Preface

This document is written for system administrators of the Sun StorageTek 5800 System. The administrator should be familiar with network troubleshooting and UNIX^® system administrator activities.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the system hardware and software, as well as an introduction to the system components and software functionality.

Chapter 2 describes the interfaces you can use to perform administrative tasks and lists which tasks are available through the command-line interface (CLI) and graphical user interface (GUI).

Chapter 3 describes the system access parameters and how to configure them.

Chapter 4 describes the network access parameters and how to configure them.

Chapter 5 describes how to start, stop, and reboot system components.

Chapter 6 describes how to set up email notifications and the system log file.

Chapter describes metadata and virtual file system views and how to configure them.

Chapter 8 describes how to get information about the system hardware and software using the CLI.

Chapter 9 describes how to get information about the system hardware and software using the GUI.

Chapter 10 describes how to protect your 5800 system from catastrophic loss.

Appendix A provides complete syntax for all CLI commands.

The Glossary provides a list of pertinent words and phrases and their definitions for the 5800 system.

Using UNIX Commands

This document does not contain information on basic UNIX commands and procedures. Refer to the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at http://docs.sun.com

Shell Prompts

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

Typographic Conventions

Typeface`^[1]`	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. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

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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.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Title	Part Number	Format	Location
Sun StorageTek 5800 System Regulatory and Safety Compliance Manual	819-3809-xx	HTML PDF	Online
Sun StorageTek 5800 System Site Preparation Guide	820-1635-xx	HTML PDF	Online
Sun StorageTek 5800 System Release Notes	819-7559-xx	HTML PDF	Online
Sun StorageTek 5800 System Client API Reference Guide	819-7557-xx	PDF	Online
Sun StorageTek 5800 System SDK Developer’s Guide	819-7558-xx	PDF	Online

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL
Documentation	`http://www.sun.com/documentation/`
Support	`http://www.sun.com/support/`
Training	`http://www.sun.com/training/`

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