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12 Sun Fire 280R Server Owner’s Guide • January 2001
■ Sun Cluster software, which offers a Solaris-integrated suite of products for
clustering that provides high availability and application scalability.
■ Solaris PC NetLink software, which allows for personal computer-to-server and
server-to-server integration, is shipped on its own CD-ROM. (Solaris PC NetLink
software is not bundled with the Solaris 8 Operating Environment.)
For more information about these management features, see Chapter 3. For more
information about the Solaris 8 Operating Environment support for testing and
diagnostics, see Chapter 6.
The OpenBoot firmware on the Sun Fire 280R server supports the following tools:
■ Power-on self-test (POST)
■ OpenBoot Diagnostics
■ Access to the ok prompt for the RSC hardware and software, and system console
redirection
The Sun Fire 280R server’s RSC card firmware supports:
■ Event notification of hardware and software failures via email or pager
■ Remote internal environmental monitoring
■ Remote power on and power off
■ Remote viewing of server boot logs and run-time logs
The operating environment tools complement the firmware tools and provide a
comprehensive set of diagnostic tools for the hardware. For more information about
the RSC card, see “About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports” on
page 107. For more information about how the RSC card extends the server’s
software, see “About the Remote System Control (RSC) Software” on page 110.