About This Book; Who Should Read This Book; Frequently Used Terms; Publications - IBM TotalStorage NAS 300 User Reference

About this book

This book provides information necessary to configure and administer the IBM 5195
TotalStorage NAS Gateway 300, hereafter referred to as the NAS Gateway 300.

Who should read this book

This book is for NAS Gateway 300 administrators.
The NAS Gateway 300 administrator should have experience in at least the
following skills, or have access to personnel with experience in these skills:
v Microsoft
v Networking and network management
v Disk management
v SAN management
v General technologies of the product (such as Microsoft Cluster Service, Services
v Critical business issues (such as backup, disaster recovery, security)

Frequently used terms

This document contains certain notices that relate to a specific topic. The caution
and danger notices also appear in the multilingual Safety Information on the
Documentation CD-ROM that came with the appliance. Each notice is numbered for
easy reference to the corresponding notices in the Safety Information.
The following terms, used within this document or within the Safety Information,
have these specific meanings:
Term
Notes
Attention
Caution
Danger

Publications

The latest versions of the following product publications are available in softcopy at:
www.ibm.com/storage/support/nas

Descriptions of the NAS Gateway 300 publications

The NAS Gateway 300 library consists of the following publications:
v Hardware Installation Guide GA27-4320
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Definition in this document
These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or
data. An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or
situation in which damage could occur.
These notices indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous
to you. A caution notice is placed just before descriptions of
potentially hazardous procedure steps or situations.
These notices indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or
extremely hazardous to you. A danger notice is placed just before
descriptions of potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure
steps or situations.
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