What's Included In This User's Guide; What You Need To Know Before You Begin; Terminology Used In This Guide - Adaptec 5325302057 User Manual

What's Included in this User's Guide

What's Included in this User's Guide
This User's Guide describes how to use Adaptec Storage Manager to configure your
iSCSI Storage Appliance and create an IP SAN, modify and monitor iSCSI storage,
maintain your iSCSI Storage Appliance, and monitor any GuardianOS-powered
Snap Servers on your network. It also provides instructions for installing and
configuring iSCSI initiators in the systems that will be accessing iSCSI storage.
For advanced users, this Guide also provides detailed instructions for using the iSCSI
Storage Appliance's CLI (see page 177).
Additionally, this Guide describes the hardware features and specifications for your
Snap Server 700i Series and S50 expansion array (see page 187).
For more information about using Adaptec Storage Manager with Adaptec
Note
direct attached storage, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Direct
Attached Storage on the installation CD that came with your Adaptec DAS RAID
controller.

What You Need to Know Before You Begin

This Guide is written for system or network administrators who want to create an IP
SAN. Advanced knowledge of storage networks is not required, but you should be
familiar with computer hardware, data storage, and network administration
terminology and tasks, and have knowledge of Internet SCSI (iSCSI) and
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology.

Terminology Used in this Guide

In this Guide, these terms will be used to differentiate between your Snap Server
700i Series and any other Snap Servers you may be monitoring with Adaptec
Storage Manager:
•
iSCSI Storage Appliance
Snap Server
•
GuardianOS-powered Snap Server
In this Guide, when the term 'Adaptec Storage Manager' is used, it refers to the
graphical user interface (GUI)—the window that opens on your monitor when you
run the software.
For efficiency, the term "component" or "components" is used when referring
generically to the physical and virtual parts of your IP SAN, such as systems, disk
drives, pools, and logical devices.
8 Snap Server 700i Series User's Guide
—Snap Server 700i Series or Adaptec OnTarget-powered
—Non-700i Series Snap Server