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   3   <title>Preface</title>
   4   <para>The <emphasis role="italic">Lustre* Operations Manual</emphasis> provides detailed
   5     information and procedures to install, configure and tune a Lustre file system. The manual
   6     covers topics such as failover, quotas, striping, and bonding. This manual also contains
   7     troubleshooting information and tips to improve the operation and performance of a Lustre file
   8     system.</para>
   9   <section remap="h2">
  10     <title>About this Document</title>
  11     <para>This document is maintained by Intel in Docbook format. The
  12     canonical version is available at
  13     <link xl:href="http://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Documentation">http://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Documentation</link>. </para>
  14
  15     <section remap="h2">
  16       <title>UNIX Commands</title>
  17       <para>This document may not contain information about basic UNIX* operating system commands
  18         and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring
  19         devices. Refer to the following for this information:</para>
  20       <itemizedlist>
  21         <listitem>
  22           <para> Software documentation that you received with your system</para>
  23         </listitem>
  24         <listitem>
  25           <para> Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* documentation, which is at: <link
  26               xl:href="http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/index.html"
  27               >http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/index.html</link></para>
  28   <note><para> The Lustre client module is available for many different Linux* versions and distributions.
  29               Red Hat Enterprise is the best supported and tested platform for Lustre servers. </para></note>
  30         </listitem>
  31       </itemizedlist>
  32     </section>
  33     <section remap="h2">
  34       <title>Shell Prompts</title>
  35       <informaltable frame="all">
  36         <tgroup cols="2">
  37           <colspec colname="c1" colwidth="50*"/>
  38           <colspec colname="c2" colwidth="50*"/>
  39           <thead>
  40             <row>
  41               <entry>
  42                 <para><emphasis role="bold">Shell</emphasis></para>
  43               </entry>
  44               <entry>
  45                 <para><emphasis role="bold">Prompt</emphasis></para>
  46               </entry>
  47             </row>
  48           </thead>
  49           <tbody>
  50             <row>
  51               <entry>
  52                 <para> C shell</para>
  53               </entry>
  54               <entry>
  55                 <para> <emphasis>machine-name</emphasis>%</para>
  56               </entry>
  57             </row>
  58             <row>
  59               <entry>
  60                 <para> C shell superuser</para>
  61               </entry>
  62               <entry>
  63                 <para> <emphasis>machine-name</emphasis>#</para>
  64               </entry>
  65             </row>
  66             <row>
  67               <entry>
  68                 <para> Bourne shell and Korn shell</para>
  69               </entry>
  70               <entry>
  71                 <para> <prompt>$</prompt></para>
  72               </entry>
  73             </row>
  74             <row>
  75               <entry>
  76                 <para> Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser</para>
  77               </entry>
  78               <entry>
  79                 <para> <prompt>#</prompt></para>
  80               </entry>
  81             </row>
  82           </tbody>
  83         </tgroup>
  84       </informaltable>
  85     </section>
  86     <section remap="h2">
  87       <title>Related Documentation</title>
  88       <para>The documents listed as online are available at:</para>
  89       <para><link xl:href="http://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Documentation">http://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Documentation</link></para>
  90       <informaltable frame="all">
  91         <tgroup cols="4">
  92           <colspec colname="c1" colwidth="25*"/>
  93           <colspec colname="c2" colwidth="25*"/>
  94           <colspec colname="c3" colwidth="25*"/>
  95           <colspec colname="c4" colwidth="25*"/>
  96           <thead>
  97             <row>
  98               <entry>
  99                 <para><emphasis role="bold">Application</emphasis></para>
 100               </entry>
 101               <entry>
 102                 <para><emphasis role="bold">Title</emphasis></para>
 103               </entry>
 104               <entry>
 105                 <para><emphasis role="bold">Format</emphasis></para>
 106               </entry>
 107               <entry>
 108                 <para><emphasis role="bold">Location</emphasis></para>
 109               </entry>
 110             </row>
 111           </thead>
 112           <tbody>
 113             <row>
 114               <entry>
 115                 <para> Latest information</para>
 116               </entry>
 117               <entry>
 118                 <para>
 119                   <emphasis>Lustre* 2.0 Release Notes</emphasis></para>
 120               </entry>
 121               <entry>
 122                 <para> PDF</para>
 123               </entry>
 124               <entry>
 125                 <para> Online</para>
 126               </entry>
 127             </row>
 128             <row>
 129               <entry>
 130                 <para> Service</para>
 131               </entry>
 132               <entry>
 133                 <para>
 134                   <emphasis>Lustre* 2.0 Operations Manual</emphasis></para>
 135               </entry>
 136               <entry>
 137                 <para> PDF</para>
 138                 <para>HTML</para>
 139               </entry>
 140               <entry>
 141                 <para> Online</para>
 142               </entry>
 143             </row>
 144           </tbody>
 145         </tgroup>
 146       </informaltable>
 147     </section>
 148     <section remap="h2">
 149       <title>Documentation, Support, and Training</title>
 150       <para>These web sites provide additional resources:</para>
 151       <itemizedlist>
 152         <listitem>
 153           <para> Documentation <link xl:href="http://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Documentation">http://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Documentation</link></para>
 154         </listitem>
 155         <listitem>
 156           <para> Support <link xl:href="http://www.hpdd.intel.com/">http://www.hpdd.intel.com/</link></para>
 157         </listitem>
 158         <listitem>
 159           <para> Training <link xl:href="http://www.hpdd.intel.com/">http://www.hpdd.intel.com/</link></para>
 160         </listitem>
 161       </itemizedlist>
 162     </section>
 163   </section>
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 165 </preface>