CXFS™ 5 Administration Guide for SGI® InfiniteStorage

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Record of Revision

Revision 001September 1999 
Supports the CXFS 1.1 product in the IRIX 6.5.6f release.

Revision 002October 1999 
Supports the CXFS 1.1 product in the IRIX 6.5.6f release.

Revision 003December 1999 
Supports the CXFS product in the IRIX 6.5.7f release.

Revision 004March 2000 
Supports the CXFS product in the IRIX 6.5.8f release.

Revision 005June 2000 
Supports the CXFS product in the IRIX 6.5.9f release.

Revision 006September 2000 
Supports the CXFS product in the IRIX 6.5.10f release.

Revision 007January 2001 
Supports the CXFS product in the IRIX 6.5.11f release.

Revision 008March 2001 
Supports the CXFS product in the IRIX 6.5.12f release.

Revision 009June 2001 
Supports the CXFS product in the IRIX 6.5.13f release.

Revision 011September 2001 
Supports the CXFS product in the IRIX 6.5.14f release. (Note, there was no 010 version due to an internal numbering mechanism.)

Revision 012December 2001 
Supports the CXFS Version 2 product in IRIX 6.5.15f.

Revision 013March 2002 
Supports the CXFS Version 2 product in IRIX 6.5.16f.

Revision 014June 2002 
Supports the CXFS Version 2 product in IRIX 6.5.17f.

Revision 015September 2002 
Supports the CXFS Version 2 product in IRIX 6.5.18f.

Revision 016December 2002 
Supports the CXFS Version 2 product in IRIX 6.5.19f.

Revision 017March 2003 
Supports the CXFS Version 2 product in IRIX 6.5.20f.

Revision 018September 2003 
Supports the CXFS 3.0 product in IRIX 6.5.22 and CXFS 3.0 for SGI Altix 3000 running SGI ProPack 2.3 for Linux.

Revision 019December 2003 
Supports the CXFS 3.1 product in IRIX 6.5.23 and CXFS 3.1 for SGI Altix 3000 running SGI ProPack 2.4 for Linux.

Revision 020March 2004 
Supports the CXFS 3.2 product in IRIX 6.5.24 and CXFS 3.2 for SGI Altix 3000 running SGI ProPack 3 for Linux.

Revision 021November 2004 
Supports the CXFS 3.2 product in IRIX 6.5.24 and CXFS 3.2 for SGI Altix 3000 running SGI ProPack 3 for Linux.

Revision 022April 2005 
Supports the CXFS 3.3 product

Revision 023July 2005 
Supports the CXFS 3.4 product

Revision 024May 2006 
Supports the CXFS 4.0 product

Revision 025January 2007 
Supports the CXFS 4.1 product

Revision 026September 2007 
Supports the CXFS 4.2 product

Revision 027March 2008 
Supports the CXFS 5.0 product

Revision 028September 2008 
Supports the CXFS 5.2 product

Revision 029March 2009 
Supports the CXFS 5.4 product in ISSP 1.6

Revision 030September 2009 
Supports the CXFS 5.6 product in ISSP 1.8