IBM 201 manual Roadmap for setting up and configuring the NAS, Microsoft Windows Terminal Services

Microsoft Windows 2000 for Network Attached Storage

Enables remote administration of the appliance using a web-based graphical user interface (GUI)

Microsoft Windows Terminal Services

Enables remote administration of the appliance using its Windows desktop

Microsoft Services for UNIX

Provides file access to UNIX and UNIX-based clients and servers via

Network File System (NFS) protocol

IBM Director Agent and Universal Manageability Server Extensions Provides system management support based on industry standards (in conjunction with the IBM Director console application as well as other management software)

IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent

Supports management via the IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console application (supports aggregate web-based management of all of your IBM appliances)

ServeRAID Manager RAID Configuration and Monitoring

Provides configuration tools and RAID management of the ServeRAID-4x adapter

Intel PROSet II

Provides diagnostics for the Intel Ethernet adapters

Alacritech SLICuser

Provides diagnostics for the Alacritech Quad-port Ethernet adapter

Columbia Data Products® Persistent Storage Manager (PSM)

Provides 250 persistent images of customer data and enables full online backup of system with Microsoft’s backup applications

Tivoli® Storage Manager Client

Provides data backup/archive support (in conjunction with Tivoli Storage

Manager Server)

Note: Note that both models are generically referred to as NAS 200 in the rest of this document.

Roadmap for setting up and configuring the NAS 200

The following roadmap presents the requirements and instructions required to set up and configure the NAS 200. Following these directions and referring to the appropriate sections of this book will help you in this task.

Configuration and administration tools (“Chapter 2. Configuration and administration tools” on page 5)

The NAS 200 has several different methods of configuration depending on your environment.

Determine how you will manage the device. You can manage the NAS 200 in “headless” mode or with a keyboard, display, and mouse directly attached to each node. For “headless” management of the NAS 200, you can use one of the following tools:

vTerminal Services, for remote configuration and management from another device on the network

vUniversal Manageability Services (UMS) for management through a web browser

2NAS 200 User’s Reference