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User Guide About This Document
Document Organization
Table 3 shows the documentation organization.
Dummy carrier Refers to a dedicated dummy carrier, which is used when a disk
drive is not installed.
Host bus adapter (HBA) Refers to a Fibre Channel (FC) controller.
Network Interface Card (NIC) Refers to an interface control device connected to a client's LAN
port or an application server's Ethernet port.
Controller (CONT) Refers to a controller in a DAC.
Power Supply (PS) Refers to a power supply unit.
FC cable Refers to a Fibre Channel cable.
FC switch Refers to a Fibre Channel switch.
Physical Disk (PD) Refers to a physical disk.
Table 2: Terms Used (Contd.)
Term Description
Table 3: Document Organization
Chapter/ Appendix Description
Chapter 1: "Overview" This chapter describes features, components, and the basic
operation of this disk array system.
Chapter 2: “Workflow -
Installation to Operation”
This chapter explains the flow from the installation to operation of
this disk array system.
Chapter 3: “Installing the Disk
Array System”
This chapter explains how to install and connect this disk array
system.
Chapter 4: “NEC Storage
Manager”
This chapter explains NEC Storage Manager used for managing
this disk array system.
Chapter 5: “Initializing a Disk
Array (FC)”
This chapter explains the initialization of this disk array system in
an FC environment.
Chapter 6: “Initializing a Disk
Array (iSCSI)”
This chapter explains the initialization of this disk array system in
an iSCSI environment.
Chapter 8: “Installing Optional
Parts”
This chapter describes the preparation and installation of the
optional parts of a disk array unit.
Chapter 9: “Changes to the
Configuration”
This chapter explains how to modify the configuration and the
settings of this disk array system.
Chapter 10: “Troubleshooting” This chapter describes possible problems and how to solve
them.
Appendix A: "Specifications" This appendix provides the specifications of the disk array.
Appendix B: “How to
Set/Check Application Server
(Windows) (FC/SAS)”
This appendix provides the steps you should follow while setting
or checking an application server in the Windows environment,
when this disk array is configured for the FC connection.