Admin Forum

This Forum is designed for administrators dealing with various issues regarding Solaris and Linux, as well as software running on those platforms. The information is presented in form of an FAQ. You can find separate FAQs for OSL Products at OSL Knowledge Cluster -> Support.

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Solaris (some only in German)

Subject
Author
Documents
Add-on
NFS - Network File System
OSL Pfadfinder
Solaris Volume Manager
OSL Pfadfinder

script md_check

How do I configure Umlauts in a terminal?
OSL FAQ
kdmconfig interrupts booting (x86)
OSL FAQ
Solaris on the PC
OSL Pfadfinder
Known problems of FC host adapters
OSL Hinweis
NFS mounts based on the filesystem mounts
OSL Hinweis
Burn DVD on Solaris
OSL FAQ
Flickering on the external notebook display
OSL FAQ

Linux

Burn DVD on Linux
OSL FAQ

Platform-independent

Disabling the CAPS Key (X Server)
OSL Pathfinder
Turning off keyboard beeps in X
OSL Pathfinder
Terminal does not source .profile
OSL Pathfinder

Storage Networks (only in German)

iSCSI

It has already been some years since the talks about the end of Fibre Channel started with the introduction of iSCSI. But what actually is iSCSI and how does it compare to Fibre Channel? Here an introduction to iSCSI.

OSL Pfadfinder
SAS (SATA)

With SAS, SCSI becomes a modern point-to-point technology. But what actually is SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) and what are the accompanying changes? An introduction.

OSL Pfadfinder

Hardware (only in German)

The XSCF of the Primepower servers
OSL Pfadfinder
The ALOM of the SUN servers
OSL Pfadfinder
The LOM-IPMI of v20z/v40z
OSL Pfadfinder