Limitations

This table lists the limitations that have been discovered in this release of SNMS.

Operating System/

Description

Component Affected

 

 

 

IRIX

StorNext FS uses 64-bit inode numbers. Programs compiled without 64-bit

 

support may experience problems working with files with inode numbers

 

greater than 2 GB. This issue is not unique to StorNext, but may be

 

encountered by some legacy applications when working with StorNext FS.

 

 

 

SNMS only supports SGI 64-bit versions of IRIX on operating systems that

 

use the SGI version of the QLogic QLA2200 or QLA2310 FC-HBAs.

 

 

 

SNMS and StorNext FS are shipped as separate, installable streams for

 

the maintenance (m) and feature (f) releases of IRIX. You need to select

 

the correct maintenance or feature streams of SNMS and StorNext FS.

 

Otherwise, you will encounter problems during installation and while

 

running the product.

 

Use the uname -aRcommand to determine the running version of IRIX.

 

• If you are using the maintenance stream of SNMS or StorNext FS, the

 

stream is listed as 6.5.19m, 22m, or 23m. For this stream, you must

 

install the maintenance release of SNMS or Stornext FS.

 

• If you are using the feature stream of SNMS or StorNext FS, the stream

 

is listed as 6.5.19f, or 22f. For this stream, you must install the

 

feature release of SNMS or StorNext FS.

 

• If you are using IRIX level 6.5.23, you must install the maintenance

 

stream of SNMS or StorNext FS.

 

 

 

On many versions of IRIX, the root crontab contains the following entry

 

which is used to remove old application crash dumps and temporary mail

 

files:

 

find / -local -type f '(' -name core -o -name dead.letter ')'

 

-atime +7 -mtime +7 -exec rm -f '{}' ';'

 

If StorNext file systems are mounted, they will be traversed by this find

 

command which can have a dramatic impact on the performance of other

 

applications currently using these file systems. To prevent the traversal of

 

StorNext file systems, modify the find command so it reads:

 

find / -local '(' -type d -fstype cvfs -prune ')' -o -type f

 

'(' -name core -o -name dead.letter ')' -atime +7 -mtime +7 -

 

exec rm -f '{}' ';'

 

 

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2.4.1 specifications

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