frad(1M) runs on the system controller (SC) and provides the exclusive mechanism by which SMS processes, including daemons, access any FRU SEEPROM within a given Sun Fire 15K/12K system. frad also provides the platform-dependent interface to the Sun Fire 15K/12K SEEPROMs required by the FRU ID software tools.
This daemon is started automatically by the ssd(1M) daemon. Do not start it manually from the command line.