Chapter 4 Other Changes to N1 System Manager

This chapter details changes and modifications to N1 System Manager functionality and documentation beyond those additions that support the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System.

The online help has not been updated for this release of N1 System Manager. This chapter also details the minor changes to the functionality described in the online help.

Supported Hardware and Operating Systems

This section details the supported hardware for this release of N1 System Manager.

Management Server Requirements

N1 System Manager management server hardware and operating software minimum requirements are listed in the following table.

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Caution –

Dedicate the N1 System Manager management server only to the N1 System Manager software. Do not install other applications on the management server. The management server must not be managed by any system management software such as N1 System Manager, Sun Management Center, Sun Control Station, or any other management system.

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Table 4–1 Management Server Disk Space and RAM Requirements

Disk Space	RAM
72 Gbytes minimum for all management servers	4 Gbytes minimum for all management servers

Table 4–2 SPARC-based Management Server Supported Hardware and Operating Systems

Type	Operating System
NetraTM 240, 440	Solaris Version 10, 64-bit  Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit
Sun FireTM T1000, T2000	Solaris Version 10 HW2, 64-bit  Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit
Sun Fire V210, V240, V440	Solaris Version 10, 64-bit  Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit
Sun Fire V490	Solaris Version 10, 64-bit  Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit

Table 4–3 X86 and X64–based Management Server Supported Hardware and Operating Systems

Type	Operating System
Sun Fire X2100	Solaris Version 10 HW1, 32-bit and 64-bit  Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 32-bit and 64-bit  Solaris Version 10 Update 2, 32-bit and 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 6, 32-bit and 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 2, 32-bit and 64-bit
Sun Fire X4100 and X4200	Solaris x64 Version 10 HW1, 64-bit  Solaris x64 Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit  Solaris x64 Version 10 Update 2, 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 5, 32–bit and 64–bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 1 and Update 3, 64–bit
Sun Fire V20z and V40z	Solaris x64 Version 10 HW1, 64-bit  Solaris x64 Version 10 Update 1 and Update 2, 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Updates 2 through 4, 32-bit and 64-bit, single core only  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 5, 32-bit and 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 1, 32-bit and 64-bit

A minimum of 3.0 Gbytes should be allocated for each OS distribution you plan to provision.

• On a Solaris-based management server, OS distributions are stored as follows:

  • Linux OS distributions are stored in /var/opt/SUNWscs/share/allstart

  • Solaris OS distributions are stored in /var/js

• On a Linux-based management server, OS distributions are stored as follows:

  • Linux OS distributions are stored in /var/opt/sun/scs/share/allstart/

  • Solaris OS distributions are stored in /var/opt/sun/scs/share/allstart/jumpstart/

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Note –

If the server you have chosen for the management server has only two network interfaces, consider installing a third 10/100 or 10/100/1000 NIC in N1 System Manager. A third NIC enables you to assign the management, provisioning, and data networks to separate network interfaces, and simplifies administrative tasks. The example diagrams and configurations in this document assume that an additional NIC has been installed in the management server.

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Manageable Server Requirements

N1 System Manager manageable server hardware and operating software requirements are listed in the following tables.

Table 4–4 Manageable Server Disk Space and RAM Requirements

Disk Space	RAM
12 Gbytes minimum for all manageable servers	512 Mbytes minimum, 1 Gbyte recommended for all manageable servers

Table 4–5 SPARC-Based Manageable Server Supported Hardware and Operating Systems

Type	Provisionable OS
Sun Netra 240 and 440	Solaris 10 GA and later  Solaris 9 Update 7 and Update 8
Sun Fire V210, V240, and V440	Solaris 10 GA and later  Solaris 9 Update 7 and Update 8
Sun Fire V490	Solaris 9 9/05  Solaris 10 3/05
Sun Fire V890	Solaris 9 9/05  Solaris 10 3/05
Sun Fire T1000 and T2000	Solaris 10 HW2 and later

Table 4–6 X86 and X64 Based Manageable Server Supported Hardware and Operating Systems

Type	Provisionable OS
Sun Blade X8400 Server Module	Solaris x64 Version 10 Update 2, 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise 4 AS, Update 3  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3, 64-bit  Windows 2003 SE, 2003 EE 64-bit  Windows 2003 SE, 2003 EE, SP1 32-bit
Sun Fire V20z and V40z	Solaris x64 Version 10 HW1, 64-bit  Solaris x64 Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit  Solaris 9 04/05 32-bit  Solaris 9 09/05 HW 32-bit  Solaris 9 09/05 32-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS, Updates 1 through 4, 32-bit and 64-bit, single core only  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS, Updates 5 through 6, 32-bit and 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS, 32-bit, single core only  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS, update 1, 32-bit and 64-bit  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1 and SP2, 64-bit    MS Windows 2003 SE, 2003 EE, 2003 WE 32-bit only  Windows 2003 SE, 2003 EE 64- bit only  Windows 2000S, 2000AS 32-bit only
Sun Fire X2100 with the 8081A IPMI 1.5 Remote Management Card: Part Number: 371-0743	Solaris Version 10 HW1. 32-bit and 64-bit  Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 32-bit and 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 6 or greater, 32-bit and 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 2, 32-bit and 64-bit  SUSE Linux Professional 9 SP3 or greater, 32-bit and 64-bit  Windows 2003 SE, 2003 EE, 64-bit  Windows 2003 SE, 2003 EE, SP1, 32-bit
Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 including Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X4200 M2	Solaris x64 Version 10 HW1, 64-bit  Solaris x64 Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS, Update 5 and Update 6, 32-bit and 64-bit  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 1 and Update 2, 64-bit  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1 through SP3, 64-bit  Windows 2003 SE, 2003 EE 64-bit  Windows 2003 SE, 2003 EE, SP1 32-bit
Sun Fire X4500	Solaris 10 Update 1, 64-bit
Sun Fire X4600 and Sun Fire X4600 M2	Solaris 10 Update 1, 64-bit,  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 3, 64-bit,  Windows 2003 SE, SP1, 32-bit

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Note –

OS discovery, OS monitoring, and software update management are not supported for managed servers running the Windows operating system. For further information about OS discovery, see Chapter 4, Discovering Manageable Servers, in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide. For further information about OS monitoring, see Chapter 6, Monitoring Servers and Server Groups, in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide.

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Upgrading From N1 System Manager 1.3

The upgrade procedure to N1 System Manager 1.3.1 from N1 System Manager 1.3 is identical to the upgrade procedure to N1 System Manager 1.3 from N1 System Manager 1.2. See Upgrading to Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for details.

Updates to the N1 System Manager 1.3 Documentation

This section details any updates or corrections to the N1 System Manager documentation that already existed for the last release of the product, and that accompanies this release of the product.

Provisioning the Solaris 10 OS on to N1 Grid Engine Hosts

After you have deployed the Solaris 10 OS to the managed servers that are designated N1 Grid Engine compute hosts, if the N1 Grid Engine master server is running a supported distribution of Red Hat Linux version 4, follow the procedure described below.

This workaround is necessary no matter what operating system is running on the management server.

To Provision the Solaris 10 OS on to N1 Grid Engine Hosts

1. Follow the standard provisioning process described in Chapter 2, Provisioning UNIX Operating Systems, in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Operating System Provisioning Guide and in Chapter 1, N1SM for N1 Grid Engine Online Help, in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Grid Engine Monitoring Help.

2. On the server designated as a compute host, on which you have provisioned the Solaris 10 OS, edit the /etc/default/nfs file as follows.

   Ensure that the NFS_CLIENT_VERSMAX is set to 2 and not 4.

   NFS_CLIENT_VERSMAX=2

3. Restart NFS using the following command.

   # svcadm restart svc:/network/nfs/client:default

Updates and Amendments to the Online Help

The online help has not been updated for this release of the N1 System Manager. This section details some minor additions to the functionality that is described in the online help, since these additions have not been made to the online help for this release.

The valid hardware model name in N1 System Manager for Sun Blade X8400 Server Module is X8400.

The valid hardware model names in N1 System Manager for the Sun Fire X4000 series servers are as follows:

X4100M2

Sun Fire X4100 M2 server

X4200M2

Sun Fire X4200 M2 server

X4600M2

Sun Fire X4600 M2 server

X4500

Sun Fire X4500 server

The provisioning of Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules is now possible. This is not detailed in the online help. See Chapter 3, Provisioning Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules in the Sun Blade 8000 Chassis for details.