Preface

The Solstice Cooperative Consoles Administration Guide provides information on the functions and features of Cooperative Consoles 1.2 for Solstice Site/SunNet/Domain Manager.

Who Should Use This Book

This document is intended for network administrators who set up and configure Cooperative Consoles for information sharing between Site/SunNet/Domain Manager Console instances running on multiple hosts.

Installation Information

For information on installing Cooperative Consoles software, refer to the appropriate Site/SunNet/Domain Manager Installation Guide.

How This Book Is Organized

This document is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, "Introduction," provides an overview of the components of Cooperative Consoles.

Chapter 2, "Cooperative Consoles Configurations," describes a number of possible configurations in the information forwarding relationships among Site/SunNet/Domain Manager Consoles with Cooperative Consoles installed.

Chapter 3, "Cooperative Consoles Operation," describes the function of Cooperative Consoles and its underlying architecture.

Chapter 4, "Using the Configuration Tool," describes the use of the Configuration Tool to customize the sharing of information between management stations.

Chapter 5, "Cooperative Consoles Examples," provides examples of filter file entries.

Appendix A, "Diagnosis," provides some information on what you can do when encountering problems using CC.

Compatibility

See the Site/SunNet/Domain Manager Release Notes for compatibility information.

Conventions Used in This Book

Command Line Examples

All command line examples in this guide use the C-shell environment. If you use either the Bourne or Korn shells, refer to sh(1) and ksh(1) man pages for command equivalents to the C-shell.

What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean

The following table describes the type changes and symbols used in this book.

Table P-1

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. system% You have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	system% su Password:
<AaBbCc123>	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm <filename>.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	These are called class options. You must be root to do this.
Code samples are included in boxes and may display the following:
%	UNIX C shell prompt	system%
$	UNIX Bourne and Korn shell prompt	system$
#	Superuser prompt, all shells	system#

Mouse Conventions

This book assumes that you are using a standard Sun workstation three-button mouse. The mouse buttons are called SELECT (left), ADJUST (middle), and MENU (right).

Click means to press and quickly release a mouse button.

Press indicates you should hold the button down until an action is completed, such as a menu appearing.