The Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Installation and Configuration Guide describes the requirements for installing and configuring the Sun N1TM System Manager software on your management server.
This guide is intended for system administrators who are responsible for installing the N1 System Manager software and hardware. The system administrators must have extensive knowledge and experience in the following areas:
The SolarisTM, Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems, and the network administration tools provided by each operating system
DNS, DHCP, IP addressing, subnetworks, VLANs, SNMP, TFTP, NFS, Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS), and mail services
Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring the Sun N1 System Manager Software describes how to install, configure, and tune the N1 System Manager.
Chapter 2, Preparing for Production provides the guidelines and procedures for tuning the N1 System Manager on a management server for the first time.
Chapter 3, Upgrading the Sun N1 System Manager Software describes how to upgrade an existing N1 System Manager 1.2 installation to N1 System Manager 1.3
Chapter 4, Uninstalling the Sun N1 System Manager Software describes how to uninstall the N1 System Manager software.
Appendix A, Sun N1 System Manager Protocol, Ports, and Features Reference provides cross references of the protocols, ports, and features used by the N1 System Manager management server and managed servers.
This guide is part of a nine-volume implementation reference set. The set should be read in the following order:
Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Installation and Configuration Guide
Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide
Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Operating System Provisioning Guide
Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Grid Engine Provisioning and Monitoring Guide
The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
Meaning |
Example |
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
aabbcc123 |
Placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
The command to remove a file is rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online. |
The following table shows the default UNIXTM system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
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C shell |
machine_name% |
C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell |
$ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser |
# |