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Q1. What is N1 Service Provisioning System ?
A1. N1 Service Provisioning System is a software tool that allows customers to automate the complex application provisioning process to make it quick and reliable, enabling complex services to be rolled-out in a day or less. This helps to reduce time in deployment, while reducing operating expenses and increasing application uptime by eliminating errors.
Q2. What platforms does the N1 Service Provisioning System support ?
A2. The N1 Service Provisioning System is a multi-platform solution that supports:
* Solaris
* Red Hat Linux
* IBM-AIX
* Microsoft Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003
* HP-UX 11i
* Su Se? Linux.
Q3. How does N1 Service Provisioning System fit into Sun's N1 strategy ?
A3. Sun is focusing its N1 strategy for reducing cost and complexity in the data center on three key areas:
* 1. Infrastructure Provisioning
* 2. Service Provisioning
* 3. Service Level Automation
The N1 Service Provisioning System software contributes significantly to the "Service Provisioning" element of Sun's N1 architecture and vision. Combined with the N1 Provisioning Server, which performs infrastructure virtualization and provisioning, customer will be able to operate data centers in a highly efficient and lexible manner.
Q4. What are the key features of the N1 Service Provisioning System ?
A4. N1 Service Provisioning System provides the following:
* Automated Provisioning of applications: End-to-end automation of the multi-tier provisioning process, including distribution, configuration and setup of packaged and custom applications.
* Deployment Simulation: Complete simulation of deployment before anychanges are made.
* Dependency Management: Ability to encode application dependency information , which is checked during the deployment simulation.
* Dynamic Configuration: Automated generation of application configuration for target environments.
* Application Comparisons: Ability to track application configuration drifts and pinpoint unauthorized changes.
* Version control: Central repository that tracks all deployment and configuration for reference and reconstruction.
* Logging and reporting: Detailed logs of every action taken across all applications on the managed servers. |
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