This guide tells you how to configure an SGI® COPAN™ native massive array of idle disks (MAID) system for use with the SGI InfiniteStorage™ Data Migration Facility (DMF) and the SGI OpenVault™ mounting service.
The following publications contain additional information:
DMF 6 Administrator Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage
DMF 5 Filesystem Audit Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage
High Availability Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage
OpenVault Administrator Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage
SGI InfiniteStorage Software Platform release note (the README.txt file, see below to obtain)
XVM Volume Manager Administrator Guide
Also see the Platform Service Manager Online Help available from the PSM Help menu.
You can obtain SGI documentation as follows:
See the SGI Technical Publications Library at http://docs.sgi.com. Various formats are available. This library contains the most recent and most comprehensive set of online books, man pages, and other information.
You can view man pages by typing man title at a command line.
The /docs directory on the ISSP DVD or in the Supportfolio™ download directory contains the following:
The ISSP release note: /docs/README.txt
DMF release notes: /docs/README_DMF.txt
A complete list of the packages and their location on the media: /docs/RPMS.txt
The packages and their respective licenses: /docs/PACKAGE_LICENSES.txt
The release notes and manuals are provided in the noarch/sgi-isspdocs RPM and will be installed on the system into the following location:
/usr/share/doc/packages/sgi-issp-ISSPVERSION/TITLE |
The following conventions are used throughout this document:
| Convention | Meaning | |
| command | This fixed-space font denotes literal items such as commands, files, routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language structures. | |
| variable | Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being defined. | |
| user input | This bold, fixed-space font denotes literal items that the user enters in interactive sessions. (Output is shown in nonbold, fixed-space font.) | |
| [ ] | Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line. | |
| ... | Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated. | |
| manpage(x) | Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page names. | |
| GUI | This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI) elements such as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus, toolbars, icons, buttons, boxes, fields, and lists. |
If you have comments about the technical accuracy, content, or organization of this publication, contact SGI. Be sure to include the title and document number of the publication with your comments. (Online, the document number is located in the front matter of the publication. In printed publications, the document number is located at the bottom of each page.)
You can contact SGI in any of the following ways:
Send e-mail to the following address:
Contact your customer service representative and ask that an incident be filed in the SGI incident tracking system.
Send mail to the following address:
| SGI |
| Technical Publications |
| 46600 Landing Parkway |
| Fremont, CA 94538 |
SGI values your comments and will respond to them promptly.