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## About This Manual

This manual describes the system management node (SMN) for SGI Altix UV 1000 and SGI Altix UV 100 series systems.

## 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 also view man pages by typing `man` title on a command line.

## Related Publications and Other Sources

This section describes documentation you may find useful, as follows:

- SGI Foundation Software 2.3 Start Here

  Provides information about the SGI Foundation Software 2.3 release that supports SGI differentiated server solutions.

- SGI Management Center Installation and Configuration

  This guide 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 Quick Start Guide

  This guide is intended for system administrator's. It tells you how to get your SGI Management Center up and running.

- SGI Altix UV CMC Controller Software User's Guide

  Describes how to use the controller commands on your chassis manager controller (CMC) to monitor and manage SGI Altix UV 100 and SGI Altix UV 1000 systems.

- Windows on SGI Altix UV Software Install Guide

  This guide describes how to install Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter software on an SGI Altix UV 100 or SGI Altix UV 1000 system. It also describes disk preparation for Windows.

- SGI Altix UV 1000 System User's Guide

  This guide provides an overview of the architecture and descriptions of the major components that compose the SGI Altix UV 1000 system. It also provides the standard procedures for powering on and powering off the system, basic troubleshooting information, and important safety and regulatory specifications.

- SGI Altix UV 100 System User's Guide

  This guide provides an overview of the architecture and descriptions of the major components that compose the SGI Altix UV 100 system. It also provides the standard procedures for powering on and powering off the system, basic troubleshooting information, and important safety and regulatory specifications.

## Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this document:

Convention |  | Meaning
`command` |  | This fixed-space font denotes literal items such as commands, files, routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language structures.
`manpage`(x) |  | Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page names.
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.

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