This manual describes the operation of SGI InfiniteStorage NAS Manager. It discusses the following:
Chapter 1, “Overview”, describes the tasks you can accomplish with NAS Manager and introduces the interface
Chapter 2, “Initial System Setup”, describes how to use the Setup Wizard to perform your initial system configuration.
Chapter 3, “Server Configuration and Management”, describes how to use NAS Manager to configure the various components of your system and perform general system administration and configuration.
Chapter 4, “Performance Monitoring”, describes the current and historical views of the state and the performance of a NAS server.
Appendix A, “How NAS Manager Configures Filesystems”, describes how NAS Manager constructs a filesystem and provides an overview of the underlying volume and RAID device configuration that the system uses to lay out the filesystem.
Appendix B, “Reinstalling NAS Manager from CD”, describes how to reinstall the software
In addition, this document includes a glossary of terms.
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