Preface
This book describes how to use the system controller command line interface, which controls the system functions and provides environmental monitoring plus domain and hardware control. With the system controller software, you can configure the platform and domains, as well as power on and off domains, power supplies, fans, and other components. The system controller also provides a platform console and a domain console.
Before You Read This Book
This book is for system administrators, who have a working knowledge of the
Solaris ™ operating environment. If you do not have such knowledge, you should first read the Solaris User and System Administrator AnswerBooks and consider
UNIX
® system administration training.
How This Book Is Organized
This book contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1 introduces you to the system controller. It explains the platform shell and
the domain shell. It also describes the responsibilities of the platform administrator and the domain administrator. It provides step-by-step procedures on how to enter the platform shell and the domain shell of the system controller, how to navigate within the system controller, between the system controller and the Solaris operating environment, and between the OpenBoot ™ PROM and the system controller. It also explains how to terminate a system controller session.
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Chapter 2 explains system controller command syntax, command names, and
command arguments. It also provides in tabular form a summary of all of the system controller commands and provides complete descriptions, with syntax, and examples for each system controller command.
Typographic Conventions
Typeface
AaBbCc123
AaBbCc123
AaBbCc123
Meaning
The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output
What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output
Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized
Examples
Edit your .login
file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
% su
Password:
Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be superuser to do this.
Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value
To delete a file, type rm filename.
Shell Prompts
Shell
C shell
C shell superuser
Bourne shell and Korn shell
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser
Platform shell
Domain shell
Prompt machine_name % machine_name #
$
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