Who Should Use This Book

This guide is intended for system administrators who are responsible for installing or upgrading the N1 System Manager software and hardware. The system administrators must have extensive knowledge and experience in the following areas:

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

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

• DNS, DHCP, IP addressing, subnetworks, VLANs, and SNMP

• Network device interconnections and cabling

• Linux Kickstart^TM installation

• Solaris JumpStart^TM installation