CXFS™ Client-Only Guide for SGI® InfiniteStorage

Document Number: 007-4507-016

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Record of Revision

Revision 001March 2002 
Original publication with the CXFS MultiOS Clients 2.0 release for IRIX 6.5.16f.

Revision 002May 2002 
Revised to support the CXFS MultiOS Clients 2.1 release for IRIX 6.5.16f. This release supports the Sun Microsystems Solaris and Microsoft Windows NT platforms.

Revision 003June 2002 
Revised to support the CXFS MultiOS Clients 2.1.1 release for IRIX 6.5.16f. This release supports the Sun Microsystems Solaris and Microsoft Windows NT platforms.

Revision 004August 2002 
Revised to support the CXFS MultiOS 2.2 Clients release for IRIX 6.5.17f. This release supports the Sun Microsystems Solaris, Microsoft Windows NT, and Microsoft Windows 2000 platforms.

Revision 005November 2002 
Revised to support the CXFS MultiOS Clients 2.3 release for IRIX 6.5.18f. This release supports the Sun Microsystems Solaris, Microsoft Windows NT, and Microsoft Windows 2000 platforms.

Revision 006February 2003 
Revised to support the CXFS MultiOS Clients 2.4 release for IRIX 6.5.19f. This release supports the Sun Microsystems Solaris, Microsoft Windows NT, and Microsoft Windows 2000 platforms.

Revision 007May 2003 
Revised to support the CXFS MultiOS Clients 2.5 release for IRIX 6.5.20f. This release supports the IBM AIX platform, Linux on supported 32-bit platforms, SGI ProPack for Linux on SGI Altix 3000 family of servers and superclusters, Sun Microsystems Solaris platform, Microsoft Windows NT platform, and Microsoft Windows 2000 platform.

Revision 008September 2003 
Revised to support CXFS MultiOS Clients 3.0. This release supports the IBM AIX platform, Linux on supported 32-bit platforms, Sun Microsystems Solaris platform, Microsoft Windows NT platform, Microsoft Windows 2000 platform, and Microsoft Windows XP platform. The documentation for Linux 64-bit nodes supported by the CXFS 3.0 for SGI ProPack release will appear in the next version of the CXFS Administration Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage.

Revision 009February 2004 
Revised to support CXFS MultiOS Clients 3.1. This release supports the Apple Mac OS X platform, IBM AIX platform, Linux on supported 32-bit platforms, Sun Microsystems Solaris platform, Microsoft Windows 2000 platform, and Microsoft Windows XP platform.

Revision 010November 2004 
Revised to support CXFS MultiOS Clients 3.2. This release supports the Apple Mac OS X platform, IBM AIX platform, Linux on supported 32-bit platforms, Sun Microsystems Solaris platform, Microsoft Windows 2000 platform, and Microsoft Windows XP platform.

Revision 011April 2005 
Revised to support CXFS MultiOS Clients 3.3. This release supports the Apple Mac OS X platform, IBM AIX platform, Linux on supported third-party platforms (x86, AMD64/EM64T, Intel Itanium 2), Sun Microsystems Solaris platform, Microsoft Windows 2000 platform, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Microsoft Windows XP platform.

Revision 012July 2005 
Revised to support CXFS MultiOS Clients 3.4. This release supports the Apple Mac OS X platform, IBM AIX platform, Linux on supported third-party platforms (x86, AMD64/EM64T, Intel Itanium 2), Sun Microsystems Solaris platform, Microsoft Windows 2000 platform, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Microsoft Windows XP platform.

Revision 013May 2006 
Supports CXFS 4.0

Revision 014January 2007 
Supports CXFS 4.1

Revision 015September 2007 
Supports CXFS 4.2

Revision 016March 2008 
Supports CXFS 5.0