Summary of Major Tasks

The following diagram provides a high-level overview of the tasks required to prepare a site for Sun N1 System Manager1.3 installation.

The term manageable server is used in this manual for any server that has not been discovered by the N1 System Manager. The term management server refers to the server on which the N1 System Manager is installed. The term managed server is used for any server that has been discovered by the N1 System Manager and is subsequently monitored and managed by the N1 System Manager.

Figure 1–1 Site Preparation Task Flow

Summaries of each of the above tasks are provided in the following list.

• Determine system requirements

  This task involves the following actions:

  • Inventory the equipment you want to use with the Sun N1 System Manager

  • Compare the inventory to the system requirements, and if desired, purchase additional equipment

  • Determine which server you will use as the management server and which operating system you will install on the management server

  • Determine which servers you will monitor and manage using the N1 System Manager and, based on the total, determine your switch requirements

  References:

  • Sun N1 System Manager Hardware and OS Requirements

  • Sun N1 System Manager Connection Information

  • Reference Configurations

  • Management Server Considerations

  • Switch Considerations

• Map network

  This task involves the following actions:

  • Determine the IP addressing scheme for the management, provisioning, and data networks.

  • Determine whether you will use a single-switch configuration in which all connections are on a single switch, or a two-switch configuration, in which the management network is isolated on one switch and the data and provisioning networks are on the second switch.

  • Determine the VLAN assignments.

  References:

  • Reference Configurations

  • Site Planning

• Connect the hardware based on the information and decisions you have made in the preceding steps.

• Prepare the manageable servers

  This task involves the following actions:

  • Assign an IP address to the management port of each manageable server

  • Set up the manageable server management processor account credentials where applicable

  References:

  • Server hardware documentation

  • Setting Up Manageable Servers

• Install and configure an operating system on the management server.

  This task can be performed at the same time as manageable server preparation and RIS server setup.

  References:

  • Installing the Solaris OS on the Management Server

  • Installing the RedHat Enterprise Linux OS on the Management Server

  • Enabling FTP on the Management Server

  • Updating the /etc/hosts File

  • Setting Up a Windows Remote Installation Services Server