This manual describes the operation of SGI InfiniteStorage Appliance Manager. It discusses the following:
Chapter 1, “Overview”, describes the tasks you can accomplish with Appliance Manager and introduces the interface
Chapter 2, “Initial System Setup”, describes how to use the Setup Wizard to perform your initial system configuration
Chapter 3, “Server Configuration and Management”, describes how to use Appliance Manager to configure the various components of your system and perform general system administration
Chapter 4, “Performance Monitoring”, describes the current and historical views of the state and the performance of a storage server
Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting”, discusses problems that you might encounter and how to resolve them
Appendix A, “How Appliance Manager Configures Filesystems”, describes how Appliance Manager constructs a filesystem and provides an overview of the underlying volume and RAID device configuration that the system uses to lay out the filesystem
Appendix B, “How Appliance Manager Configures the CXFS Cluster”, describes how Appliance Manager constructs a CXFS cluster
Appendix C, “Reinstalling Appliance Manager After the Network is Configured”, describes the procedure to reinstall Appliance Manager after the network is configured
Appendix D, “SGI NEXIS System Reset DVD”, which describes the bootable DVD that you can use to reset your NAS settings to the factory defaults
Caution: The NEXIS reset process is destructive and is only appropriate in cases of severe failure.
In addition, this document includes a glossary of terms.
For information about this release, see the SGI InfiniteStorage Software Platform (ISSP) release notes (README.txt).
For more information, see the following SGI publications:
DMF 4 Administrator's Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage
DMF Filesystem Audit Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage
CXFS 5 Administration Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage
CXFS 5 Client-Only Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage
OpenVault Operator's and Administrator's Guide
SGI InfiniteStorage Software Platform Release Note
TMF Release and Installation Guide
TMF User's Guide
TMF Administrator's Guide
XVM Volume Manager Administrator's Guide
 | Note: The external websites referred to in this guide were correct at the time of publication, but are subject to change. |
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