Preface

This Sun Fire trademark X4150, X4250, and X4450 Servers Operating System Installation Guide contains operating system installation and initial software configuration procedures for bringing the server to a configured and usable state.

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Typographic Conventions

Typeface ^[1]	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; onscreen computer output.	Edit your`.login` file. Use `ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with onscreen 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.

Typeface ^[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; onscreen computer output.

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with onscreen 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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Available translations for the Sun Fire X4150, X4250, and X4450 servers include Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Japanese, and Korean.

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

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Support and Training	`http://www.sun.com/support/` `http://www.sun.com/training/`	Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses.

Sun Function

URL

Description

Documentation

http://docs.sun.com/

Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents.

Support and Training

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

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

Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses.

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Related Documentation

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