Silicon Graphics IS2224, Setup Manual

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About This Guide
• Chapter 4, “System Safety,” provides general system safety information necessary for
proper setup and operation of the system.
• Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting Information,” provides best practice procedures to identify,
troubleshoot and correct minor problems with an SGI NAS system.
• Appendix A, “BIOS Error Codes,” provides a brief listing of BIOS (beep) error codes.
• Appendix B, “System Specifications and Regulatory Overview,” provides basic
environmental operating requirements and regulatory information for the SGI NAS system.
Related Publications
The following SGI documents may be relevant to the use of your Modular IS NAS server:
• SGI NAS Quick Start Guide , publication number, 007-5865-00 x
This quick start guide describes the basic installation and use of the SGI NAS system
application software used with your system. It provides guidelines on loading and
registering the Appliance Software License, configuring the primary network interface and
performing essential configuration tasks.
• SGI NAS User Guide , publication number, 007-5860-00 x
This document provides information on multiple aspects of working with SGI NAS APIs,
including basic terminology, SGI NAS Management View (NMV) and NAS Management
Console (NMC) managing instructions.
• SGI NAS HA Cluster User Guide Release 3.1.x , publication number, 007-5899-00 x
This user guide is intended for customers who purchase the HA Cluster optional storage
volume sharing service cluster “middleware” application. This software package (along with
the required hardware) ensures critical applications and services are kept running in the
event of system failures. HA cluster consists of two or more SGI NAS systems running a
defined set of services and monitoring each other for failures.
• SGI NAS VM Data Center User Guide Release 3.1.x , publication number, 007-5901-00 x
For customers purchasing the optional NAS VM Data Center software, this document covers
the optional Virtual Machine Data Center plug-in (also called
VMDC ) which provides
integration of infrastructure virtualization software with the SGI NAS system. VMDC
supports “hypervisors” such as:
– VMware ESX
– Citrix Xen