## About This Guide¶

SUSE® Manager lets you efficiently manage a set of Linux systems and keep them up-to-date. It provides automated and cost-effective software management, asset management, system provisioning, and monitoring capabilities. SUSE Manager is compatible with Red Hat Network Satellite Server and offers seamless management of both SUSE® Linux Enterprise and Red Hat Enterprise Linux client systems.

This best practices guide is intended to help customers of SUSE Manager configure their client systems more easily.

Many chapters in this manual contain links to additional documentation resources. These include additional documentation that is available on the system as well as documentation available on the Internet.

For an overview of the documentation available for your product and the latest documentation updates, refer to http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse_manager/ or to the following section.

HTML versions of the manuals are also available from the Help tab of the SUSE Manager Web interface.

| Obtaining the Release Notes
Although this manual reflects the most current information possible, read the SUSE Manager Release Notes for information that may not have been available prior to the finalization of the documentation. The notes can be found at http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse_manager/.

## 1. Available Documentation¶

The following manuals are available on this product:

Quick Start (↑Quick Start)

  Guides you step-by-step through the installation, setup and basic configuration of SUSE Manager.

Installation Guide (↑Installation Guide)

  Lists installation scenarios and example topologies for different SUSE Manager setups. Also contains detailed information about SUSE Manager maintenance and troubleshooting.

Client Configuration Guide

  Describes best practices for setting up clients to connect to a SUSE Manager server or SUSE Manager Proxy.

Reference Guide (↑Reference Guide)

  Reference documentation that covers administration topics like registering and updating client systems, configuring the SUSE Manager daemon, using the Web interface, monitoring client systems, and more. Also contains a glossary with key terms used in the SUSE Manager context.

HTML versions of the product manuals can be found in the installed system under `/usr/share/doc/manual`. Find the latest documentation updates at http://www.novell.com/documentation where you can download PDF or HTML versions of the manuals for your product.

## 2. Feedback¶

Several feedback channels are available:

Bugs and Enhancement Requests

  For services and support options available for your product, refer to http://www.novell.com/services/.

  To report bugs for a product component, please use http://support.novell.com/additional/bugreport.html.

  Submit enhancement requests at https://secure-www.novell.com/rms/rmsTool?action=ReqActions.viewAddPage&return=www.

User Comments

  We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation included with this product. Use the User Comments feature at the bottom of each page in the online documentation or go to http://www.novell.com/documentation/feedback.html and enter your comments there.

## 3. Documentation Conventions¶

The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:

- `/etc/passwd`: directory names and filenames

- `placeholder`: replace `placeholder` with the actual value

- `PATH`: the environment variable PATH

- ls, `--help`: commands, options, and parameters

- `user`: users or groups

- Alt, Alt+F1: a key to press or a key combination; keys are shown in uppercase as on a keyboard

- File, File+Save As: menu items, buttons

- ►amd64 em64t: This paragraph is only relevant for the specified architectures. The arrows mark the beginning and the end of the text block. ◄

- Dancing Penguins (Chapter Penguins, ↑Another Manual): This is a reference to a chapter in another manual.