This guide documents the SGIconsole 2.0 release. It documents the SGIconsole web interface for a workstation that allows it to control multiple SGI servers; SGI partitioned systems; large, single-system image servers; and clusters of systems. It compares the SGIconsole software to the IRISconsole software.
This manual contains the following sections:
The following documents contain additional information that may be helpful:
SGIconsole 2.0 Start Here
Contains information about installing, configuring, and starting to use SGIconsole software.
SGIconsole Software CD Information Card
This guide describes how to install the software from the CD if at some time you need to reinstall it.
Console Manager for SGIconsole Administrator's Guide
This guide documents the Console Manager graphical user interface for SGIconsole that allows it to control multiple SGI servers; SGI partitioned systems; large, single-system image servers; and clusters of systems.
SGI L1 and L2 Controller Software User's Guide
This guide describes how to use the L1 and L2 controller commands at your system console to monitor and manage the following systems: SGI Origin 3000 series of servers, SGI Origin 300 series of servers, SGI Altix 3000 family of servers and superclusters, SGI Origin 300 systems with NUMAlink, SGI Onyx 3000 series of graphics systems, and the SGI Onyx 300 series of graphics systems.
SGIconsole Hardware Connectivity Guide
This guide describes how to install the SGIconsole onto the SGI Origin 200, SGI Origin 2000, SGI Origin 300, SGI Origin 3000, and the SGI Altix 3000 products.
EL Serial Port Server Installation Guide
This guide describes how to set up and power up the EL serial port server (also known as EtherLite, EL-16, or Silicon Graphics Ethernet serial port server.
SGI Origin 3000 Series Owner's Guide
This guide provides an overview, and describes how to set up and operate the SGI Origin 3000 series of servers.
SGI Origin 300 User's Guide
This guide provides an overview, and describes how to set up and operate the SGI Origin 300 server.
SGI Onyx 300 Graphics System User's Guide
This guide provides an overview of the components that make up the SGI Onyx 300 graphics system and describes how to operate the system.
SGI Onyx 3000 Series Graphics System Hardware Owner's Guide
This guide provides information on using and administering your SGI Onyx 3000 rackmount graphics system. Although there several different models in the SGI Onyx 3000 system family, this guide refers to the products generically as SGI Onyx 3000 series graphics systems.
SGI Altix 3000 User's Guide
This guide provides an overview of the architecture and descriptions of the major components that compose the SGI Altix 3000 family of servers and superclusters. It also provides the standard procedures for powering on and powering off the system, basic troubleshooting information, and important safety and regulatory specifications.
Performance Co-Pilot ReadMe First
Information on the system requirements, installation, and preparation of the Performance Co-Pilot software.
Performance Co-Pilot for IRIX User's and Administrator's Guide
This guide describes the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) software package of advanced performance tools for the SGI family of graphical workstations and servers. It documents the PCP features that are embedded in the IRIX operating system. It is a prequel to the Performance Co-Pilot for IRIX Advanced User's and Administrator's Guide.
Performance Co-Pilot for IRIX Advanced User's and Administrator's Guide
This guide describes the planning, deployment, and use of PCP tools and services, demonstrating the advanced capabilities of PCP, and how to employ, customize, and extend them for identifying and solving various computing performance problems.
Performance Co-Pilot for IA-64 Linux User's and Administrator's Guide
This guide documents the the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) software package running on IA-64 Linux systems. PCP provides a systems-level suite of tools that cooperate to deliver integrated performance monitoring and performance management services spanning the hardware platforms, operating systems, service layers, Database Management Systems (DBMSs), and user applications.
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.
If it is installed on your SGI system, you can use InfoSearch, an online tool that provides a more limited set of online books, release notes, and man pages. With an IRIX system, select Help from the Toolchest, and then select InfoSearch. Or you can type infosearch on a command line.
You can also view release notes by typing either grelnotes or relnotes on a command line.
You can also view man pages by typing man title on a command line.
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. | |
| variable | Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being defined. | |
| [ ] | Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line. | |
| ... | Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated. | |
| GUI | 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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