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Section 2
System Overview
2.1
Introduction
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager is a collection of device drivers and management
software for controlling, configuring, and managing devices in a storage area
network (SAN) environment that uses QLogic Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters
(HBAs). This section summarizes information from various products and contains
an installation checklist.
The contents of this section are summarized in the following paragraphs:
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Section 2.1 —Introduction
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Section 2.2 —Installation Checklist. This section contains an installation
checklist to help you install all hardware and software properly and in the correct
order.
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Section 2.3 —Configuration Parameters. This section lists configuration and
tuning parameters.
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Section 2.4 —Troubleshooting. This section lists common troubleshooting
tools to help identify the source of a hardware or software problem.
This information is intended for OEMs, field service personnel, and customers who
are installing QLogic hardware and SANsurfer FC HBA Manager software. This
section assumes that users are familiar with hardware installation and operating
systems where HBAs will be installed.