It is designed to enhance system performance, reliability, security, and utilization by allowing system administrators to monitor all servers and components in their data center, including boards, CPUs, fans, and power supplies.
The console, a user interface, interacts with the server to get the configuration information, data, and image files necessary to present views of the managed servers.
Each agent has modules capable of managing specific data items, such as hardware, operating system, and application data.
[1] Sun MC provides in-depth monitoring of Sun hardware and a comprehensive set of metrics for the Solaris Operating System, including support for Solaris Containers.
It is open and extensible, and supports various add-ons for additional system management capabilities.