About this manual
This user guide provides detailed procedures for setting up, configuring, and running Nexsan
®
E-Series™ and
BEAST™ RAID storage systems using Nexsan Storage Tools and the web-based graphical user interface
(GUI).
Audience
This guide has been prepared for the following audience:
IT system administrators
Engineers
Technicians
Conventions
Text
Internal cross-references, hyperlinks, URLs, and email addresses are displayed in
underlined blue
.
Cross-references to other documents, system messages, and non-interactive items in the graphical user
interface (GUI) are displayed in
italic
.
Text that refers to labels on the physical unit or interactive items in the graphical user interface (GUI) is in
boldface
.
Text that is displayed in the command-line interface (CLI) or text that refers to file or directory names is in
monospace
.
Text strings that must be entered by the user in the command-line interface or in text fields in the graphical
user interface (GUI) are in
monospace bold
.
Notes, tips, cautions, and warnings
Note
Notes contain important information, present alternative procedures, or call attention to certain items.
Tip
Tips contain handy information for end-users, such as other ways to perform an action.
CAUTION:
In hardware manuals, cautions alert the user to items or situations which may cause
damage to the unit or result in mild injury to the user, or both. In software manuals, cautions alerts the
user to situations which may cause data corruption or data loss.
WARNING: Warnings alert the user to items or situations which may result in severe injury
or death to the user.
About this manual — Audience
Nexsan High-Density Storage
User Guide
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