The Sun N1 Service Provisioning System User's Guide and Release Notes for the OS Provisioning Plug-In 2.0 explains how to provision operating systems through the N1 Service Provisioning System (N1 SPS) product.
The main audience for the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System User's Guide and Release Notes for the OS Provisioning Plug-In 2.0 includes system administrators and operators of N1 SPS software who want to be able to maintain the operating systems throughout their enterprise. These users are expected to be familiar with the following:
The N1 SPS product
Standard UNIXTM and Windows commands and utilities
The general concepts and management features available for the operating systems to be provisioned
If you are not already familiar with using the N1 SPS software, read the following books:
Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 System Administration Guide
Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Operation and Provisioning Guide
Chapter 1, Introduction to OS Provisioning provides an overview of the OS provisioning feature.
Chapter 2, Release Notes for OS Provisioning Plug-In includes known issues and late-breaking news about OS provisioning features.
Chapter 3, OS Provisioning Deployment Environment describes how to set up the environment to more easily support OS provisioning.
Chapter 4, Installing and Configuring the OS Provisioning Plug-In explains how to install and configure the OS provisioning plug-in.
Chapter 5, Provisioning the Solaris Operating System provides step-by-step instructions on how to provision Solaris systems.
Chapter 6, Provisioning the Linux Operating Environment provides step-by-step instructions on how to provision Linux systems.
Chapter 7, Provisioning the Windows Operating Environment provides step-by-step instructions on how to provision Windows systems.
Chapter 8, Target Hosts for OS Provisioning describes appropriate target hosts for OS provisioning.
Appendix A, Target Host Variables describes the specific variables that apply to each target host type.
Appendix B, Solaris Profile Component Variables describes the specific variables that apply to the Solaris provisioning profiles.
Appendix C, Creating Additional JET Modules explains how to extend the Solaris provisioning functionality by creating user-specific custom modules.
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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 |
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 |
# |