Preface

The Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide is written for experienced system administrators. It includes general descriptive information about the Netra^TM 440 server and detailed instructions for configuring and administering the server. To use the information in this manual, you must have working knowledge of computer network concepts and terms, and advanced familiarity with the Solaris trademark Operating System (Solaris OS).

How This Book Is Organized

The Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide is divided into the following chapters:

Chapter 1 describes the system console and how to access it.

Chapter 2 describes the tools used to configure system firmware, including Sun^TM Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) system controller environmental monitoring, automatic system recovery (ASR), hardware watchdog mechanism, and multipathing software. In addition, it describes how to unconfigure and reconfigure a device manually.

Chapter 3 describes how to manage internal disk volumes and devices.

This manual also includes the following reference appendixes:

Appendix A provides a list of all OpenBoot configuration variables, and a short description of each.

Appendix B provides a sample program that illustrates how to get/set the status of the alarms.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on basic UNIX^® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris OS documentation, which is at

http://docs.sun.com

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Table with examples of the types of shell prompts that are used in this book.

Typographic Conventions

Typeface`^[1]`	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. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Typeface^[1]

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. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Application	Title	Part Number
Late-breaking product information	Netra 440 Server Release Notes	817-3885-xx
Product description	Netra 440 Server Product Overview	817-3881-xx
Installation instructions	Netra 440 Server Installation Guide	817-3882-xx
Administration	Netra 440 Server System Administration Guide	817-3884-xx
Parts installation and removal	Netra 440 Server Service Manual	817-3883-xx
Diagnostics and troubleshooting	Netra 440 Server Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide	817-3886-xx
Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) system controller	Advanced Lights Out Manager User's Guide	817-5481-xx

Accessing Sun Documentation

You can view, print, or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation, including localized versions, at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation

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