Preface

Sun Cluster Quorum Server provides a quorum device that is not a shared storage device. The Sun Cluster Quorum Server User's Guide contains procedures for installing and configuring the Sun Cluster Quorum Server software.

This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Sun software and hardware. Do not use this document as a presales guide. You should have already determined your system requirements and purchased the appropriate equipment and software before reading this document.

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Note –

In this document, the term “x86” refers to the Intel 32-bit family of microprocessor chips and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD. Sun Cluster Quorum Server 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.

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Related Documentation

Information about related Sun Cluster Quorum Server topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table.

Topic	Documentation
Sun Cluster system administration	Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS
Sun Cluster hardware administration	Sun Cluster 3.1 - 3.2 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS
Glossary	Sun Java Enterprise System Glossary

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

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

• Training

Typographic Conventions

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

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
aabbcc123	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

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

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name%
C shell for superuser	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	#