sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Just Published from SunSoft Press SunFLASH Vol 61 #5 January 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61.05 Just Published from SunSoft Press Two new books "SOLARIS ADVANCED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE" "MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES:" Also in this article: Ordering information and a description of sunsoftpress@Sun.com, an email service that will return a complete SunSoft Press book catalog. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Book: "SOLARIS ADVANCED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE" by Janice Winsor This companion volume to the SOLARIS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE covers more advanced Solaris 2.x system administration tasks in the same practical, step-by-step, task-oriented style for which the first book was applauded. It is ideal for system administrators who are experienced with day-to-day system maintenance and who need to add system components, improve service access, or automate routine tasks. Topics covered include: -Setting up a mail service or revising an existing one -Understanding the NIS+ naming service environment and adding a client system in an existing NIS+ environment -Planning for automounting service and administering the automounter configuration files -Using the Service Access Facility (SAF) to set up access to printers, modems, and terminals -Installing and making available third-party application software -Writing shell scripts to automate routine tasks Also included are appendices on Solaris 2.2 Volume Management and Solaris 2.3 Serial Port Manager, and a glossary of system administration terms. ISBN 1-56276-131-5; 550 pages; $29.95 US (suggested list price) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Book: "MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES:" A Technical Survey of Multiprocessor/Multithreaded Systems using SPARC, Multi-level Bus Architectures and Solaris (SunOS) by Ben Catanzaro This book is the first of its kind to bring together in one volume a coherent description of the elements that provide for the design and development of multiprocessor systems from Sun Microsystems, Inc. It includes new technology that integrates packet-switched buses and multithreading techniques in the implementation of multiprocessor systems. Multiprocessor System Architectures can serve as a reference text for design engineers as well as a hands-on design guide to multiprocessor systems that provides both hardware and software engineers with a coherent understanding of the problems and solutions to multiprocessor system design. Topics covered include: . Reviews design considerations associated with multiprocessor systems and presents practical solutions . Provides an indepth study on the Scalable Processor ARChitecture (SPARC) and details the various SPARC implementations . Introduces and details various multi-level bus architectures including MBus (a processor-level interconnect bus) and XBus/XDBus (packet switched buses) . Discusses the use of the SPARC MPSAS Behavioral Simulator to model SPARC multiprocessor systems with many design examples . Introduces and details components of the Solaris/SunOS multithreaded architecture such as threads, lightweight processes, synchronization, scheduling, preemption, real-time facilities, and programming . Examines several multiprocessor system implementations by highlighting tightly coupled, shared-memory model architectures using multi-level bus implementations such as MBus and XDBus . Provides an MBus Interface Specification and Design Guide that conveys significant aspects of designing MBus modules ISBN 013-089137-1 500 pages $42.00 US (suggested list price) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: CUSTOMER ORDER INFORMATION Books are available through: (1) technical bookstores worldwide, or (2) through SunExpress at 1-800-USE-SUNX or 1-800-873-7869 (3) directly from the publishers (see online book catalog below) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: ONLINE BOOK CATALOG For a complete SunSoft Press book catalog with customer order information, please email: sunsoftpress@Sun.com This catalog is updated quarterly. ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. 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