Storageflex 3945N manual Kernel, LAN cable, Linux, Local Appliances, Local Area Network LAN

Administrator Guide

and automatically detects new Appliances as they are added to the Local Area Network (LAN). In addition, ApplianceView can be configured to view and manage Appliances outside of the LAN, provided that they have domain names or Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.

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Kernel

The kernel is the low level fundamental part of Linux that resides in memory at all times, and provides basic services for all other parts of the operating system. Storageflex uses the 2.4 kernel, one of the most recent versions available.

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LDAP

LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. LDAP is an industry standard for organizing data of all kinds for easy and flexible retrieval.

LAN cable

A LAN cable is used to connect devices in a Local Area Network. This is also referred to as a Patch Cable or an Ethernet Cable.

Linux

Linux is an open source, freely distributable version of the UNIX operating system. The Storageflex server is based on the Linux operating system.

Local Appliances

A Local Appliance is an Storageflex Appliance that is attached to the Local Area Network by an Ethernet cable. Local appliances are automatically recognized, and added to the list of Local Appliances by ApplianceView.

Local Area Network (LAN)

A LAN consists of several computers that are networked together using physical connections. Although there are several types of LAN, Ethernet is by far the most popular, and is the only type of LAN that Storageflex supports.

Logical Drive

In the context of a partitioned disk drive or a RAID, a logical drive refers to the users perception of a disk drive. This is in contrast to a physical drive, which is the actual disk drive, irrespective of how the user may view it. For example, a workstation could have one 80 GB hard drive (one physical drive), but the drive may be setup in four partitions of 20GB each (four logical drives). In this case, the user will view the one single physical drive as four distinct drives since Microsoft Windows displays each partition as a separate drive. In the case of a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID), several physical drives actually appear as one logical drive.

Logical Volume

A mountable storage object.

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