Sun MC and PrimePower
Hi,
according to this page http://www.sun.com/software/products/sunmanagementcenter/ds/datasheet.xml#10 SunMC 3.6.1 supports PrimePower Machines:
Hardware platforms
SPARC and x86 platform-based workstations and servers
The Solaris Container Manager 3.6.1 addon also supports the Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMEPOWER SPARC processor server line running Solaris.
Is this a correct reading ? And, if yes, where can I download the necessary modules (including installation instructions)?
TIA
Bernd
# 1
Hi Bernd,
> according to this page
> http://www.sun.com/software/products/sunmanagementcent
> er/ds/datasheet.xml#10 SunMC 3.6.1 supports
> PrimePower Machines:
<snip>
> Is this a correct reading ? And, if yes, where can I
> download the necessary modules (including
> installation instructions)?
What that says is that the Solaris Container Manager (SCM) addon is "supported" on PrimePower, but the rest of SunMC officially isn't. SCM is only a subset of SunMC.
But both Fujitsu and Sun hardware run the same basic version of Solaris, so almost all of SunMC itself works fine. And there's no special addons or files needed... just download SunMC 3.6.1 and run the regular installer on your PrimePower box. The only thing you'll be missing today is the "Config Reader" line of modules... so while you'll have all the CPU/memory/swap/files/process info you won't have Fujitsu-specific hardware monitoring.
This is one of those cases where what's "supported" and what "works" are two different things :)
Note: Halcyon modules also run fine (and you can buy support contracts for them) on these SunMC-on-PrimePower configurations (http://www.halcyoninc.com/products/a-z.php)
Regards,
Mike.Kirk@HalcyonInc.com
