User`s guide

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About This Guide
This guide explains how to operate and maintain the SGI 2 Gb Total Performance 9100
(2 Gb TP9100) Fibre Channel storage system. As part of the SGI Total Performance Series
of Fibre Channel storage, this storage system provides compact, high-capacity,
high-availability RAID and JBOD (“just a bunch of disks”) storage for supported SGI
servers.
The 2 Gb TP9100 storage system can be connected to one or more Fibre Channel boards
(host bus adapters, or HBAs) in the SGI server separately or in combination (loop).
Software interfaces from a third party are shipped with the storage system.
Audience
This guide is written for users of the SGI 2 Gb TP9100 Fibre Channel storage system. It
presumes general knowledge of Fibre Channel technology and knowledge of the host
SGI server, the HBA, and other Fibre Channel devices to which the storage system might
be cabled.
Structure of This Document
This guide consists of the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, “Storage System Overview,” describes storage system formats and the
modules in the storage system.
• Chapter 2, “Connecting to a Host and Powering On and Off,” explains how to cable
the storage system to a host, how to connect the power cord, and how to power the
storage system on and off.
• Chapter 3, “Features of the RAID Controller,” describes SCSI Enclosure Services
(SES), configuration on disk (COD), drive roaming, Mylex Online RAID Expansion
(MORE), and data caching.