Preface

The Sun Ultra 20 Workstation User Guide provides a detailed description of the hardware and software applications used to support the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation. This book is intended for system administrators, network administrators, or service technicians who have knowledge of workstation hardware and software.


How This Document Is Organized

Chapter 1 contains an overview of the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation.

Chapter 2 contains information on troubleshooting the workstation.

Chapter 3 contains information on diagnostics.

Chapter 4 contains information on removing and replacing components.

Appendix A contains information on system specifications.

Appendix B contains information on using multiple monitors with the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation.

Appendix C contains information on BIOS POST codes.


Shell Prompts


Shell

Prompt

C shell

machine-name%

C shell superuser

machine-name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser

#


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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.


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Related Documentation

The document set for the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation is described in the Where To Find Documentation sheet that is packed with your system, and all documents are posted at the product's documentation site. See the following URL:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Workstation_Products/Workstations/ultra_20/index.html

Translated versions of some of these documents are available at the product's documentation site in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.

English documentation is revised more frequently and might be more up-to-date than the translated documentation.


Documentation, Warranty, Support,
and Training URLs


Sun Function

URL

Description

Hardware Documentation

http://www.sun.com/documentation

Sun hardware documentation

Software Documentation

http://docs.sun.com

Solaris and other software documentation

Warranty

http://www.sun.com/service/support/warranty/index.html

View specific details regarding your warranty

Support

http://www.sun.com/support/

Obtain technical support, including patches

Training

http://www.sun.com/training/

Learn about Sun courses and educational offerings


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Third-Party Web Sites

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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: Sun Ultra 20 Workstation User Guide, 819-2146-13.


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