What Is the Solaris Management Console?

The Solaris Management Console is a container for GUI-based management tools that are stored in collections referred to as toolboxes. The console includes a default toolbox with many basic management tools, including tools for managing users, projects, and cron jobs; for mounting and sharing file systems; and for managing disks and serial ports. For a brief description of each Solaris management tool, see Table 2–1.

You can always add tools to the existing toolbox, or you can create new toolboxes.

The Solaris Management Console has three primary components:

• The Solaris Management Console Client

  Called console, this is the visible interface and contains the GUI tools used to perform management tasks.

• The Solaris Management Console Server

  This component is located either on the same machine as the console or remotely, and provides all the back end functionality that allows management through the console.

• The Solaris Management Console Toolbox Editor

  This application, which looks similar to the console, is used to add or modify toolboxes, to add tools to a toolbox, or to extend the scope of a toolbox. For example, you would add a toolbox to manage a name service domain.

The default toolbox is visible when you start the console.