Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS

Preface

The Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS provides procedures for administering a Sun™ Cluster configuration on both SPARC™ and x86 based systems.

Note - In this document, the term "x86" refers to the Intel 32-bit family of microprocessor chips and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD.

This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Sun software and hardware. This document is not to be used as a planning or presales guide.

The instructions in this book assume knowledge of the Solaris™ Operating System and expertise with the volume manager software used with Sun Cluster.

Note - Sun Cluster software runs on two platforms, SPARC and x86. The information in this document pertains to both platforms unless otherwise specified in a special chapter, section, note, bulleted item, figure, table, or example.

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains information on commands specific to administering a Sun Cluster configuration. This document might not contain complete information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures.

See one or more of the following for this information:

• Online documentation for the Solaris software environment

• Other software documentation that you received with your system

• Solaris operating environment man pages

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Related Documentation

Information about related Sun Cluster topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Sun Cluster documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.

For a complete list of Sun Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your release of Sun Cluster at http://docs.sun.com.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see "Buy printed documentation" at http://docs.sun.com.

Getting Help

Contact your service provider if you have problems installing or using Sun Cluster. Provide the following information to your service provider.

• Your name and email address

• Your company name, address, and phone number

• The model and serial numbers of your systems

• The release number of the operating environment, for example Solaris 8

• The release number of Sun Cluster, for example, Sun Cluster 3.1 4/04