Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) is a suite of tools and services for monitoring and managing system-level performance.

An overview of PCP features and capabilities is available from http://www.sgi.com/software/co-pilot/features.html.

Contents:

• License Information
• Installation Information
• Product Support Information
• Software License Agreement

License Information

PCP installations may be in a collector configuration or a monitor configuration or both.

Collector configurations are typically used for servers. PCP collector configurations provide limited functionality without a license, but to enable the full feature set a Performance Co-Pilot Collector (pcpcol) license is required.

Monitor configurations typically are used for a workstation that will be monitoring the performance of one or more systems with a PCP collector configuration. Monitor configurations require a Performance Co-Pilot Monitor (pcpmon) license.

PCP licenses are not pre-installed for this product distribution.

To find out what licenses are on your system, run the License Manager. Log into the system and from a shell window enter one of these two commands.

If you have an X server and $DISPLAY is set appropriately:

    $ /usr/etc/LicenseManager

Otherwise:

    $ /usr/pcp/bin/pmbrand -l

The following installable products on this CD require licenses:

• pcp_eoe (not required for most applications, but some provide additional features when a pcpcol license is present)
• pcp

To purchase a license, please contact your local Silicon Graphics representative. Some products have evaluation licenses available from http://www.sgi.com/support/licensing/, or send e-mail to demolicense@sgi.com. If you have difficulty with any software license, please contact Silicon Graphics' support organization (800-800-4SGI). Customers outside of the US and Canada should contact their local Silicon Graphics office. If you are a customer of a Silicon Graphics reseller, please contact your local support provider.

Installation Information

• PCP 2.2 is supported on any SGI system running IRIX 6.2, or IRIX 6.5.11 or later.
• It is strongly recommended that you read the release notes for products before installing them. You can view the release notes easily from Software Manager: when you click on the product, the product name will highlight like a blue HTML link if there are release notes available. Simply click again on the link to bring up the Release Notes window.
• To view the release notes for patches, open a UNIX shell and type:

  cd /CDROM/docs <Enter> 
  ./CDgrelnotes <Enter> 
  

• To install this software:
  1. Click the Customize Installation button in Software Manager and check the products you want to install.
  2. Press Start.
• If you need to refer back to this README, click the Lookup button.

Product Support Information

Silicon Graphics, Inc., provides a comprehensive product support maintenance program for its products. For more information, install the Welcome product from your IRIX Applications CD and browse the Support and Services page.

If you would like to purchase support, contact your local Silicon Graphics sales office. If you are in the US or Canada and would like assistance with your Silicon Graphics-supported products, contact the Technical Assistance Center at (800) 800-4SGI. If you are outside these areas and require assistance, contact the Silicon Graphics subsidiary or authorized distributor in your country.

Software License Agreement

Packaged with your software is a separate sheet that contains the Software License Agreement. This software is provided to you solely under the terms and conditions of the Software License Agreement. Please take a few moments to review the Agreement.

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