C H A P T E R 1

Introduction

This chapter provides an introduction to the Sun Management Center 3.5 software in relation to the supported platforms.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems Add-On Software

System Icons

Identifying Hardware Domains

About the Examples Used in This Document

Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems Add-On Software

Sun Management Center software allows you to monitor Sun systems from a system such as a workstation or server. You can also use Sun Management Center software to manage various remote operations and applications through the network. The Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems add-on software allows the Sun Management Center software to function with Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems. The following models are supported with this release of the software:

Sun Fire E2900

Sun Fire V1280

Note - This release of Sun Management Center 3.5 Version 6 does not support Netra trademark 1280 systems.

You can access Solaris Operating System views only through the Sun Management Center agent running on a Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems domain. (Platform administration, which is supported in in Sun Management Center for Sun Fire midrange systems, is not supported for entry-level midrange systems.)

After the add-on software has been installed on a host machine, you can run Sun Management Center software on that host machine to access the system controller in Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems.

System Icons

TABLE 1-1 shows typical icons for Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems. Small alarm icons are added to the lower right corner of these icons in the event of an alarm state, such as with the critical alarm icon depicted here.

TABLE 1-1 Sun Fire Entry-Level Midrange Systems Icons
Icon	Description
	Sun Fire E2900 icon
	Sun Fire V1280 icon
	Sun Fire V1280 icon with critical alarm

Identifying Hardware Domains

By default, the hardware domain Details window opens to the Module Browser tab. FIGURE 1-1 illustrates the Details window for a typical domain. The window includes icons for Hardware, Operating System, Local Applications, and Remote Systems domains, as well as six tabs: Info, Module Browser, Alarms, Module Manager, Applications, and Hardware. In the example in FIGURE 1-1, the hardware domain icon is displayed with a critical alarm.

For more information, see Chapter 3.

About the Examples Used in This Document

Many steps or operations shown in this document can be accomplished in more than one way. For the sake of brevity, only one way is shown in an operation, usually the easiest or quickest way.

For example, in the main console window, you can choose from six possible ways to open a Details view of Sun Fire entry-level midrange systems:

Click once on the Sun Fire entry-level midrange icon in the hierarchy view (left side of the window), then click the Tools menu in the top bar, and select Details.

Do the same as above in the topology view (right side of the window).

Double-click the Sun Fire entry-level midrange icon in the hierarchy view.

Double-click the Sun Fire entry-level midrange icon in the topology view.

Right-click the icon in the hierarchy view and choose Details from the pop-up menu.

Do the same in the topology view.

Similarly, there are multiple ways to expand (or uncompress) an icon. As shown in FIGURE 1-2, you can:

Click the Expand All button (not available in some windows).

Click the Uncompress symbol next to the icon.

Double-click the icon in the hierarchy or topology views.

FIGURE 1-1 Hardware Domain Details Window

Screen capture of the Details window showing the hardware domain icon with a critical alarm.

FIGURE 1-2 Choices for Expanding or Uncompressing Icons

Screen capture of the Details window, showing choices for expanding or uncompressing icons.