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## About This Guide

This guide describes how to use the controller commands on your chassis manager controller (CMC) to monitor and manage the following systems:

- SGI Altix UV 100 systems

- SGI Altix UV 1000 systems

SGI Management Center (SMC) software running on the system management node (SMN) provides a robust graphical interface for system configuration, operation, and monitoring. This manual describes commands that can be used on systems without an SMN or not running the SMC. For more information on the SMC, see SGI Management Center System Administrator's Guide.

The SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator's Guide describes the system management node (SMN) for SGI Altix UV 1000 and SGI Altix UV 100 series systems. It provides information on how to install, configure, and use software on the SMN to manage and monitor SGI Altix UV systems.

| Note: The UV controller commands described in this manual do not apply to SGI Altix UV 10 systems. For information on the SGI Altix UV 10 system, see the SGI Altix UV 10 System User's Guide.

The following topics are covered in this guide:

- Chapter 1, “Introducing Altix UV System Control Topology”

- Chapter 2, “Using the Altix UV CMC Software Commands”

- Chapter 3, “Altix UV CMC Software Commands”

## Related Publications

The following publications contain additional information that may be helpful:

- SGI Altix UV 10 System User's Guide provides an overview of the Altix UV 10 system components, and it describes how to set up and operate this system. It also describes the standard procedures for powering up and powering down the system, basic troubleshooting information, and it includes important safety and regulatory specifications.

- SGI Altix UV 100 System User's Guide provides an overview of the Altix UV 100 system components, and it describes how to set up and operate this system. It also describes the standard procedures for powering up and powering down the system, basic troubleshooting information, and it includes important safety and regulatory specifications.

- SGI Altix UV 1000 System User's Guide provides an overview of the Altix UV 1000 system components, and it describes how to set up and operate this system. It also describes the standard procedures for powering up and powering down the system, basic troubleshooting information, and it includes important safety and regulatory specifications.

- SGI Performance Suite 1.1 Start Here provides information about the SGI Performance Suite 1.1 release including information about major new features, software installation, and product support.

- SGI Altix UV Systems Linux Configuration and Operations Guide provides information for people who manage the operation of SGI UV systems running SGI Performance Suite software. It explains how to perform general system configuration and operations under the Linux operating system used with SGI UV systems.

- SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator's Guide describes the system management node (SMN) for SGI Altix UV 1000 and SGI Altix UV 100 series systems. It provides information on how to install, configure, and use software on the SMN to manage and monitor SGI Altix UV systems.

- SGI Management Center Installation and Configuration is intended for system administrators. It describes how to install and configure the SGI Management Center. A companion manual, SGI Management Center System Administrator's Guide, describes general cluster administration.

- SGI Management Center System Administrator's Guide describes how you can monitor and control a cluster using the SGI Management Center. A companion manual, SGI Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide, describes installing and configuring the SGI Management Center.

## Obtaining Publications

You can obtain SGI documentation in the following ways:

- See the SGI Technical Publications Library at http://docs.sgi.com . Various formats are available. This library contains the most recent and most comprehensive set of online books, release notes, man pages, and other information.

- You can view release notes on your system by accessing the `README.txt` file for the product. This is usually located in the `/usr/share/doc/productname` directory, although file locations may vary.

- You can view man pages by typing `man` title at a command line.

## Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this publication:

Convention | Meaning
`command` | This fixed-space font denotes literal items such as commands, files, routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language structures.
variable | Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being defined.
`user input` | This bold, fixed-space font denotes literal items that the user enters in interactive sessions. (Output is shown in nonbold, fixed-space font.)
[] | Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line.
... | Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated.
`manpage`(x) | Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page names.
GUI element | This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI) elements such as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus, toolbars, icons, buttons, boxes, fields, and lists.

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