C H A P T E R

C H A P T E R 2

Sun Fire 15K Server Software Documentation Set

Sun Fire 15K server software documentation is comprised of three categories of documents:

Usage, reference, installation, and release note documents for software that runs only on Sun Fire 15K server systems. This category includes System Management Services (SMS) software documents.

Sun software documentation that applies to other servers and workstations as well as to Sun Fire 15K server systems. This category includes Solaris operating environment usage, reference, installation, and release documents, as well as individual man page commands.

Documentation for Sun software products that run on other Sun hardware platforms but require additional information and instructions when running on Sun Fire 15K server systems. This category includes Sun Management Center software documents.

In addition, some hardware and service documents are shipped with the Sun Fire 15K hardware. One of these, the Sun Fire 15K System Site Planning Guide , contains a preinstallation checklist that includes a necessary step for allocating a range of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to be used by Management Network software.

See Related Documentation for a table that shows titles and part numbers of all these documents, except for this current document and for generic Solaris operating environment documentation.

See Chapter C H A P T E R - 3 for information about key differences between Sun Fire 15K server software and Sun Enterprise 10000 server software, including descriptions of the documentation that describes the new functionality.

Audience for This Document Set

Sun Fire 15K server systems are used in mission-critical data centers. The intended audience for the Sun Fire 15K software documentation set is experienced system administrators who configure and maintain these high-end servers.

Sun Fire 15K system administrators should be able to qualify as Sun-Certified System Administrators for the Solaris Operating Environment and as Sun-Certified Network Administrators for the Solaris Operating Environment. This certification, available from Sun Microsystems, is for system administrators tasked with performing essential system administration procedures on the Solaris Operating Environment, and for technical application support staff responsible for administering a networked server running the Solaris Operating Environment.

Sun Microsystems is creating certification guidebooks to help you understand the certification process. The guidebooks will contain all the information needed to learn how to prepare and register for Solaris Operating Environment certification examinations:

Certification requirements

Examination details

Supporting courseware

Testing objectives

For more information about the certification process, click the Certification link on this web page:

http://suned.sun.com

Certification often accompanies coursework, and Sun Fire 15K system administrators should be familiar with the contents of the standard Sun Educational Services courses in Solaris operating environment administration and network administration, especially:

The Solaris Operating Environment System Administrator I course, which provides information about the essential tasks of standalone installation, file system management, backup procedures, process control, user administration, and device management.

The Solaris Operating Environment System Administrator II course, which provides students with the skills necessary to administer Sun systems running Solaris in a network environment. Students will be taught how to maintain Sun systems, configure and troubleshoot the Network File System (NFS), and configure the Network Information Service (NIS) environment.

The Solaris Operating Environment TCP/IP Network Administration course, which teaches students the advanced administration skills required to plan, create, administer, and troubleshoot a local area network (LAN). This course provides hands-on experience with network planning, configuration, and troubleshooting, as well as Internet Protocol (IP) routing, Domain Name Service (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and IP version 6 (IPv6).

For more information about these courses and their contents, look for Solaris Operating Environment Courses on this web page:

http://suned.sun.com/HQ/catalog/

Because some system administration procedures are delegated to operators who may be less familiar with the Solaris operating environment and with Sun Fire 15K servers, step-by-step procedures such as installation and configuration are written more simply, with a single step for each action the operator must take, and ample examples of the messages the operator will see after these steps.

Where to Find Information About Sun Fire 15K Software

The Sun Fire 15K server software documentation includes user guides, reference manuals (including individual man pages that can be viewed separately using the man command), installation guides, release notes, and README files. With the exception of individual man pages and README files, these documents are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF files on product CD-ROMs for all software releases.

For production software releases, these software documents are also available in both PDF and HTML formats on the Sun Microsystems website. You can navigate to them by clicking the High-End Servers link on this web page:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Servers/

Printed versions of certain documents, such as installation guides and release notes that you may have to read before the Sun Fire 15K server software is running, are also included in the appropriate Solaris operating environment media kit.

Solaris Operating Environment Information

Read the Solaris operating environment installation documents and Release Notes included in your Solaris operating environment media kit if you are installing or upgrading the Solaris operating environment on any Sun Fire 15K domains.

SMS Software Information

Read the System Management Services Administrator Guide for platform administration information.

Read the System Management Services Reference Manual, and the individual SMS man pages it contains, for information about individual SMS command usage and syntax.

Read the System Management Services Installation Guide and Release Notes if you are upgrading or reinstalling SMS software on a main or spare system controller.

Dynamic Reconfiguration Software Information

Read the System Management Services Dynamic Reconfiguration User Guide to understand how to perform DR operations from the system controller as a platform administrator.

Read the Sun Fire 15K Dynamic Reconfiguration User's Guide and the cfgadm (1M) and dr (7) man pages to understand the usage and syntax of DR operations performed while logged onto an individual domain.

Read the Sun Management Center Supplement for Sun Fire 15K Systems for information about performing DR and other system management operations in the Sun Management Center environment.

Sun Management Center Software Information

Read the Sun Management Center Software User's Guide and Sun Management Center Supplement for Sun Fire 15K Systems for information about using Sun Management Center on Sun Fire 15K servers.

Read the Sun Management Center Software Installation Guide, Sun Management Center Supplement for Sun Fire 15K Systems, Sun Management Center Software Release Notes, and Sun Management Center Release Notes for Sun Fire 15K Systems for information about installing, upgrading, or configuring Sun Management Center software on Sun Fire 15K servers.