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Version compatibility, Notation conventions – Apple Xsan 2 (Second Edition) User Manual

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Version Compatibility

This table shows the compatibility of Xsan 2 and Xsan 2.1 metadata controllers and
clients with earlier Xsan versions and with StorNext controllers and clients.

Notation Conventions

The following conventions are used in this book wherever shell commands or other
command-line items are described.

Controller

Client

Compatible

Xsan 2.1

Xsan 2.1

Yes

Xsan 2

Yes

Xsan 1.4.2 (Mac OS X v10.4 or
v10.5)

Yes

Xsan 1.4.1 or earlier

No

StorNext FX 1.4 or 2.0

Yes

StorNext FX 1.3 or earlier

No

StorNext FS 2.8 or later

Yes

StorNext FS 2.7 or earlier

No

Xsan 2

Xsan 2.1

No

Xsan 2

Yes

Xsan 1.4.2 (Mac OS X v10.4 or
v10.5)

Yes

Xsan 1.4.1 or earlier

No

StorNext FX 1.4 or 2.0

Yes

StorNext FX 1.3 or earlier

No

StorNext FS 2.8 or later

Yes

StorNext FS 2.7 or earlier

No

Xsan 1.4 or earlier

Xsan 2 or Xsan 2.1

No

StorNext FS 3.1 or later

Xsan 2 or Xsan 2.1

Yes

StorNext FS 2.4–3.0.2

Xsan 2 or Xsan 2.1

No

Notation

Indicates

fixed-width font

A command or other terminal text

$

A shell prompt

[text_in_brackets]

An optional parameter

(one|other)

Alternative parameters (type one or the other)

italic

A parameter you must replace with a value

[...]

A parameter that may be repeated

A displayed value that depends on your SAN configuration