Preface

This guide explains how to manage the Sun Fire™ V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the ways in which a user can manage the servers. See “Introduction” on page 1.

Chapter 2 describes how to manage the servers through the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). See “IPMI Server Management” on page 27.

Chapter 3 describes how to manage the servers through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). See “SNMP Server Management” on page 41.

Chapter 4 provides further management information, such as how to enable scripting capability, Console Redirection over Serial on a Linux-based server, and Serial-over-LAN. See “Further Management Information” on page 55.

Appendix A contains an overview of the server management commands that you can use to manage the server. Following appendixes describe each command type in detail. See “Server Management Commands Summary” on page 73.

Appendix B contains detailed descriptions of Access commands. See “Access Commands” on page 79.

Appendix C contains detailed descriptions of Diagnostics commands. See “Diagnostics Commands” on page 107.

Appendix D contains detailed descriptions of Inventory commands. See “Inventory Commands” on page 117.

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