View source for SunOsUnix info

Here are some commands and other useful information to get around on SunOs (Solaris) systems.

==System Information==
With the following commands and files you can get some idea about the system.
* Retrieve the current version of SunOs
 uname -a
Sample output
 SunOS snlpsaaj 5.8 Generic_117350-38 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000
* View the system parameters
System parameters like settings for shared memory can be found here:
 /etc/system
Snapshot of the content
 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=51539607551
 set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=6
* View hardware configuration
Use this command to see the number of CPU's, I/O cards and memory.
 /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/prtdiag -v
The output is quite long, no sample provided here.
* System log file
 /var/adm/messages
==Process Information==
Use the following commands to see the behaviour of the processes.
* Process list
 ps -ef
* Process list but continuously updated
 top
or
 prstat
* History
 sar
* Memory activity
Is there any paging/swapping going on?
 vmstat 3
* Cpu activity
 mpstat 3