IBM ServeRAID, User Reference

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The following booklets are extracted from the IBM ServeRAID User’s Reference,
Version 5.10 and are available on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD in the /BOOKS
directory:
v IBM ServeRAID-4 Ultra160 and ServeRAID-5i Ultra320 SCSI Controllers
Installation Guide
(INSTAL51.PDF)
v Configuring IBM ServeRAID Controllers for Failover (FAILOV51.PDF)
v
Installing the IBM ServeRAID Cluster Solution (CLUSTE51.PDF)
v Understanding IBM ServeRAID Technology (TECHNO51.PDF)
Note: Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files. The IBM ServeRAID Support
CD contains the Acrobat Readers for Microsoft Windows, IBM OS/2
®
, and
Linux
®
in the /BOOKS/READERS directory.
If you are installing the IBM ServeRAID Cluster Solution, you might need to refer to
the
IBM Shared Disk Clustering Hardware Reference. This book provides general
information about planning and configuring a shared-disk cluster using IBM server
products. It contains illustrations, descriptions, and parts listings for various
high-availability, shared-disk cluster examples.
Note: You can obtain this publication from the IBM Support Web site. See
“Downloadable files from the World Wide Web” on page 141 for additional
information.
In addition, the following IBM Redbooks
™
might be of interest:
v Implementing Netfinity Disk Subsystems: ServeRAID SCSI, Fibre Channel, and
SSA
v Tuning Netfinity Servers for Performance: Getting the most out of Windows 2000
and Windows NT 4.0
v
Netfinity Director: Integration and Tools
v Netfinity Clustering Planning Guide
You can download these books from the IBM Web site at
http://www.ibm.com/redbooks/.
Supported operating systems
The following operating systems are supported with ServeRAID-4 and ServeRAID-5i
controllers:
v Microsoft XP Professional (ServeRAID-4Lx controller only)
v Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Datacenter, and Server
v
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (ServeRAID-4Lx controller only)
v Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition and Server
v
Novell NetWare (versions 5.x and 6.0)
v IBM OS/2 WARP
®
Server for e-business
v
Red Hat Linux (versions 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3)
v SuSE Linux (versions 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 8.0)
v Caldera OpenLinux (versions 3.1 and 3.1.1)
v Turbolinux (versions 6.5 and 7.0)
v SCO OpenServer 5.0.6a
v
Caldera UnixWare 7.1.1
v Caldera Open UNIX 8.0
Preface
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