SRDB ID   Synopsis   Date
48139   Sun Fire[TM] 15K: Summary of System Controller Daemons   29 Oct 2002

Status Issued

Description
What daemon is responsible for <x> process on a starcat platform?            

SOLUTION SUMMARY:
DAEMON OR 
SERVER NAME	DESCRIPTION 
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dca		The Domain Configuration Agent provides a communication mechanism between the dca
 		on the system controller and the domain configuration server (dcs) on the specified domain.
  		There is an instance of dca for every POST domain. 

dsmd		The Domain Status Monitoring Daemon monitors domain status for up to 18 domains. 

dxs		The Domain X Server provides software provides software support for a domain.
  		There is an instance of dxs for each domain up to 18 domains. 

efe		The Event Front-end Daemon is part of Sun Management Center and acts as an intermediary
 		between the Sun Management Center agent and SMS.  Refer to the Sun Management Center 
		User's Guide for more information on how efe works. 

esmd		The Environmental Status Monitoring Daemon monitors system cabinet environmental
 		conditions. 

fomd		The Failover Monitoring Daemon detects faults on the local and remote system
 		controllers and takes the appropriate action (directing or taking a failover).  The fomd 
		daemon also controls file propagation. 

frad		The Field-Replaceable unit (FRU) Access Daemon provides the mechanism by which SMS
 		daemons can access any FRUs serial electrically erasable programmable read-only memory 
		(SEEPROM) on the Sun Fire 15K server. 

hwad		The Hardware Access Daemon provides hardware access to SMS daemons and a mechanism for
 		all daemons to exclusively access, control, monitor, and configure the hardware.
 
kmd 		The Key Management Daemon manages the IPsec security associations (SAs) needed to
 		secure the communication between the system controller and servers running on a domain. 

mand		The Management Network Daemon supports the MAN drivers, providing required network
 		configuration. 

mld		The Messages Logging Daemon provides message logging support for the platform and
 		domains. 

osd		The OpenBoot programmable read-only memory (PROM) Server Daemon provides software
 		support for OpenBoot PROM. 

pcd		The Platform Configuration Database Daemon provides and manages controlled access to
 		platform, domain, and system board configuration. 

ssd		The SMS Startup Daemon starts, stops, and monitors all the key SMS daemons and
 		servers. 

tmd		The Task Management Daemon provides task management services such as scheduling for SMS.
 
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Reference the man page for each server or daemon for specific information regarding their functions and
 configuration information.

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Comments: joshua.freeman@central            

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