Preface

About this guide

This guide describes how to install a C3100/C6100 series NetCache^TM appliance, connect it to the network, and start up the system.

Audience

This guide is for qualified system administrators and service personnel who are familiar with NetCache appliances. The procedures in this guide describe replacement, upgrade, and maintenance tasks for personnel with the following skills and experience:

Working familiarity with small computer system hardware and operation
Basic understanding of common networking concepts and practices
Working familiarity with accepted tools and procedures for installing and operating sensitive electronic equipment

Terminology

This guide uses the following terms:

C3100/C6100 refers to a C3100/C6100 series NetCache appliance.
C3100/C6100 series system refers, at a minimum, to a C3100/C6100 series NetCache appliance and a connected Fibre Channel disk storage shelf.
Disk shelf refers to any Fibre Channel disk shelf.
A loop consists of the C3100/C6100 connected to one or more disk shelves.

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.