This publication documents the CXFS 5.6 release. For additional details, see the platform-specific release notes.
This guide assumes the following:
Server-capable administration nodes running SGI Foundation Software and CXFS software are installed and operational.
The CXFS client-only nodes have the appropriate platform-specific operating system software installed.
The reader is familiar with the information presented in the CXFS 5 Administration Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage and the platform's operating system and installation documentation.
For information about this release, see the SGI InfiniteStorage Software Platform (ISSP) release notes (/README.txt) and the CXFS release notes (README_NAME.txt ).
The following documents contain additional information (if you are viewing this document online, you can click on TPL Link below to link to the book on the SGI TechPubs library):
CXFS documentation:
Platform-specific release notes
CXFS 5 Administration Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage ( TPL link)
SGI InfiniteStorage High Availability Using Linux-HA Heartbeat
QLogic HBA card and driver documentation. See the QLogic website at:
AIX documentation on the IBM website at:
IRIX documentation:
IRIX 6.5 Installation Instructions
IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems
IRIX Admin: Networking and Mail
Personal System Administration Guide
Performance Co-Pilot for IRIX Advanced User's and Administrator's Guide
Performance Co-Pilot Programmer's Guide
Linux documentation:
Mac OS X software documentation:
Welcome to Mac OS X
Mac OS X Server Administrator's Guide
Understanding and Using NetInfo
See the Apple website at:
Solaris documentation:
Solaris 10 Installation Guide
Solaris 10 System Administration Collection
See the Sun Microsystems website at:
Sun Microsystems owner's guide and product notes for the Sun hardware platform
Windows software documentation: see the Microsoft website at:
Hardware documentation for the Intel platform
 | Note: The external websites referred to in this guide were correct at the time of publication, but are subject to change. |
The following man pages are provided on CXFS client-only nodes (other than Windows nodes):
Client-Only Man Page | Linux RPM or IRIX Subsystem[a] |
|---|---|
cxfs_client(1M) | cxfs_client |
cxfs_info(1M) | cxfs_client |
cxfs-config(1M) | cxfs_util |
cxfscp(1) | cxfs_util |
cxfsdump(1M) | cxfs_util |
[a] For AIX, Mac OS X, and Solaris platforms, man pages are provided in the CXFS package. | |
You can obtain SGI documentation as follows:
See the SGI Technical Publications Library at http://docs.sgi.com. Various formats are available. This library contains the most recent and most comprehensive set of online books, man pages, and other information.
On all but Windows systems, you can view man pages by typing man title at a command line.
The /docs directory on the ISSP DVD or in the Supportfolio download directory contains the following:
The ISSP release note: /docs/README.txt
Other release notes: /docs/README_ NAME.txt
A complete list of the packages and their location on the media: /docs/RPMS.txt
The packages and their respective licenses: /docs/PACKAGE_LICENSES.txt
The release notes and manuals are provided in the noarch/sgi-isspdocs RPM and will be installed on the system into the following location:
/usr/share/doc/packages/sgi-issp-ISSPVERSION-TITLE
This guide uses the following terminology abbreviations:
Linux refers to systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
Mac OS X refers to both the Tiger and Leopard releases
Windows refers to any of the supported levels of Microsoft Windows operating systems as defined in the CXFS Windows release note
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 | Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being defined. | |
| 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.) | |
| GUI | This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI) elements such as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus, toolbars, icons, buttons, boxes, fields, and lists. | |
| [ ] | Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line. | |
| ... | Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated. |
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