Preface

This Suntrademark Management Center 3.5 Version 6 Supplement for Sun Firetrademark High-End Systems provides instructions on how to install, configure, and use Sun Management Center software on these Sun Fire high-end systems:

Systems containing UltraSPARC® IV and UltraSPARC IV+ CPU/Memory boards are supported.

This supplement is intended for system administrators of Sun Fire high-end systems who install and use the Sun Management Center software to monitor and manage their Sun Fire high-end systems.

The Sun Management Center software and documents for Sun Fire high-end systems are available in French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English. However, the examples of screens in this supplement appear only in English.



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Before You Read This Book

Read this supplement after reading the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide, which provides instructions for installing and configuring Sun Management Center software, and the Sun Management Center User's Guide, which provides instructions for using Sun Management Center software.



Note - For the latest information about this product, go to the Sun Management Center Web site at http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter.




How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 introduces Sun Management Center software on the Sun Fire high-end systems.

Chapter 2 describes how to install, set up, start, stop, uninstall, reinstall, and reconfigure Sun Management Center software on the Sun Fire high-end systems. Use this chapter with the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide.

Chapter 3 describes how to set up administrative access security for Sun Management Center on the Sun Fire high-end systems.

Chapter 4 describes how to create, modify, and discover Sun Fire high-end system topology objects.

Chapter 5 describes platform, system controller, and domain data, which is specific to Sun Fire high-end systems and is shown in the respective Details window.

Chapter 6 briefly describes each property and the alarm rules used by the Sun Fire high-end system add-on components.

Chapter 7 describes how to use the dynamic reconfiguration and other management commands from the Platform/Domain State Management (PDSM) module, which is based on the System Management Services (SMS) commands.

Chapter 8 describes how to use the dynamic reconfiguration and other management commands from the dynamic reconfiguration (DR) module, which is based on the configuration administration cfgadm(1M) command.

Appendix A describes how to install and set up Sun Management Center software using the command-line interface (CLI).

A Glossary defines abbreviations and acronyms used in this supplement and in the Sun Management Center graphical user interface (GUI) for Sun Fire high-end system-specific modules.

A comprehensive Index helps you find information quickly in this supplement.

Localized Documentation

The Sun Management Center 3.5 documents for Sun Fire midrange systems are available in French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. However, the examples of screens in this supplement appear only in English.



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Open Source Information

The Sun Management Center 3.5 product includes open source software. Refer to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide for information about license terms, attribution, and copyright statements for open source software included in this release.


Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See the following for this information:

http://docs.sun.com

Table with descriptions and examples of the typographic conventions that are used in this book.


Shell Prompts


Shell

Prompt

C shell

machine-name%

C shell superuser

machine-name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser

#



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.



Related Documentation


Application

Title

Issues, limitations, and bugs for Sun Management Center

Sun Management Center Release Notes

Installation and configuration for Sun Management Center

Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide

Usage of Sun Management Center

Sun Management Center User's Guide

Overview

Sun Fire High-End Systems Software Overview Guide

Issues, limitations, and bugs for SMS and SMS DR

System Management Services (SMS) Release Notes

Installation and setup for SMS

System Management Services (SMS) Installation Guide

SMS administration

System Management Services (SMS) Administrator Guide

SMS reference

System Management Services (SMS) Reference Manual

Sun Fire high-end systems DR

Sun Fire High-End and Midrange Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide

Hardware

Sun Fire E25K/E20K Systems Service Manual
Sun Fire 15K/12K Systems Service Manual

luxadm

Platform Notes: Using luxadm Software



Documentation, Support, and Training


Sun Function

URL

Description

Documentation

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents.

Support

http://www.sun.com/support

Obtain technical support and download patches.

Training

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

Learn about Sun courses.



Third-Party Web Sites

Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materrials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.


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 Management Center 3.5 Version 6 Supplement for Sun Fire High-End Systems, part number 819-0417-10.


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