Preface |
This manual, the Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Installation and Configuration Guide, explains the installation and upgrade procedures for the Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS software products, release 4.1. The 4.1 releases can be installed on the following Solaris Operating System (OS) platforms:
This manual is written for system administrators responsible for configuring and maintaining Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS software. You, the system administrator, are assumed to be knowledgeable about Sun Solaris procedures, including creating accounts, performing system backups, creating file systems, and other basic Sun Solaris system administrator tasks. TABLE P-1 describes the software.
The Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS software can be installed to take advantage of several different features. This manual explains how to install and configure a single-host Sun StorEdge QFS or Sun StorEdge SAM-FS file system. Additional configuration information for other Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS features is as follows:
This manual contains the following chapters:
The glossary defines terms used in this and other Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS documentation.
This document does not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to one or more of the following for this information:
TABLE P-2 shows the shell prompts that this manual uses.
TABLE P-3 lists the typographic conventions used in this manual.
This manual is part of a set of documents that describes the operations of the Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS software products. TABLE P-4 shows the complete release 4.1 documentation set for these products.
The Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS software distribution includes PDF files that you can view from the following locations:
This web site contains documentation for many storage software products.
a. To access this web site, go to the following URL:
www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Software/Storage_Software
The Storage Software page is displayed.
b. Click on the appropriate link from the following list:
This web site contains documentation for Solaris and many other Sun software products.
a. To access this web site, go to the following URL:
The docs.sun.com page is displayed.
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If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this document, go to the following web site:
http://www.sun.com/service/contacting
For information on obtaining licenses for Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS software, contact your Sun sales representative or your authorized service provider (ASP).
The Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS software includes the samexplorer(1M) script. This diagnostic script can be very useful to you and to the Sun customer support staff. This script produces a diagnostic report of the server configuration and collects log information. After the software is installed, you can access the samexplorer(1M) man page for more information about this script.
For installation and configuration services, contact Sun's Enterprise Services at 1-800-USA4SUN or contact your local Enterprise Services sales representative.
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