NetApp NearStore R100, Руководство по аппаратуре и обслуживанию

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Preface
About this guide
This guide describes how to install a NetApp® NearStore® R100 storage system,
connect it to the network, and start it up.
Audience
This guide is for system administrators who are familiar with operating systems
that run on the storage system’s clients, such as UNIX®, Windows 95™,
Windows® NT, and Windows® 2000. The procedures in this guide describe
replacement, upgrade, and maintenance tasks for personnel with the following
skills and experience:
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Working familiarity with small computer system hardware and operation
◆ Basic understanding of common networking concepts and practices
◆ Working familiarity with accepted tools and procedures for installing and
operating sensitive electronic equipment
Terminology
This guide uses the following terms:
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R100 or R100 system refers, at a minimum, to an R100 chassis and seven
connected R100 SCSI disk shelves.
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Disk shelf refers to an R100 disk shelf.
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Chassis, or R100 chassis, refers to the “controller unit” that the disk shelves
are attached to.
Note
In the Data ONTAP™ software documentation that came with your R100
storage system, the term filer is used in place of the word chassis. For this
instance, the terms filer and chassis refer to the same physical component of
the storage system; that is, the one that oversees the flow of data to and from
the disk shelves.
Formatting
conventions
The following table lists the kinds of formatting this guide uses to identify
special information.