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FEATURES

  • Two modes of operation (text and graphical)

  • An interactive, menu-driven user interface

  • User assistance

  • System management activity logging

  • Fast paths to system management tasks

  • User-added SMIT screens



MODES OF OPERATION

SMIT can run in one of two modes: ASCII (non-graphical) or X Windows (graphical). The ASCII mode of SMIT can run on either terminals or graphical displays. The graphical mode of SMIT (which supports a mouse and point-and-click operations) can be run only on a graphical display running a X Windows manager. The ASCII mode is often the preferred method to run SMIT because it can be run from any machine.

To start SMIT using ASCII mode, type the following at the command line:

smitty or smit -a

To start the graphical mode of SMITY, type the following:

msmit or smit -m

If you try to run SMIT using its basic form:

smit

it will automaticially detect if your display has graphical capabilities, and run itself in the graphical mode, if possible.


END USER INTERFACE

SMIT is an interactive, menu-driven user interface that allows you to more easily perform routine system management tasks and to manage and maintain the AIX Operating System configuration. System management tasks are grouped by application and presented in a series of menu, selector, and dialog screens. For example, all common software installation tasks are grouped in the Software Installation and Management application. This task-oriented structure makes SMIT easy to use, allowing even novice users to perform routine system administration tasks.

SMIT screens display the actual system configuration. The displayed information varies from system to system, based on what is installed on a particular system. Adding customized system management tasks for your own applications or changing the existing SMIT screen information is one example of what causes this variation. Another example can be seen in the Devices screens. The available system management tasks are based on what type of devices, such as network and storage adapters, disk drives, and other I/O devices, are installed on the system.


EXAMPLE

This is an example of the top-level SMIT screen.

System Management
Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.
Software Installation and Maintenance
Software License Management
Devices
System Storage Management (Physical & Logical Storage)
Security & Users
Communications Applications and Services
Print Spooling
Problem Determination
Performance & Resource Scheduling
System Environments
Processes & Subsystems
Applications
Cluster Systems Management
Using SMIT (information only)


FUNCTION KEYS


F1=Help
F2=Refresh
F3=Cancel
F6=Show command
F8=Image
F9=Shell
F10=Exit
Enter=Do


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