Installation guide

EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic Fibre Channel and iSCSI (HBAs) and (CNAs) for the Linux Environment

Preface

documentation

The following related documents are available on Powerlink:

◆ EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Linux

◆ EMC Linux iSCSI Attach Release Notes

◆ EMC Networked Storage Topology Guide

◆ For information on Navisphere, refer to the Navisphere

Management software documentation in the Documentation

Library on EMC Powerlink at http://Powerlink.EMC.com.

Conventions used in

this document

EMC uses the following conventions for special notices.

Note: A note presents information that is important, but not hazard-related.

IMPORTANT

An important notice contains information essential to operation of

the software.

CAUTION

A caution contains information essential to avoid data loss or

damage to the system or equipment.

Typographical conventions

EMC uses the following type style conventions in this document:

Normal Used in running (nonprocedural) text for:

• Names of interface elements (such as names of windows,

dialog boxes, buttons, fields, and menus)

• Names of resources, attributes, pools, Boolean expressions,

buttons, DQL statements, keywords, clauses, environment

variables, filenames, functions, utilities

• URLs, pathnames, filenames, directory names, computer

names, links, groups, service keys, file systems, notifications

Bold Used in running (nonprocedural) text for:

• Names of commands, daemons, options, programs,

processes, services, applications, utilities, kernels,

notifications, system call, man pages

Used in procedures for:

• Names of interface elements (such as names of windows,

dialog boxes, buttons, fields, and menus)

• What user specifically selects, clicks, presses, or types