How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Accessing the N1 System Manager describes the following:

• How to access the N1 System Manager by using the command-line interface and the browser interface

• Showing and switching session roles

Chapter 2, Managing Users and Roles describes the following:

• Adding and deleting users

• Creating and managing roles

• Privileges required for commands

• Security administrator rules

Chapter 3, Backing Up and Restoring describes how to backup and recover database and configuration files

Chapter 4, Discovering Manageable Servers describes the following:

• How to choose a method of discovering servers

• How to discover servers through their service processors

• How to discover server through the IP of the operating system installed on the server

• How to discover servers manually

• How to troubleshoot server discovery

Chapter 5, Managing Servers and Server Groups describes the following:

• How to create groups of servers and how to manage servers and groups

• How to replace servers

• How to rename servers and groups

• How to start, stop and reset servers and groups

• How to remove servers and groups

• How to connect to a serial console for a server

• How to issue remote commands on a server

Chapter 6, Monitoring Servers and Server Groups describes the following:

• How monitoring works

• How to support monitoring by ensuring key features are installed

• How to enable or disable monitoring for servers and groups

• How to set and manage thresholds

• How to view and manage jobs

• How to view, manage and create event notifications