Preface

Purpose of this guide

This guide provides information to help managers and evaluators to understand the options available for deploying NetCache^TM appliances running NetCache 5.4 software in your existing network environment. It provides information for the following supported NetCache platforms: C1100, C1105, C1200, C2100, C3100, and C6100.

This guide is not a "cookbook" that tells you exactly how to deploy NetCache appliances. Networks are different and different system administrators have different goals for what they want to achieve. Instead, this guide provides many deployment examples to help you understand the available deployment options and clearly define what you want to achieve by adding NetCache appliances to your network.

Obtaining additional deployment assistance

Network Appliance sales engineers provide assistance by helping you evaluate your requirements, determine how many and what type of NetCache appliances you need, and how to deploy your NetCache appliances.

You can also find information related to NetCache on the NOW Web site (http://now.netapp.com/).