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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
About this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Who should read this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
FAStT installation process overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
FAStT documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
FAStT Storage Manager Version 8.3 library . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
FAStT900 Fibre Channel Storage Server library. . . . . . . . . . . . xix
FAStT700 Fibre Channel Storage Server library . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
FAStT600 Fibre Channel Storage Server library. . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
FAStT500 Fibre Channel Storage Server library . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
FAStT200 Fibre Channel Storage Server library . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Notices used in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Getting information, help, and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
Web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
Fire suppression systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
How to send your comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Clustering support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Best practices guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Storage server components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Back view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interface ports and switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Heat output, airflow, and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Installing and configuring the storage server . . . . . . . . 11
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Rack mounting template and instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting server ID settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Storage subsystem management methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Fibre Channel loop configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing the storage subsystem configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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