Preface

About this guide

This guide describes how to install a NetApp® F800 series filer, connect it to a third-party tape backup device and the network, and start up the system.

Audience

This guide is for qualified system administrators and service personnel who are familiar with Network Appliance^TM filers.

Terminology

This guide uses the following terms:

Filer refers to a NetApp F800 series filer.
Filer system or system refers, at a minimum, to a filer and a connected Fibre Channel disk storage shelf. A tape backup device can also be a component of the filer system, but is not required.
Disk shelf refers to any Fibre Channel disk shelf.

Formatting conventions

The following table lists the kinds of formatting this guide uses to identify special information.

Formatting convention	Type of information
Italic type	Words or characters that require special attention. File names and path names. Placeholders for information you must supply. For example, if the guide says to enter the `arp -d hostname` command, you enter the characters "arp -d" followed by the actual name of the host. Man page names. Book titles in cross-references.
`Monospaced` font	Command and daemon names. Information displayed on the system console or other computer monitors. The contents of files.
`Bold monospace` font	Words or characters you type. What you type is always shown in lowercase letters, unless you must type it in uppercase letters for it to work properly.

Special messages

This guide contains special messages that are described as follows:

Note
A note contains important information that helps you install or operate the system efficiently.

Caution
A caution contains instructions that you must follow to avoid damage to the equipment, a system crash, or loss of data.

WARNING
A warning contains instructions that you must follow to avoid personal injury.