Sun Microsystems Sun Workstation 100U System Manager's Manual page 6

Introduction
Sun 100/150 Installation and Maintenance
Summary of Contents
Contents of the Sy,tem Indallation and Maintenance Guide are:
Chapter 1 -
UnptJcking and Setting Up the lOOU -
is a guide to getting a new Model lOOU
out of its shipping cartons and setting up the desktop workstation ready to run. If you have
disk and/or tape subsystems, work through Chapter 3 next to complete your hardware set up.
Chapter
2 - Unpacking and Setting Up the 150U - is a guide to getting a new Model 150U
out of its shipping cartons and setting up the rackmount workstation ready to run. If you have
disk and/or tape subsystems, work through Chapter 3 next to complete your hardware set up.
Chapter
3 -
Subfyltem Set-up - covers unpacking, mounting, and cabling the disk and tape
subsystems which may be supplied with either the lOOU or the 150U. Also describes how to
add peripherals to existing subsystems.
Chapter
4:
~
Indalling UNIX lor the Fird Time - guides you through the procedure for
installing the
UNIX
System on a new Sun Workstation from a half-inch or quarter-inch distribu-
tion tape. Network installation procedures are also covered.
Chapter
6 -
Inltalling UNIX
on
Sy,tem, Without Tape Support - describes the procedure for
installing the
UNIX
System on a Sun Workstation equipped with only a disk drive (no tape),
over the Ethernet from a system equipped with a tape drive.
Chapter
6 -
SlIltem Set-up and Operation -- covers basic system set-up and maintenance pro-
cedures. Topics from
tltICP
and ,endmail installation to doing dumps are covered.
Chapter 7 - Upgrading Sydem Software - gives a brief review of how to upgrade your sys-
tem to a new software release level.
Chapter 8 - HtJrdware Configuration and Ezpan,ion -
describes the 7-slot Multihus card
cage in the Model 100U and the IS-slot cage in the lS0U, and provides configuration details for
each board in the card cage. You must use this chapter to determine placement and switchset-
tings for new boards when you add boards or peripherals. Also useful for troubleshooting, if
you need to get inside the card cage and identify the boards.
Appendix A - Start-up and Bootltrap - discusses the startup and hoot functions of the Sun
Workstation monitor, and lists diagnostic messages which it currently displays.
The second section of this manual is a rererence guide to
'UNIX
commands and utilities of special
interest to system managers. Section 8 covers the procedures and commands needed for day-
to-day administration of the
UNIX
system on the Sun Workstation. The pages are arranged in
alphabetical order.
The final section of the manual contains several installation tutorials.
This manual is still under development and
will
undergo several revisions before it reaches its
final form. It will evolve over time to cover the kinds of things you do on a day to day hasis;
and to address the kinds of problems that you are likely to encounter, and what to do ahout
those problems. To help direct our development - and to help us maintain the currency and
accuracy of this material - we have supplied a reader comment sheet at the end of this guide.
Please use the comment sheet to list errors, omissions and outright lies. Your responses will
help a great deal in our efforts to keep our documentation cogent.
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