Apple Xsan 2 - Manual (Page 3)

11 Preface: About this book
12 What’s new in Xsan 2
13 Version compatibility
13 Upgrade from an earlier version of Xsan
13 More information
14 Notation conventions
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Chapter 1: Quick SAN setup
15 Is this chapter right for you?
16 Equipment you’ll need
16 What you need to know
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SAN setup instructions
18 Step 1: Unpack and install the SAN hardware
18 Step 2: Connect the SAN networks
18 Step 3: Set up the client computers
21 Step 4: Set up the standby metadata controller
21 Step 5: Set up the RAID systems
22 Step 6: Create a metadata array
22 Step 7: Set Up the primary metadata controller
23 Step 8: Configure the SAN
27 Step 9: Create a SAN volume
29 Step 10: Add users and groups
30 What’s next?
31 Chapter 2: Overview of Xsan
32 Xsan SANs
33
Shared SAN volumes
33 Metadata controllers
33 Clients
33 Network connections
34 How Xsan storage is organized
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LUNs
35 Storage pools
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