Chapter 19 Sun Microsystems Servers

Sun is one of the most important server manufacturers in the industry. The company has been a major player in Internet deployments and has been instrumental in developing some of the most important software used in websites, such as the Java language and portable applications based on Java. This chapter provides an overview of Sun's server offerings, Sun's role in enterprise storage, and the most important management applications that Sun offers.

The Solaris operating system runs on all Sun computers, from the smallest desktop up to the largest enterprise server (Sun's equivalent of a mainframe). Solaris 10 has a number of server management tools that are described in this chapter. These management tools aren't ...

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