The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Installation Guide describes how to install and upgrade the N1TM Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 on the SolarisTM Operating System (OS), Red Hat Linux, IBM AIX, and Windows 2000.
In this document the term “x86” refers to the Intel 32–bit family of microprocessors and compatible 64–bit and 32–bit microprocessors made by AMD.
This book is intended for system administrators responsible for installing and configuring the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0.
The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Installation Guide describes the following topics.
Chapter 1, N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Overview provides an overview of the tasks required to install and configure the software. This chapter also contains an overview of the software and supported network protocols.
Chapter 2, System Requirements for the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 describes the system requirements for installing and using the software.
Chapter 3, Gathering Information Before Installation contains worksheets to help you gather the information you need to install the software.
Chapter 4, Installing the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 on Solaris OS, Red Hat Linux, and IBM AIX Systems describes the steps to install the software on Solaris OS, Red Hat Linux, and IBM AIX servers.
Chapter 5, Installing the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 on Windows Systems describes the steps to install the software on Windows.
Chapter 6, Configuring the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 to Use Secure Shell describes the tasks necessary to configure the software to communicate using SSH.
Chapter 7, Configuring the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 for SSL describes the tasks necessary to configure the software to communicate using SSL.
Chapter 8, Configuring the Java Virtual Machine Security Policy describes how to configure the JVMTM [The terms “Java Virtual Machine“ and “JVM” mean a Virtual Machine for the JavaTM platform.] security policy.
Chapter 9, Upgrading to the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 describes the steps to upgrade the software.
Chapter 10, Uninstalling the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 describes the steps to uninstall the software.
Appendix A, Installation and Configuration Reference contains reference material related to installing and configuring the software.
Appendix B, Troubleshooting describes steps to troubleshoot installation and configuration issues.
You might need to refer to the following manuals when you install and use the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0.
N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 System Administration Guide
N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual
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The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface or Symbol |
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 |
Command-line 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. Perform a patch analysis. Do not save the file. [Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.] |
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
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C shell prompt |
machine_name% |
C shell superuser prompt |
machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt |
$ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt |
# |