Index

802.3ad standard
Bonded Network Interfaces

About menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface

access operation
NFS
NFS

Active Directory
Customizing Your Installation
Local Users and Groups
Local Users and Groups
Active Directory

admin server
Global Options

administration password
Passwords

Administrator Password screen, Global Configuration
Administrator Password

aggregate interface
See bonded interface

AIX
CXFS Configuration

alerts
System Alerts

Alerts menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface

All Clients screen
Clients

All Filesystems screen
Disk User Quota and Disk Group Quota

Appliance Manager 4.0 upgrade issues
Users and Groups Not Visible

appman_admin
Forgotten Password or Corrupt Password File

archives
Metrics Collected

archives directory size
The archives Directory is Too Large

Arrays screen
Creating Filesystems

Asynchronous Writes, NFS export option
Use Export Options

authentication services
Customizing Your Installation

autonegotiate
Ethernet Network Interfaces

available space for filesystem
Creating Filesystems

backup of Appliance Manager configuration
Appliance Manager Interface

bandwidth of filesystem
Creating Filesystems

blue color in graphs
Metrics Collected

bonded interface
Customizing Your Installation

bonded network interface
Network Interface Configuration

bonded network interfaces
Bonded Network Interfaces

bonding mode
Bonded Network Interfaces
Bonded Network Interfaces

browser address for Appliance Manager
System Restart

busy tape drive
Tape Drives

cancel operation
CIFS
CIFS

capacity of filesystem
Creating Filesystems

cell id
CXFS

change/notify operation
CIFS
CIFS

CHAP authentication
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets

CIFS
Creating Filesystems
CIFS
CIFS
client number
System Summary
configuration
CIFS Configuration
iSCSI and
iSCSI

CIFS authentication
Active Directory
NIS

CIFS screen
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS
CIFS

clean install
Reinstalling Appliance Manager After the Network is Configured

clients
Clients

Clients category
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS

Clients menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface

close operation
CIFS
CIFS

cluster connection issues
Cluster Connection Issues

cluster node
CXFS Configuration

colors in graphs
Metrics Collected

command-line configuration password
Passwords

commit operation
NFS

community string
SNMP Configuration

configuration password
Passwords

corrupt password file
Forgotten Password or Corrupt Password File

CPU utilization
System Summary
CPU Utilization

create/open operation
CIFS
CIFS

cross-over Ethernet cable
Accessing the Setup Wizard

current time
Metrics Collected

custom installation
Customizing Your Installation

CXFS
configuration
CXFS Configuration
how Appliance Manager configures
How Appliance Manager Configures the CXFS Cluster
monitoring
CXFS
multiple clusters and failover networks
CXFS Configuration
overview
System Management and Monitoring with Appliance Manager
summary
System Summary

CXFS GUI
Network Interface Configuration

CXFS troubleshooting
CXFS client suck on filesystems mount
CXFS Client Stuck on Filesystems Mount
incorrect status display
CXFS Status is Incorrect

cxfs_admin
Network Interface Configuration
CXFS Client Stuck on Filesystems Mount
Changing the Network Configuration

cxfs_config
Cluster Connection Issues

data flow color-coding in graphs
Metrics Collected

data reduction process
Metrics Collected

DCM disk caches
Disk Caches

dedicated network interface
InfiniBand Network Interfaces
Ethernet Network Interfaces

default gateway
Network Interface
Network Interface

default network gateway
System Name

deleting filesystems
Destroying Filesystems

destroying filesystems
Destroying Filesystems

DHCP
Network Interface
Ethernet Network Interfaces
InfiniBand Network Interfaces

Discover menu
Discovering Filesystems

disk
allocation
Creating Filesystems
IOPS
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS
operations
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS
quotas
Disk User Quota and Disk Group Quota
space
System Summary
Disk Space
throughput
System Summary
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS
throughput, monitoring
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS

Disk IOPS screen
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS

Disk Quota screen
Disk Space

disk striping
Disk Striping

dmarenadump
DMF Statistics are Unavailable or DMF is Idle

dmcheck
DMF Statistics are Unavailable or DMF is Idle

DMF
Activity screen
DMF Activity
Appliance Manager use with
DMF and Appliance Manager
cache monitoring
Disk Caches
Configuration pages
DMF Configuration Screens
Empty Tape Volume page
Emptying a Lost or Damaged Tape Volume
error messages
DMF Error Messages
filesystem monitoring
DMF-Managed Filesystems
monitoring
DMF Resources
OpenVault library is missing
OpenVault Library Is Missing
resources
DMF Resources
statistics
DMF Error Messages
tape drive state
Tape Drives
tape library usage
OpenVault Tape Libraries
tape volume and drive
Tape Volume and Drive Screens
tape volume monitoring
Tape Volumes
troubleshooting
DMF Error Messages
user-generated activity
DMF Activity

DMF resources
DMF Configuration

DMF version
System Management and Monitoring with Appliance Manager

DNS and Hostnames screen, Global Configuration
DNS and Hostnames

DNS screen
DNS

domain
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets
Global Options

domain search
DNS

Domain Search, DNS and Hostnames screen
DNS and Hostnames

drive type
Creating Filesystems

dual-resident cache files
Disk Caches

duplex option
Ethernet Network Interfaces

DVD for NEXIS System reset
SGI NEXIS System Reset DVD

dynamic bonding mode
Bonded Network Interfaces

Empty Tape Volume screen
Emptying a Lost or Damaged Tape Volume

Empty Tape Volume, DMF
Emptying a Lost or Damaged Tape Volume

/etc/dmf/dmf.conf
DMF Statistics are Unavailable or DMF is Idle

/etc/host.conf
DNS

/etc/hosts
DNS
Customizing Your Installation

/etc/krb5.keytab
Global Options

eth0
Network Interface
Management Interface

ethereal
Performance Data

Ethernet connections
Accessing the Setup Wizard

Exchange Server as an iSCSI initiator
iSCSI

expert mode
DMF Configuration Screens

export options
Export Options

EXPORT_METRICS
DMF Statistics are Unavailable or DMF is Idle

exporting filesystems
Creating Filesystems

Fedora Directory Server
LDAP

fence
CXFS Configuration

Fibre Channel switch
CXFS Configuration

filesystem
automatic configuration by Appliance Manager
creation goals
Filesystem Creation Goals
disk allocation
Disk Allocation
disk striping
Disk Striping
factors
Filesystem Configuration Factors
filesystem structure
Disk Striping
hot spare assignment
Hot Spare Assignment
RAID 5 devices
Disk Striping
available space
Creating Filesystems
bandwith
Creating Filesystems
capacity
Creating Filesystems
creation
Creating Filesystems
destroying
Destroying Filesystems
growing
Growing Filesystems
how Appliance Manager configures
How Appliance Manager Configures Filesystems
IOPS
Creating Filesystems
limit on an array
Creating Filesystems
listing
Listing Filesystems
multi-array
Multi-Array Filesystems
optimization
Creating Filesystems
performance
Creating Filesystems
SGIAVT mode
Changing from SGIRDAC to SGIAVT Mode
size
Creating Filesystems
warning about unsupported disk configuration
Creating Filesystems

filesystem configuration
Customizing Your Installation

filesystem creation warning messages
Filesystem Creation Warning Messages

filesystem discovery
Discovering Filesystems

filesystem preconfiguration
Using the Setup Wizard to Configure the System

filesytem goal
Creating Filesystems

findfirst/next operation
CIFS
CIFS

Finished screen
Finished

Firefox
Accessing the Setup Wizard

flush operation
CIFS
CIFS

fsinfo operation
NFS

full-duplex
Ethernet Network Interfaces

gateway
Network Interface
System Name

Gather Support Data screen, Global Configuraiton
Support Data

getattr operation
CIFS
CIFS
NFS
NFS

getsecurity operation
CIFS
CIFS

global configuration
Global Configuration

Global Configuration menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface

global operations
Global Options

goal of filesystem
Creating Filesystems

group quotas
Group Quotas

growing filesystems
Growing Filesystems

GUI
TPSSM
ISSM EE

half-duplex
Ethernet Network Interfaces

hard limit
User Quotas

hardware inventory
Hardware Inventory

header alignment
Filesystem Configuration Factors

historic time
Metrics Collected

historical status of a parameter
System Summary

History menu selection
System Summary

hostname
Network Interface

hostname resolution
DNS

hot spare devices
Hot Spare Assignment

identifier for target
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets

idle tape drive
Tape Drives

IEEE 802.3ad standard
Bonded Network Interfaces

Import Users option, Local Users screen
Local Users and Groups

InfiniBand network interface
InfiniBand Network Interfaces

InfiniBand throughput
System Summary

initial system setup
Initial System Setup

initiator for iSCSI
iSCSI
The iSCSI Initiator

inode_mods operation
NFS

input load balancing
Bonded Network Interfaces

installation customization
Customizing Your Installation

interface overview
Appliance Manager Interface

Internet Explorer
Accessing the Setup Wizard

Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
See iSCSI

interrupt time
CPU Utilization

Introduction screen
Using the Setup Wizard to Configure the System

ioctl operation
CIFS
CIFS

IOPS
Creating Filesystems
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS
NFS
CIFS
CIFS
NFS
NFS
NFS

IP address
Network Interface
Bonded Network Interfaces

IP header
Bonded Network Interfaces

iqn
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets

IRIX
CXFS Configuration

iSCSI
client number
System Summary
destroy storage pool
Miscellaneous iSCSI Management
destroy targets
Miscellaneous iSCSI Management
domain
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets
identifier
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets
initiator
iSCSI
The iSCSI Initiator
list targets
Miscellaneous iSCSI Management
modify targets
Miscellaneous iSCSI Management
network
iSCSI
NFS and CIFS
iSCSI
pool
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets
protocol
iSCSI
qualified name
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets
re-exporting targets
iSCSI
start/stop
Miscellaneous iSCSI Management
target
iSCSI
targets
Customizing Your Installation
iSCSI
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets

iSCSI and power outage
Power Outage and iSCSI

iSCSI Initiator program
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets

ISSM
Changing from SGIRDAC to SGIAVT Mode

ISSM EE GUI
ISSM EE

ISSM WE GUI
ISSM WE

JavaScript
Accessing the Setup Wizard

KDC
Global Options

Kerberos
Global Options

Kerberos aware clients
Use Export Options

Kerberos with Integrity support aware clients
Use Export Options

key distribution center
Global Options

keytab
Global Options

krb5 and krb5i
Use Export Options

Layer 2 (MAC address)
Bonded Network Interfaces

Layer 3 (IP header)
Bonded Network Interfaces

LDAP
Customizing Your Installation
Local Users and Groups

LDAP (lightweight directory access protocol)
LDAP

Licenses screen, Global Configuration
Licenses

licensing requirements
Licensing Requirements

Linux
CXFS Configuration

load average
System Summary

load balancing
Bonded Network Interfaces
Bonded Network Interfaces

local subnet, NFS access
Use Export Options

local users and groups
Customizing Your Installation
Local Users and Groups

lockd operation
NFS

lockd_granted operation
NFS

lockd_share operation
NFS

Log In menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface

Log Out menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface

lookup operation
NFS
NFS

MAC address header
Bonded Network Interfaces

mail store and iSCSI
iSCSI

main menu
Appliance Manager Interface

management interface
Network Interface
Network Interface Configuration
Management Interface

Management menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface

management password
Passwords

media-specific processes (MSPs)
DMF Activity

menu path
Appliance Manager Interface

metadata operations
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS

metrics
CPU
CPU Utilization
type collected
Metrics Collected

MiB vs MB
Metrics Collected

misc operation
CIFS
CIFS

Modify option
Ethernet Network Interfaces
InfiniBand Network Interfaces

modify the installation
Customizing Your Installation

Monitoring menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface

monitoring performance
Performance Monitoring

monitoring screen example
Performance Monitoring

move operation
CIFS
CIFS

MSPs
DMF Activity

multi-array filesystems
Multi-Array Filesystems

mutual CHAP authentication
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets

name service client
Name Service Client

nameserver
DNS
DNS and Hostnames

NDMP
NDMP Configuration
monitoring
NDMP

netmask
Network Interface

network configuration and CXFS
Changing the Network Configuration

network configuration issues
Appliance Manager is Inaccessible due to Network Configuration Issues

network gateway
Network Interface

Network Information Service (NIS)
NIS

network interface
bonded
Bonded Network Interfaces
InfiniBand
InfiniBand Network Interfaces
management
Management Interface
standalone
Ethernet Network Interfaces

network interface configuration
Network Interface Configuration

Network Interface screen
Network Interface

network interfaces
Customizing Your Installation

network throughput
System Summary
Network Throughput
Clients

Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Time and Date
Time and Date

NEXIS System Reset DVD
SGI NEXIS System Reset DVD

NFS
NFS Configuration
Creating Filesystems
NFS
client number
System Summary
custom definition
Use a Custom Definition
export options
Export Options
iSCSI and
iSCSI
restrict to hosts
Use Export Options

NFS screen
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS
NFS

NFS serving domain
Global Options

NFSv4 enabling
Global Options

NIS
Customizing Your Installation
NIS

non-dual-resident cache files
Disk Caches

NTP
Time and Date

NTP enable
Time and Date

NTP server
Time and Date

NTP Time Synchronization, Date and Time screen
Time and Date

number of users
System Summary

ONLINE RAID status
Listing Filesystems

OpenLDAP Server
LDAP

OpenVault tape libraries
OpenVault Tape Libraries

operation
CIFS
CIFS
CIFS
CIFS

operation classes
NFS

Operations
Appliance Manager Interface
Appliance Manager Interface
Appliance Manager Interface

operations by type
NFS

oprofile
Performance Data

optimization for filesystem
Creating Filesystems

output load balancing
Bonded Network Interfaces
Bonded Network Interfaces

overview
System Management and Monitoring with Appliance Manager

password default
Passwords

password problems
Forgotten Password or Corrupt Password File

Passwords screen
Passwords

PCP
DMF Statistics are Unavailable or DMF is Idle

performance archives
Metrics Collected

performance data
Appliance Manager Interface

Performance Data screen
Performance Data

performance increases
Disk Allocation

performance monitoring
Performance Monitoring

performance of filesystem
Creating Filesystems

physical volume elements
Disk Striping

pool for iSCSI
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets

port speed
Ethernet Network Interfaces

power outage and iSCSI
Power Outage and iSCSI

preconfigured filesystem
Using the Setup Wizard to Configure the System

principal user (Kerberos)
Global Options

public NTP timeserver
Time and Date

Quick Start guide
Initial System Setup

quotas
disk
Disk User Quota and Disk Group Quota
group
Group Quotas
user
User Quotas
user and group
Quotas

quotas and earlier versions of Appliance Manager
Applying Quotas to Filesystems Created with Earlier Versions of Appliance Manager

RAID 5 devices
Disk Striping

read block sizes
NFS

read operation
CIFS
CIFS
NFS
NFS

readdir operation
NFS
NFS

readdirplus operation
NFS

Read-only NFS Export option
Use Export Options

realm
Global Options

reboot
Appliance Manager Interface

red color in graphs
Metrics Collected

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CXFS Configuration

re-exporting iSCSI targets with NFS or CIFS
iSCSI

reinstallation after configuration
Reinstalling Appliance Manager After the Network is Configured

remove operation
NFS
NFS

removing filesystems
Destroying Filesystems

reporting problems to SGI
Reporting Problems to SGI

repository size
Listing Filesystems

reservation delay history
Tape Drives

Reset DVD
SGI NEXIS System Reset DVD

resources
Appliance Manager Interface
Resources

Resources menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface
Appliance Manager Interface

restrict to hosts, NFS option
Use Export Options

run_filesystem_scan.sh
Emptying a Lost or Damaged Tape Volume

Samba schema
LDAP

Save/Restore Configuration screen
Save/Restore Configuration

scheduling snapshots
Schedule Snapshots

secret for CHAP authentication
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets

security certificate warning
Accessing the Setup Wizard

server configuration and management
Server Configuration and Management

service times
NFS
CIFS

services
Services

Services menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface
Appliance Manager Interface

serving domain for NFS
Global Options

setattr operation
CIFS
CIFS
NFS
NFS

Setup Wizard
Initial System Setup
DNS screen
DNS
Finished screen
Finished
Introduction screen
Using the Setup Wizard to Configure the System
Network Interface screen
Network Interface
Passwords screen
Passwords
System Restart screen
System Restart
Time and Date screen
Time and Date
Verify Configuration screen
Verify Configuration

severe failures
When to Use the SGI NEXIS System Reset DVD

SGI NEXIS System Reset DVD
SGI NEXIS System Reset DVD

SGI Professional Services
Disk Allocation

SGIAVT
How Appliance Manager Configures Filesystems
Changing from SGIRDAC to SGIAVT Mode

Share Options, CIFS configuration
CIFS Configuration

shutdown
Appliance Manager Interface

Shutdown screen, Global Configuration
Shutdown

Site Map menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface

SLES
CXFS Configuration

slot usage
OpenVault Tape Libraries

smeegui
ISSM EE

SMI
SMI

smicli
SMI

smwecli
ISSM WE

smwegui
ISSM WE

snapshot
Creating Filesystems
configuration
XVM Snapshots
custom time specification
Schedule Snapshots
deletion of
Schedule Snapshots
maximum number of
Schedule Snapshots
name
Schedule Snapshots
scheduling
Schedule Snapshots
Schedule Snapshots

snapshot repository size
Listing Filesystems

snapshots
Customizing Your Installation

/SNAPSHOTS directory
Schedule Snapshots

SNMP
configuration
SNMP Configuration

soft limit
User Quotas

Solaris
CXFS Configuration

SSL certificates
Accessing the Setup Wizard

standalone network interface
Ethernet Network Interfaces

static bonding mode
Bonded Network Interfaces

Static option
Ethernet Network Interfaces
InfiniBand Network Interfaces

storage array discovery troubleshooting
Unconfigured Storage Arrays are Discovered

storage configuration
Storage Configuration

stripe unit
Filesystem Configuration Factors

stripe width alignment
Filesystem Configuration Factors

subnet mask
Bonded Network Interfaces

Summary menu selection
Appliance Manager Interface
System Summary

Summary screen example
System Summary

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
CXFS Configuration

switch
CXFS Configuration

system alerts
System Alerts

system console
Appliance Manager is Inaccessible when the System Must Be Rebooted
Appliance Manager is Inaccessible due to Network Configuration Issues

system logs
System Alerts

system name
System Name

System Name, Global Configuration
System Name

System Restart screen
System Restart

system setup
Initial System Setup

system time
CPU Utilization

system uptime
System Summary

tape drives
Tape Drives

tape libraries
OpenVault Tape Libraries

tape library slot usage
OpenVault Tape Libraries

tape volumes
Tape Volumes

target for iSCSI
iSCSI
CHAP authentication
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets
creating
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets
identifier
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets
re-exporting with NFS or CIFS
iSCSI
size
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets
username
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets

target name
Creating iSCSI Pool and Targets

throughput
Disk Throughput and Disk IOPS
CIFS
NFS
network
Network Throughput
NFS
NFS

Time and Date screen
Time and Date
Time and Date

time zone
Time and Date

time zone specification
Customizing Your Installation

Time zone, Date and Time screen
Time and Date

TPSSM
Changing from SGIRDAC to SGIAVT Mode
TPSSM

TPSSM GUI
TPSSM

trap destination
SNMP Configuration

troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Appliance Manager is inaccessible
network configuration issues
Appliance Manager is Inaccessible due to Network Configuration Issues
rebooting the system
Appliance Manager is Inaccessible when the System Must Be Rebooted
archives directory size
The archives Directory is Too Large
CXFS client stuck on filesystems mount
CXFS Client Stuck on Filesystems Mount
CXFS status is incorrect
CXFS Status is Incorrect
filesystem creation warning messages
Filesystem Creation Warning Messages
password issues
Forgotten Password or Corrupt Password File
power outage and iSCSI
Power Outage and iSCSI
reporting problems
Reporting Problems to SGI
unconfigured storage arrays are discovered
Unconfigured Storage Arrays are Discovered
users and groups not visible
Users and Groups Not Visible

Type field
Listing Filesystems

unavailable tape drive
Tape Drives

unfence
CXFS Configuration

unit measures
Metrics Collected

uptime of system
System Summary

Use custom definition option, NFS screen
Use a Custom Definition

user account range
Users and Groups Not Visible

user and group configuration
User and Group Configuration

user numbers
System Summary

user quotas
User Quotas

user time
CPU Utilization

users and groups
Customizing Your Installation

/var/lib/appman/alerts/archive
System Alerts

/var/lib/appman/archives
The archives Directory is Too Large

/var/lib/appman/archives directory
Metrics Collected

Verify Configuration screen
Verify Configuration

versions
Versions

VG
Tape Volumes

volume group
Tape Volumes

wait time
CPU Utilization

web browsers
Accessing the Setup Wizard

Windows
CXFS Configuration

workload optimization for filesystem
Creating Filesystems

worldwide name
Listing Filesystems

write block sizes
NFS

write operation
CIFS
CIFS

write_async operation
NFS

write_sync operation
NFS

WWN
Listing Filesystems

xattr operation
NFS
NFS