Solaris Management Console

Solaris Management Console 2.1 is a GUI-based “umbrella application” that serves as the starting point for a variety of management tools. The console comes complete with a default toolbox that contains the following tools:

• System Information – Display read-only data about the host, hardware, and software.

• Log Viewer – View application and command-line messages. Manage log files.

• Processes – View, suspend, resume, and delete processes.

• Performance – Track the usage and consumption of system resources.

• Users – Set up and maintain user accounts, user templates, groups, mailing lists, administrative roles, and rights. Grant or deny rights to users and to administrative roles. These rights control access to applications and tasks.

• Projects – Constrain how resources are allocated, by processes and by tasks that run in the current project.

• Computers and Networks – View and manage computers, networks, and subnetworks.

• Patches – Manage patches on systems that run the Solaris operating environment.

• Scheduled Jobs – Schedule, start, and manage jobs.

• Mounts and Shares – View and manage mounts, shares, and usage information.

• Disks – Create and view disk partitions.

• Enhanced Storage – Create and manage RAID–0, RAID–1, RAID–5, soft partitions, and transactional volumes. RAID–0 volumes include concatenation volumes and stripe volumes. RAID–1 volumes are mirror volumes. The enhanced storage enables the assembly of flexible storage configurations that are resistant to data loss or downtime.

• Serial Ports – Configure and manage existing serial ports.

You can add or delete tools from the default toolbox. You can create a new toolbox to manage a different set of tools by using the console Toolbox Editor.

Diskless clients can also be managed, but only through a command-line interface.

For further information, see the “Solaris Management Console (Overview)” in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.