ADIC SNMS 2.3 manual Intended Audience, How This Book is Organized

SNMS

Introduction

StorNext Management Suite (SNMS) is a scalable, high performance, data management solution that ensures the long-term safety and recoverability of data in SAN environments, while optimizing the use of storage resources. The result is high speed data sharing, improved productivity, and reduced network bottlenecks.

SNMS contains the StorNext Storage Manager (StorNext SM) and the StorNext File System (StorNext FS).1 StorNext FS primarily provides Fibre Channel (FC) connections (but also supports other types of connections) in a serverless environment that enables heterogeneous clients to access data and share files. Although StorNext FS is the core file system technology used in SNMS, ADIC supports StorNext FS as a standalone product.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for system administrators and service personnel that would install the SNMS and StorNext FS software.

How This Book is Organized

To accommodate the installation and configuration differences between SNMS and StorNext FS, this guide is divided into three main chapters: Installing SNMS, Installing StorNext FS on UNIX, and Installing StorNext FS on Windows.

If you purchased the SNMS product, follow the instructions in the Installing SNMS chapter. The chapter also guides you through the steps for adding a file system, so you do not need to follow the instructions for installing StorNext FS in the other chapters of this guide.

If you purchased the StorNext FS product, and depending on your operating system, follow the instructions in either the Installing StorNext FS on UNIX or the Installing StorNext FS on Windows chapters. The chapters only explain how to install the file system, so if you decide to purchase the SNMS product at a later time, you will need to contact your ADIC sales representative or ADIC Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) for assistance.

1StorNext SM consists of two components formerly known as FileServ (TSM) and VolServ (MSM). StorNext SM provides high-performance file migration and management services, and manages automated and manual media libraries, including library volumes. StorNext FS consists of a single component, formerly known as CentraVision (DSM).

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