Preface

This book explains how to plan, configure, and manage a network bandwidth management system using Solaris^TM Bandwidth Manager.

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Note -

The Solaris^TM operating environment runs on two types of hardware, or platforms - SPARC^TM and IA. The Solaris operating environment also runs on both 64-bit and 32-bit address spaces. The information in this document pertains to both platforms and address spaces unless called out in a special chapter, section, note, bullet, figure, table, example, or code example.

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Who Should Use This Book

This book is for network administrators planning and implementing bandwidth management, using Solaris Bandwidth Manager 1.6.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Introduction explains the concepts of bandwidth management and quality of service management, and introduces the features of Solaris Bandwidth Manager.

Chapter 2, Architecture describes the architecture of Solaris Bandwidth Manager.

Chapter 3, Planning explains how to plan a bandwidth management system.

Chapter 4, Editing the Configuration Files explains how to configure Solaris Bandwidth Manager using the configuration file.

Chapter 5, Configuring Solaris Bandwidth Manager Using batool explains how to configure and manage Solaris Bandwidth Manager using the batool utility.

Chapter 6, Configuring Solaris Bandwidth Manager with a Directory Service explains how to use a Directory Service with Solaris Bandwidth Manager.

Chapter 7, Running Solaris Bandwidth Manager explains how to monitor and maintain your bandwidth management system.

Chapter 8, Statistics explains the statistics and accounting tools provided with Solaris Bandwidth Manager.

Related Books

Solaris Bandwidth Manager 1.6 Developers Guide explains how to create applications that interact with Solaris Bandwidth Manager using the programming interfaces provided.

Standards Reference

Solaris Bandwidth Manager is based on the following Internet standards and proposed standards:

• RFC 2474 Definition of the Differentiated Services Field

• RFC 2475 An Architecture for Differentiated Services

Ordering Sun Documents

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Accessing Sun Documentation Online

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What Typographic Conventions Mean

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized.	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	#