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118 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User’s Guide • March 2004

Boot@Boot Support

Boot@Boot is a feature that you can configure to automatically start the SunPCi III

software on one or more SunPCi III cards when it is installed on a Sun system. The

ability to automatically restart SunPCi sessions if they fail and the ability to

gracefully shut down SunPCi sessions (including performing an orderly shutdown

of the operating system) are also part of the Boot@Boot support.

Boot@Boot currently supports all supported SunPCi versions of Microsoft Windows

and Linux.

The following SunPCi III 3.2.1 software components support Boot@Boot:

■ SunPCi daemon - This is a required component.

■ Virtual Network Computing

(VNC) - This is an optional component.

SunPCi Daemon

The SunPCi daemon (sunpcid) is a dual-function application of Boot@Boot support

and includes such features as automatically starting SunPCi sessions at boot time

and shutting down SunPCi sessions at system shutdown time. The daemon is

controlled through the sunpcidadm command.

The sunpcidadm command implements control functionality through command-

line arguments that enable Solaris server administrators to configure the SunPCi

daemon process to work as needed. For example, you can use the sunpcidadm

command to add Boot@Boot support for a SunPCi III card into the

/etc/Master.ini file, which has been expanded to contain the configuration

information for the sunpcidadm daemon.

You can also use the sunpcidadm command to enable and disable auto restart

functionality, and to start and stop the SunPCi software on one or more cards. When

changes are made to the SunPCi daemon configuration by the sunpcidadm

command with command-line arguments, the controlling sunpcidadm daemon

sends a signal to the SunPCi daemon process, informing it of the changes, and the

daemon process reconfigures itself.

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only.Other versionsofVNC willnotinteroperatewith thisversionof VNC.VNCsourcecodeis included on

theSunPCi IIICDin thedirectory/Source. Seelegalnoticesin the sourcecode for informationaboutusing,

modifying,or redistributingVNCsourcecode.