HP Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator manual Introduction, About This Guide

In This Introduction

Introduction

Welcome to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator Deployment Guide. Read this introduction for an overview of the information provided in this guide and for an understanding of the documentation conventions used throughout. This introduction contains the following sections:

‹“About This Guide,” next

‹“Hardware and Software Dependencies” on page 4

‹“Ethernet Network Compatibility” on page 4

‹“Antivirus Compatibility” on page 4

‹“Additional Resources” on page 5

‹“Contacting HP” on page 7

INTRODUCTION

About This Guide

The HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator Deployment Guide describes how to configure the HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator (HP EFS WAN Accelerator) in complex in-path and out-of-path deployments such as failover, multiple routing points, static clusters, connection forwarding, Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP), Layer -4 and Policy-Based Routing (PBR), and Proxy File Service (PFS).

Types of Users This guide is written for storage and network administrators with familiarity administering and managing networks using Common Internet File System (CIFS), Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Microsoft Exchange.

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