Lucky me. I am a long time Sun user, I've owned (personally) a number
of workstations over the years, Admin'd a number of servers (e450s,
E35Ks). Adminning is just a small part of my roles as I'm part owner
of a small company, so I can't pretend to be as up on as many topics as
I'd like... but that's why I'm here.

I recently acquired an E10K with the following specs:
Sun Starfire E10000
28x400Mhz CPU
28GB Memory
291GB Storage

Included Parts:
Server Cabinet
7x 501-5693 CPU/Memory System Boards, each with 4x 501-5762 400Mhz
CPUs, and 4GB of Memory (32x 501-2654 - 128MB Modules)
2x 501-5494 Controller Board
2x 501-4346 Controller Board
2x Sun D1000 Storage Arrays w/8x 18.2GB Hard Drives
5x 370-2443 SCSI Interface SBus Module
5x 501-5443 Quad Fast Ethernet SBus Module
1x Pacific Access 16509 VCS Host Interface
2x 540-3441 Power Supply Unit
8x 300-1430 Fan Unit
16x 540-3409 Fan Unit
1x EMS 300-1403-01 Power Distrubution Unit
2x 3Com SuperStack 3 3C16440A Baseline Hub
1x 3Com SuperStack 2 3C16440 Baseline Hub

When the machine arrives, I'd like to be able to start configuring the
machine. As the machine will be used in a relatively small company,
say roughly 10 people hitting the machine for heavy analytic work, I'm
thinking about configuring just one domain and letting it fly on that.

So, all that said, does anyone out there have a good place for
reference materials for someone to bring one of these things up on
line.

I'll likely be attaching a bunch of T3s to the back in time, but want
to get the box up and running first.

I also noticed that in the list of included items that there does not
seem to be a ssp included. Any thoughts there?

I'm also thinking that I'd like to go with Solaris 10. Does anyone
have any thoughts regarding OS? I've got Solaris 8 running now on my
E3500 and a fresh copy of Solaris 10 on an ultra10 that I use to play
with.

Any help that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. I
know that I'm looking at a fairly tall learning curve, but it should be
a fun ride.

Oh, and as far as the enviornmental issues... I'm working on getting
power and cooling set now... so, I'll be covered on that. Man, this
thing is a monster.

Best,

sparcbox