C H A P T E R  1

Introduction

This manual describes how to customize your Cluster Platform 220/1000 system. It is intended for the Solaris System Administrator who is familiar with the Solaristrademark operating environment, Solstice DiskSuitetrademark software, and Sun Cluster software. For specific information about configuring disksets, disk volumes, file systems, and data services, refer to the Sun Cluster 3.0 documentation.

This system is shipped with hardcopy documentation for the Sun Enterprisetrademark 220R system and the Sun StorEdgetrademark D1000 array. The documentation for the Solaris software and the Sun Cluster 3.0 software are provided in online format.


Tools for Reading Online Documentation

The following tools for reading online documentation are preinstalled on the system:

Netscape Navigator Browser

Use the Netscape browser to read documentation provided as HTML files, view the output from an AnswerBook2 server, or read Sun product documentation at:

http://docs.sun.com.

The Netscape browser can be downloaded from the following location:

http://www.netscape.com

AnswerBook2 Server

The AnswerBook2 server software processes sets of online manuals into content that you can access, search, and view through the Netscape Navigator browser.

After the AnswerBook2 software is installed on the management server, it can be accessed at:

http://name_of_management_server:8888



Note - Review Tools for Reading Online Documentation for additional details about AnswerBook2 server installation.



Adobe Acrobat Reader

The Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread 4.0) software enables you to view documentation in PDF format. You can download it from the following location:

http://www.adobe.com

The man Command

The man command displays documentation about individual commands and files in the Solaris operating environment and other software products in Cluster Platform 220/1000. If the directory that contains man page files for a product is not automatically accessed by the man command, you can add that location to the MANPATH environmental variable included in the .profile file (when using Bourne Shell, or Korn Shell environment), or the .cshrc file (when using the C Shell environment).


Solaris Documentation

AnswerBooktrademark documentation about the Solaris 8 10/00 Operating Environment is included on the Solaristrademark 8 Documentation CD. The following document collections are included:

The /opt/answerbooks/english/solaris_8 directory contains the following document collections: