Preface

The Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance and Gateway System Getting Started Guide is a combined installation, configuration, and getting started guide for the Sun StorageTektrademark 5320 NAS Appliance, the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance, the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System, and the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway Cluster System. This guide describes how to install rackmounting rails, servers, and back-end storage; how to connect servers and storage; and how to configure the system.


Before You Read This Document

Before you begin to install the system, you must have already prepared the site as described in these books:


How This Document Is Organized

This guide contains instructions for installing and configuring all variations of the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance, the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance, the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System, and the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway Cluster System. You need to read only the chapters pertinent to your installation.

Chapter 1 provides an overview of system features.

Chapter 2 describes railmounting, and is applicable to server and back-end storage installation.

Chapter 3 describes how to set up the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance with back-end storage (Sun StorageTek 5300 RAID Controller Enclosure and optional Sun StorEdge 5300 Expansion Enclosures) and applies only to that setup.

Chapter 4 describes how to set up the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance with back-end storage (Sun StorageTek 5300 RAID Controller Enclosure and optional Sun StorEdge 5300 Expansion Enclosures) and applies only to that setup.

Chapter 5 describes how to set up the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System or the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway Cluster System with SAN storage and applies only to those setups.

Appendix A is a brief technical specification of the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance system hardware.

Glossary is a list of words and phrases and their definitions.

Index is an alphabetical list of topics.

Table showing examples of the types of shell prompts used in this document.


Typographic Conventions


Typeface[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.



Related Documentation

The documents listed as online are available at http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/Network_Storage_Solutions/nas.


Application

Title

Part Number

Format

Location

Installation

Sun StorageTek 5000 Family NAS Software Release Notes

819-6402-nn

PDF

Online

NAS Appliance installation
(non-Gateway)

Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance Setup

819-6229-nn

Printed

PDF

Shipping kit

Online

Gateway

Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System Setup

819-4286-nn

Printed

PDF

Shipping kit

Online

GUI usage

Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance and Gateway System Administration Guide

819-6388-nn

PDF

 

Online

 

Safety

Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Server Regulatory and Safety Compliance Manual

819-4281-nn

PDF

 

Online

 

Safety

Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Array Regulatory and Safety Compliance Manual

819-0882-nn

PDF

 

Online

 



Documentation, Support, and Training


Sun Function

URL

Documentation

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Support

http://www.sun.com/support/

Training

http://www.sun.com/training/



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