Software Installation Guide	817-0401

Accessing Sun Documentation

You can view, print, or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation, including localized versions, at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation

Contacting Sun Technical Support

If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this document, go to:

http://www.sun.com/service/contacting

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. You can submit your comments by going to:

http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback

Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback:

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