Preface

This book, the Platform Notes: SPARCstation Voyager Software Guide, explains how to use the SPARCstation(TM) Voyager(TM) computer with software provided with the Solaris(TM) 7 release that is specific to this computer. This book is intended for the user of a SPARCstation Voyager and for a system and network administrator supporting users of that workstation.

Who Should Use This Book

If you are a SPARCstation Voyager user, the manuals provided with your workstation contain comparable information about using software with your system. Refer to this manual to find how to use your system with the latest release of Solaris software.

If you are an administrator supporting users of the SPARCstation Voyager, this manual provides you with software information you may need, even if you do not have a SPARCstation Voyager and its documentation set at hand.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Software Installation is an overview of how to install Solaris software on a SPARCstation Voyager system.

Chapter 2, System Power describes how to start up the system and how to halt or suspend use of the machine in a ways that makes it easy to resume your work later.

Chapter 3, Using Power Management Software on SPARCstation Voyager Systems describes how to use Power Managenemt software that provides special features for the SPARCstation Voyager.

Chapter 4, Using a Networked SPARCstation Voyager Disconnected From the Network describes how a SPARCstation Voyager user can be disconnected from the network and operated as a standalone system.

Chapter 5, Configuring for Disconnected Operation describes how an administrator can prepare a network for remote use of a SPARCstation Voyager system.

Chapter 6, Configuring for Point-to-Point Protocol Connections describes how to set up a PPP connection to link a SPARCstation Voyager system to a network.

Using UNIX Commands

This document may not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.

See one or more of the following for this information:

• Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

• AnswerBook(TM) online documentation for the Solaris(TM) software environment

• Other software documentation that you received with your system

Typographic Conventions

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	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.  Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. To delete a file, type rm filename.

Shell Prompts

Table P-2 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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