Preface

The Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.5 Installation Guide and Release Notes contains the Release Notes for SSP 3.5 and describes how to install SSP 3.5 on the System Service Processor (SSP), which enables you to monitor and control the Sun Enterprise trademark 10000 system.

Before You Read This Book

This manual is intended for the Sun Enterprise 10000 system administrator, with a working knowledge of UNIX® systems, particularly those based on the Solaris trademark operating environment. If you do not have such knowledge, you must first read the Solaris User and System Administrator collections provided with this system, and consider UNIX system administration training.

How This Book Is Organized

This document contains the following chapters and appendixes:

Chapter 1 contains Release Notes.

Chapter 2 explains the requirements for installing or upgrading to SSP 3.5.

Chapter 3 describes how to install SSP 3.5 on a new disk.

Chapter 4 explains the procedure for upgrading to SSP 3.5.

Chapter 5 provides information on restoring initialization files and configuring the Network Time Protocol daemon.

Chapter 6 explains the procedure for falling back to a previous release of SSP.

Chapter 7 describes how to estimate the resources required to run third-party applications on the SSP (referred to as an OpenSSP).

Chapter 8 explains how to install the Solaris operating environment on Sun Enterprise 10000 domains.

Chapter 9 describes how to upgrade the Solaris operating environment on Sun Enterprise 10000 domains.

Appendix A describes how to configure the SSP network files.

Appendix B provides a blank OpenSSP memory worksheet for determining OpenSSP memory requirements and a detailed explanation of how the memory values contained in the worksheet are derived.

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 one or more of the following for this information:

Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

Online documentation for the Solaris operating environment

Other software documentation that you received with your system

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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. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide . These are called class options. To delete a file, type `rm` filename .

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Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name `%`
C shell superuser	machine-name `#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Related Documentation

Application	Title	Part Number
SSP 3.5 user information	Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.5 User Guide	816-3624
SSP 3.5 reference	Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.5 Reference Manual	806-7614
COD 1.0	Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1.0 Administrator Guide	806-2190
COD 1.0	Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1.0 Administrator Guide	806-2191
DR models and operation	Sun Enterprise 10000 Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide	816-3627
DR reference	Sun Enterprise 10000 Dynamic Reconfiguration Reference Manual	806-7617
IDN user information	Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain Networks User Guide	806-5222
DR configuration	Sun Enterprise 10000 DR Configuration Guide	816-3630
IDN configuration	Sun Enterprise 10000 IDN Configuration Guide	806-5230
IDN errors	Sun Enterprise 10000 IDN Error Messages	806-5231
Alternate Pathing user information	Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing 2.3.1 User Guide	806-4150
Alternate Pathing reference	Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing 2.3.1 Reference Manual	806-4151
Advanced installation - Solaris 8 only	Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide	806-7932
Advanced installation - Solaris 9 only	Solaris 9 Installation Guide	806-5205
Reconfiguration Coordination Manager (RCM) - Solaris 9 only	System Administration Guide: Basic Administration	Solaris 9 System Administrator Collection `(http://docs.sun.com)`
Multipathing - Solaris 8 only	IP Network Multipathing Administration Guide	806-0850
Multipathing - Solaris 9 only	Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager Software Installation and Configuration Guide	816-1420
Multipathing - Solaris 9 only	System Administration Guide: IP Services	Solaris 9 System Administrator Collection `(http://docs.sun.com)`
Netra T1 Server	Netra t1 User and Administration Guide	806-4707-10
Solaris 9 man pages	Solaris 9 Reference Manual Collection	`http://docs.sun.com`

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