Silicon Graphics CHALLENGE Vault L CMN A01, Owner'S Manual

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About This Guide
This guide provides information for operating the CHALLENGE™ Vault L
storage box (model no. CMN A014). This product provides additional disk
storage for the Onyx™ and CHALLENGE L (deskside) and XL (rackmount)
systems. The Vault L houses SCSI (small computer system interface) drives.
Each Vault L holds up to eight half-height drives or four full-height drives.
Structure of this Guide
This guide includes the following chapters and appendices:
Chapter 1 “Touring the Chassis” introduces the components visible
from the front and back of the Vault L storage box.
Chapter 2 “Operating the Vault L Storage Box” explains how to install
and remove drives, how to update the system software to
recognize new drives, and how to operate the Vault L
storage box.
Appendix A “Specifications” summarizes technical specifications for the
Vault L storage box.
Conventions
In command syntax descriptions and examples, square brackets ( [ ] )
surrounding an argument indicate an optional argument. Variable
parameters are in italics. Replace these variables with the appropriate string
or value.
In text descriptions, IRIX™ filenames are in italics. The names of IRIS
®
keyboard keys are printed in boldface typewriter font and enclosed in angle
brackets, such as
<Enter>
or
<Esc>
.