Preface; Audience; Organization - Cisco MDS 9216 Configuration Manual

Preface

This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
Configuration Guide. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.

Audience

This Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN Volume Controller User Guide is for system administrators who
configure and maintain network and storage systems using the Cisco CSM and the SAN-OS
Command-Line Interface (CLI).
The information contained in this guide assumes that you have a:
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Organization

This guide is organized as follows:
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
78-16119-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3
Basic understanding of:
– multilayer switches and related hardware
system, storage, and some IP network administration
–
Working knowledge using a host-based volume management tool
General understanding of volume management in a SAN environment
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– Working knowledge of the MDS 9000 Family switch administration and configuration
Title
1 Product Overview
2 Getting Started
3 Creating and Managing Clusters
4 Managing Back-End Storage
Description
Presents an overview of the Cisco MDS 9000
Family of multilayer switches and directors.
Explains the tasks required to set up and
configure each building block of your system
to run SVC for Switches.
Provides details on the cluster-creation
process.
Provides details on managed disks, managed
disk groups, and the back-end traffic isolation
process.
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