Preface

The Sun Fire V890 Server Owner's Guide answers your questions about setting up and running the Sun Fire trademark V890 server. Features and options, system setup and installation, hardware configuration, and system administration topics for the Sun Fire V890 server are covered in this manual.

This manual presents information in a modular format designed to answer the type of questions that you might ask while installing, configuring, and using the Sun Fire V890 server. Look at the titles of the modules and you'll find the cue words that direct you to the categories of questions and answers, such as:

How to . . . How do I do something?

About . . . Is there more information about this topic?

Reference for . . . Where can I find reference material for something?

You determine how much or how little of the information you need to read.

Using the table of contents or the task list on the first page of each chapter, you can quickly find a specific topic or task. The information modules are brief; however, they are interrelated and refer to other modules that you may want to read. For instance, if you're manually reconfiguring a device and you're already familiar with the task, you could go to "How to Reconfigure a Device Manually" and follow the procedure. But if you need more background information before performing the task, you should first read "About Manually Configuring Devices."

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 one or more of the following for this information:

Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

Documentation for the Solaris Operating System

Typographic Conventions

Typeface	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	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this.
AaBbCc123	Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Shell Prompts

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

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Related Documentation

Application	Title
Installation	Sun Fire V890 Server Rackmounting Guide Installation Instructions for Solaris Solaris (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Guide Solaris (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Release Notes Solaris Installation Guide Solaris Advanced Installation Guide
Service	Sun Fire V890 Server Service Manual
Late-Breaking Information	Sun Fire V890 Server Product Notes Solaris Release Notes Solaris Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware
System Diagnostics	Sun Fire V890 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting SunVTS User's Guide SunVTS Test Reference Manual SunVTS Quick Reference Card
System Management	Sun Management Center Software Installation Guide Sun Management Center Software User's Guide Sun Management Center Supplement for Workgroup Servers Sun Management Center Software Release Notes
System Administration	Solaris System Administrator Documentation Platform Notes: The eri FastEthernet Device Driver Platform Notes: The Sun GigabitEthernet Device Driver Platform Notes: Using luxadm Software Sun Fire V890 Dynamic Reconfiguration User's Guide OpenBoot 4.x Command Reference Manual OpenBoot PROM Enhancements for Diagnostic Operation OpenBoot 4.x Quick Reference
Remote System Monitoring and Control	Sun Remote System Control (RSC) 2.2 User's Guide

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