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Preface

The Administration Supplement for Solaris Platforms describes Solaris(TM) 2.x system administration tasks that differ on SPARC(R) and x86 systems. This book supplements the rest of SunSoft's system administration documentation set, which provides information about system administration tasks common to both hardware types.
When a task from the system administration documentation set contains hardware-specific information, you will be referred to this book.
See Table A-1 for a summary of differences between SPARC and x86 systems.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for system administrators who need specific information about SPARC or x86 systems to perform Solaris 2.x system administration tasks.
The Administration Supplement for Solaris Platforms is also useful for system administrators who want to know how the Solaris 2.x environment is different between SPARC and x86 hardware.

Before You Read This Book

If you are an experienced SunOS(TM) 4.x system administrator, refer to the Solaris 1.x to Solaris 2.x Transition Guide for information about how to make the transition from administering SunOS 4.x (Solaris 1.x) systems to administering Solaris 2.x systems.
If you are reading this book because you want to know how Solaris 2.x system administration differs between SPARC and x86 hardware, see the next section called "How This Book Is Organized" for a brief description of each chapter.
The specific books in the SunSoft system administration documentation set that refer to this book are:
See these books for a full explanation of the system administration topics covered in this book.
For SPARC and x86 hardware configuration information, see the following:
  • SPARC Hardware Platform Guide
  • x86 Device Configuration Guide

How This Book Is Organized

This book is divided into two parts:
  • Part I--SPARC

    Part I of this book provides information needed to perform system administration tasks on a SPARC system.

  • Part II--x86

    Part II of this book provides information about performing system administration tasks on an x86 system.

Table P-1 provides a brief description of each chapter.
Table P-1
Chapter NumberDescription
Part I
Chapter 1
Information about accessing devices on a SPARC
system, that includes a discussion of device names
Chapter 2Task-specific instructions on booting a SPARC system using different scenarios
Chapter 3Information about setting up disks on a SPARC system that includes an introduction to disk formatting and steps for setting up a system disk
Chapter 4Task-specific information about managing file systems
on a SPARC system
Part II
Chapter 6
Information about accessing devices on an x86 system,
that includes a discussion of device names
Chapter 7Task-specific instructions on booting an x86 system using different scenarios
Chapter 8Information about setting up disks on an x86 system that includes an introduction to disk formatting, and steps setting up a system disk
Chapter 9Task-specific information about managing file systems
on an x86 system

Device Terminology

This book uses the following terminology to describe areas of a disk connected to a Solaris 2.x system.
  1. Slice refers to a specific area of a Solaris disk. For example, a disk connected to a Solaris 2.x SPARC system can contain up to eight slices. In previous SunOS releases, a specific area of a disk was referred to as a partition.

  2. Fdisk partition on an x86 system refers to an area of a disk devoted to an entire operating system, such as the Solaris 2.x release. The Solaris fdisk partition may contain up to ten slices.

Conventions

  • The key referred to as Return is labeled Enter on some keyboards.
  • Functions that require you to hold down one key while pressing a second key or mouse button are shown with a hyphen between them (for example, Control-c or Control-d).
  • Illustrations that depict screen images are representative; that is, the illustrations might not exactly match what you see on the screen.

What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean

The following table describes the type changes and symbols used in this book.
Table P-2
Typeface or SymbolMeaningExample
AaBbCc123The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer outputEdit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. system% You have mail.
AaBbCc123What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output 

 system%su  
 Password:
AaBbCc123Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or valueTo delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasizedRead Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.
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UNIX C shell prompt.....system%


Superuser prompt, C shellsystem#

UNIX Bourne and Korn shell prompt$

Superuser prompt, Bourne and Korn shells#