Preface

The Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.5 User Guide describes the System Service Processor (SSP), which enables you to monitor and control the Sun Enterprise^TM 10000 system.

How This Book Is Organized

This document contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, Introduction to the SSP introduces the System Service Processor (SSP).

Chapter 2, Hostview introduces the Hostview Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Chapter 3, Domain Administration describes how to create, remove, rename, and bring up domains, and also how to get status information on a domain.

Chapter 4, netcon and netcontool describes how to use netcon(1M) and netcontool(1M).

Chapter 5, Power Administration describes how to control the system power resources from within Hostview or from the command line, to control the peripherals power resources from the command line, and to monitor the power levels in Hostview.

Chapter 6, Thermal Conditions Administration describes how to administer the thermal conditions from within Hostview and how to monitor the fans from within Hostview.

Chapter 7, Blacklist Administration describes how to configure components out of the system using the blacklist file.

Chapter 8, SSP Failover describes how automatic failover from the main to spare SSP works.

Chapter 9, Dual Control Board Handling provides information on the use of dual control boards and the control board failover process.

Chapter 10, SSP Internals provides more detailed information for system administrators interested in how the SSP works. Included are descriptions of the SSP booting process, SSP daemons, and failover conditions.

Appendix A describes miscellaneous SSP procedures, such as how to deconfigure the SSP.

Before You Read This Book

This manual is intended for Sun Enterprise 10000 system administrators, who have a working knowledge of UNIX® systems, particularly those based on the Solaris^TM operating environment. If you do not have such knowledge, you should first read the Solaris User and System Administrator AnswerBook2^TM provided with this system, and consider UNIX system administration training.

Using UNIX Commands

This document does not contain information on basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.

See one or more of the following for this information:

• AnswerBook2 online documentation for the Solaris software environment, particularly those dealing with Solaris system administration

• Other software documentation that you received with your system

Typographic Conventions

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	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.  Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value.	Read Chapter 6 in the User Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. To delete a file, type rm filename.

Shell Prompts

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

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

SSP Command Syntax

SSP commands ignore unrecognized parameters used on the command line.

Related Documentation

Table P-3 Related Documentation

Application	Title	Part Number
Installation	Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.5 Installation Guide and Release Notes	806-7615
Reference (man pages)	Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.5 Reference Manual	806-7614
Release Notes	Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.5 Installation Guide and Release Notes	806-7615
Other	Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1.0 Administrator Guide   Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1.0 Reference Manual   Sun Enterprise 10000 Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide   Sun Enterprise 10000 Dynamic Reconfiguration Reference Manual   Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain Networks User Guide   Sun Enterprise 10000 Domain Configuration Guide   Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing 2.3.1 User Guide   Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing 2.3.1 Reference Manual   IP Network Multipathing Administration Guide   MPxIO Installation and Configuration Guide	806-2190      806-2191      806-7616      806-7617      806-4121      806-5228      806-4150      806-4151      806-7931    816-1420

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