The Sun Update Connection - Enterprise 1.0 Quick Start Guide: Getting Started provides information to system administrations about how to install and configure the SunSM Update Connection – Enterprise 1.0.x software. This software manages software updates to systems that run the SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS) or Linux distributions.
This Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC® and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC®, SPARC64, AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T. The supported systems appear in the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl. This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types.
In this document these x86 related terms mean the following:
“x86” refers to the larger family of 64-bit and 32-bit x86 compatible products.
“x64” points out specific 64-bit information about AMD64 or EM64T systems.
“32-bit x86” points out specific 32-bit information about x86 based systems.
For supported systems, see the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List.
This book is intended for system administrators who manage software updates in enterprise environments.
To effectively use this book, you should be familiar with the hardware systems and network of your organization.
Specifically, understand the following:
Your client and host operating systems
Basic Linux and Solaris commands and dependency issues
Common X Windows actions and the use of applications in X Windows
In addition to this book, find more information in the following publications.
Table P–1 Related Information
Information |
Description |
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Sun Update Connection – Enterprise Release Notes |
Describes any bugs and known problems. This book includes late new features and platform support. |
Sun Update Connection – Enterprise Bare Metal Installation Guide |
Describes the steps needed to install the software for a bare metal server. |
Provides procedures for customization, backup and restore, support of Shared Resources, and advanced configurations. This book also includes explanations of solutions for Linux and Solaris technology, security, and an overview of how the servers work together. |
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Sun Update Connection – Enterprise 1.0 User's Guide |
Provides information to system administrators about how to use the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise software to manage software updates to systems that run the Solaris Operating System or Linux distributions. |
The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:
Sun will provide a technical FAQ in a read only format at http://forum.sun.com/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=334. The URL is subject to change and may be removed at Sun's discretion.
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–2 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–3 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 |
# |