Who Should Use This Book

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

• The Solaris^TM, Linux, and Windows 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, SNMP, TFTP, NFS, and mail configuration

• Network device interconnections and cabling

• Linux Kickstart^TM installation

• Solaris JumpStart^TM installation

• Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) server installation

• Suse AutoYaST installation