Who Should Use This Book

This guide is intended for system administrators who are responsible for managing provisionable servers running the N1 System Manager software. The system administrators are expected to have the following background:

• Knowledge of Linux and Solaris^TM operating systems, and the network administration tools provided by each operating system

• Knowledge of network equipment and network devices from a variety of vendors such as Sun Microsystems and Cisco

• Knowledge of network device interconnections and cabling