ADIC 2.2 manual Introduction

SNFS

Introduction

StorNext File System (StorNext FS), formerly known as CentraVision™, lets heterogeneous clients share files across high-speed storage Fibre Channel (FC) connections. By eliminating the need to duplicate, manage, and move multiple copies of the same file, StorNext FS increases storage efficiency, improves workflow productivity, and reduces network bottlenecks. StorNext FS is the core file system technology used in the StorNext Management Suite (SNMS).

•To install the StorNext FS in a supported UNIX environment, refer to the installation procedures in this Guide. (Abbreviated installation procedures for StorNext FS in a UNIX environment also appear in the StorNext Management Suite Installation Guide, a separate document.)

•To install the StorNext File System in a supported Windows environment, refer to the StorNext FS installation procedures in the StorNext Management Suite Installation Guide, a separate document.

Other helpful documents include:

•StorNext Management Suite Release Notes

•StorNext File System Quick Reference Booklet

Purpose of This Book

This book describes how to install StorNext FS on AIX, IRIX, Linux and Solaris clients in UNIX environments.

Who Should Read this Book

This book is intended as a guide for the StorNext FS installation team, which is usually the site system administrators.

It assumes the system administrators have a strong familiarity with the following items.

•The appropriate operating system: a supported UNIX environment (AIX, IRIX, RedHat or SuSE Linux, or Solaris).

•Applications running in their site environment.

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