This publication documents CXFS 3.2 running on a storage area network (SAN). It supports CXFS 3.2 for IRIX 6.5.24 and for SGI Altix 3000 systems running SGI ProPack 3.0 for Linux. It assumes that you are already familiar with the XFS filesystem and you have access to the XVM Volume Manager Administrator's Guide.
You should read through this entire book, especially Chapter 18, “Troubleshooting”, before attempting to install and configure a CXFS cluster.
The following documents contain additional information:
CXFS MultiOS Client-Only Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage
FailSafe Administrator's Guide for SGI InfiniteStorage
XVM Volume Manager Administrator's Guide
Storage area network (SAN) documentation:
EL Serial Port Server Installation Guide (provided by Digi International)
EL Serial Port Server Installation Guide Errata
FDDIXPress Administration Guide
SGI® InfiniteStorage TP9400 and SGI® InfiniteStorage TP9500 and TP9500S RAID User's Guide
SGI® InfiniteStorage TP9300 and TP9300S RAID User's Guide
SGI Total Performance 9100 Storage System Owner's Guide
SGI TPSSM Administration Guide
IRIX documentation:
IRISconsole Administrator's Guide (Note, CXFS does not support the Silicon Graphics O2 workstation as a CXFS node, therefore it cannot be a CXFS reset server.)
IRIX 6.5 Installation Instructions
IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems
IRIX Admin: Networking and Mail
Personal System Administration Guide
Performance Co-Pilot for IRIX Advanced User's and Administrator's Guide
Performance Co-Pilot Programmer's Guide
Trusted IRIX Read Me First Notice
Trusted IRIX/CMW Security Features User's Guide
SGI ProPack for Linux 64-bit and SGI Altix documentation:
NIS Administrator's Guide
Personal System Administration Guide
SGI ProPack for Linux Start Here
SGI Altix 3000 User's Guide
Performance Co-Pilot for IA-64 Linux User's and Administrator's Guide
The following man pages are provided with CXFS:
build_cmgr_script
cbeutil
cdbBackup
cdbRestore
cdbutil
cluster_status
cmgr
cmond
cms_failconf
crsd
cxfsdump
fs2d
hafence
You can obtain SGI documentation as follows:
See the SGI Technical Publications Library at http://docs.sgi.com. Various formats are available. This library contains the most recent and most comprehensive set of online books, release notes, man pages, and other information.
If it is installed on your IRIX SGI system, you can use InfoSearch, an online tool that provides a more limited set of online books, release notes, and man pages. On an IRIX system, enter infosearch at a command line or select Help -> InfoSearch from the Toolchest.
You can view the release notes as follows:
On IRIX systems, use either grelnotes or relnotes
On Linux 64-bit systems, see linux-64/README_CXFS_LINUX64_3.2.0.txt on the CXFS 3.2 Altix Server/Client and XVM Plexing for SGI ProPack 2.4 CD
You can view man pages by typing man title at a command line.
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to both Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Windows 2000 nodes when the
information applies equally to both. Information that applies to only
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