NEC Express5800/ftServer Manuals

NEC Corporation of America 456-01730-000 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux® Operating System Manual Name: Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Part Number: 456-01730-000 Revision Number: 04 Publication Date: January 2008 NEC Corporation of America 6535 N. State Highway 161 Irving, Texas 75038-2402 © 2006 NEC Corporation of America. All rights reserved. Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. UNLESS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF NEC, NEC MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, INCLUDING WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PURPOSE. NEC assumes no responsibility or obligation of any kind for any errors contained herein or in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document. Software described in NEC (a) is the property of NEC and/or its licensees, (b) is furnished only under license, and (c) may be copied or used only as expressly permitted under the terms of the license. NEC documentation describes all supported features of the user interfaces and the application programming interfaces (API) developed by NEC and/or its licensees. Any undocumented features of these interfaces are intended solely for use by NEC personnel and are subject to change without warning. This document is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be copied, reproduced, or translated, either mechanically or electronically, without the prior written consent of NEC Corporation of America. Portions of this document are copyrights of Stratus Technologies and are reprinted here, under permission from Stratus Technologies Bermuda, Ltd. The NEC Corporation of America logo, Express5800/ftServer, and the Express5800/ftServer logo, are trademarks of NEC Corporation of America. ActiveService Network is a trademark of Stratus Technologies Bermuda, Ltd. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners. The registered trademark Linux is used pursuant to a sublicense from the Linux Mark Institute, the exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark on a worldwide basis. NEBS is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Red Hat, Red Hat Linux, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. in the US and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of X/Open Company, Ltd., in the U.S.A. and other countries. Contents iii Contents Preface xi 1. Introduction to ftServer System Administration 1-1 ftServer System Terminology 1-2 System and Network Administration Overview 1-2 Installing and Updating So ftware on ftServer Systems 1-2 Updating ftServer System Firmware 1-2 Confguring Your ftServer System 1-3 Managing Data Storage Devices 1-3 Using the Express5800/ftServer Fault-Tolerant Express Builder 1-3 Network Management and Reporting 1-3 Troubleshooting ftServer Systems 1-3 Additional Documentation and Resources 1-3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1-4 Express5800/ ftServer Documentation 1-4 Linux and UNIX Documents 1-4 2. Installing the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software 2-1 Installation Overview 2-2 Boot Media 2-3 Default System Setup 2-3 Linux Version Information 2-4 Storage Default Settings 2-4 Ethernet Default Confguration 2-5 USB and RS232C Default Settings 2-5 Default System Initialization and Run-Level Control 2-6 Default User Environments, Shells, and Access Control 2-6 System Indicators and Switches 2-6 Separately Released and Optional Distribution Components 2-6 Installation Interfaces 2-7 Supported Hardware and Firmware 2-7