IBM ESS 3000, Hardware Planning And Installation Manual

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About this information
This information is intended as a guide for administering IBM Elastic Storage
®
System (ESS) 3000.
Who should read this information
This information is intended for administrators of IBM Elastic Storage System (ESS) 3000 systems that
include IBM Spectrum Scale RAID.
Related information
Related information
For information about:
• IBM Spectrum Scale, see:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/STXKQY/ibmspectrumscale_welcome.html
• mmvdisk command, see mmvdisk documentation.
Conventions used in this information
Table 1 on page xi describes the typographic conventions used in this information. UNIX file name
conventions are used throughout this information.
Table 1. Conventions
Convention
Usage
bold Bold words or characters represent system elements that you must use literally,
such as commands, flags, values, and selected menu options.
Depending on the context, bold typeface sometimes represents path names,
directories, or file names.
bold
underlined
bold underlined keywords are defaults. These take effect if you do not specify a
different keyword.
constant width Examples and information that the system displays appear in constant-width
typeface.
Depending on the context,
constant-width typeface sometimes represents path
names, directories, or file names.
italic Italic words or characters represent variable values that you must supply.
Italics are also used for information unit titles, for the first use of a glossary term,
and for general emphasis in text.
<key> Angle brackets (less-than and greater-than) enclose the name of a key on the
keyboard. For example, <Enter> refers to the key on your terminal or workstation
that is labeled with the word Enter.
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