FAQ

Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions offers a methodology and tools to help customer architect and transform complex SAP environment into an automated SAP deployment. The key features include:

• Manager - A web browser UI for centrally managing the SAP landscape
• Builder - Provisions OS to bare metal systems to speed up deployment
• Deployer - Provisions application to systems with a single click. Checks application configuration and dependencies to ensure successful deployment
• Analyzer - Monitors utilization of servers and application to optimize SAP environments

In addition, it provides a tested and proven reference architecture to help customers design a virtualize SAP landscape to optimize their computing environment.

Finally, we offer two key sets of service solutions to help IT organizations evaluate, architect, implement, and manage Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions - services offered within the Sun Solution Center for SAP Solutions and specialized Sun Services for SAP Solutions.

• Sun Solution Center for SAP Solutions, a full range of services—from capacity planning, solution design, architecture, and deployment, to migration, consolidation, and integration of ISV enterprise applications—all handled by consulting and SAP solution experts.


• Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions Workshop, helping IT staff to learn about the SAP environment and the Sun solution, identify key business drivers, and determine computing resource requirements, and conduct a total cost of ownership study.


• Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions Architecture Service, providing a detailed design for the SAP system infrastructure that fits performance, capacity, regulatory compliance, business continuity, and business process needs. Once complete, the solution is built and tested to ensure it meets specified requirements.


• Sun Joint Support Center for SAP Solutions, providing 7x24 worldwide support to rapidly resolve any interoperability issues between Sun platforms and SAP software.

Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions is a key extension of the N1 Service Provisioning System, leveraging the core provisioning and management capabilities to provide sophisticated customization specific to the SAP applications and business processes. As such, Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions is also part of the Solaris Enterprise System.

You can download and use this sophisticated infrastructure software at no cost. And, when you need assurance and support, Sun offers licensing and support plans for purchase.

• To access Sun N1 Service Provisioning System at no cost, go to www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp


• To purchase the physical Media Kits or entitlements, go to www.sun.com/software/products/service_provisioning/get.xml

To implement Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions, you'll need the followings:

• Entitlement for N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2
• Entitlement for N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions

• Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions - Sales training
• Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions - Technical architecture training
• Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions - Implementation training