Specifications

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2 SGI InfiniteStorage NAS Server and Titan Server
Related Publications
The following documents are relevant to the SGI InfiniteStorage NAS Server:
• SGIInfiniteStorageNASServerSystemAdministrationGuide:InPDF
format,thisguideprovidesinformationaboutthefeatures,configuration,
administration,andmaintenanceofanSGIInfiniteStorageNASServeror
cluster.
•SGIInfiniteStorageNASServerSoftwareInstallationGuide:InPDFformat,
thisguideprovidesinformationaboutinstallingsoftwareandfirmware,
includinginstructions
onhowtoupgradeanddowngradethestorage
serverandtheSMU.
•SGIInfiniteStorageNASServerHardwareInstallationGuide:InPDFformat,
thisguideprovidesinformationaboutinstallingthestorageserverand
connectingittoyournetwork.
•SGIInfiniteStorageNASServerHardwareReference:Thisguide(inPDF
format)providesanoverviewof
theInfiniteStorageNASServerhardware,
describeshowtoresolveanyproblems,andshowshowtoreplacefaulty
components.
•TitanServerHardwareReference:Thisguide(inPDFformat)providesan
overviewoftheTitanServerhardware,describeshowtoresolveany
problems,andshowshowtoreplacefaultycomponents.
•SGIInfiniteStorageNAS
ServerCommandLineReference:Thisguide(in
HTMLformat)describeshowtoadministerthesystembytyping
commandsatacommandprompt.
•SGIInfiniteStorageNASServerReleaseNotes:Thisdocumentgiveslate‐
breakingnewsaboutthesystem.
Conventions
Thefollowingconventionsareusedthroughoutthisdocument:
Convention Meaning
Command
Thisfixed‐spacefontdenotesliteralitemssuchascommands,files,
routines,pathnames,signals,messages,andprogramminglanguage
structures.
variable Theitalictypefacedenotesvariableentriesandwordsorconcepts
beingdefined.Italictypefaceisalsousedforbooktitles.
userinput Thisboldfixed‐spacefontdenotesliteralitemsthatthe
userentersin
interactivesessions.Outputisshowninnonbold,fixed‐spacefont.
[and] Bracketsencloseoptionalportionsofacommandordirectiveline.
… Ellipsesindicatethataprecedingelementcanberepeated.