About This Manual

This manual provides important information about the TruCluster^TM software products.

Audience

TruCluster software users, administrators, and programmers should read this manual.

Organization

This manual contains a chapter of release notes and an index.

Related Documents

Users of the TruCluster Production Server Software can consult the following TruCluster Software Products manuals for assistance in cluster hardware configuration, installation, administration, and programming tasks:

• Hardware Configuration--Describes how to set up the systems that are to become cluster members, and how to configure cluster shared storage.

• Software Installation--Describes how to install the TruCluster Production Server Software on the systems that are to participate in the cluster.

• Administration--Describes cluster-specific administration tasks, such as those required to set up an available server environment (ASE) within a cluster. It also shows how to configure, start, and manage distributed raw disk (DRD) services and other available services.

• TruCluster Production Server Software Application Programming Interfaces--Describes the application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by the distributed lock manager (DLM) and cluster information services.

• TruCluster Production Server Software MEMORY CHANNEL Application Programming Interfaces--Describes the APIs used to program the features of the MEMORY CHANNEL hardware.

In addition to these release notes, users of the TruCluster MEMORY CHANNEL Software should consult only the TruCluster Software Products Hardware Configuration and TruCluster Production Server Software MEMORY CHANNEL Application Programming Interfaces manuals.

Users of the TruCluster Available Server Software should consult only the TruCluster Software Products Hardware Configuration, Software Installation, and Administration manuals for assistance in configuring, installing, and managing an available server environment (ASE).

Online Documentation

Each book in the TruCluster Software documentation set is shipped as a set of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and graphics files in the /TCR/doc/html directory on the Associated Products Volume 2 CD-ROM. You can use the Netscape^® Navigator^TM World Wide Web browsing program to display these books.

If the DIGITAL UNIX installation program detects graphics capabilities on your system, it automatically installs Netscape Navigator. You can then invoke Netscape from an icon on the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) front panel or directly from the command line. Detailed help for Netscape is available through the help menus.

To access the TruCluster Software documentation from the viewer, click on the Open icon in the Netscape main window and enter the following file location in the Open Location: text entry field:

file:/mountpoint/TCR/doc/html/BOOKSHELF.HTM

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The DIGITAL UNIX Publications group cannot respond to system problems or technical support inquiries. Please address technical questions to your local system vendor or to the appropriate DIGITAL technical support office. Information provided with the software media explains how to send problem reports to DIGITAL.

Conventions

This manual uses the following typographical conventions:

#

A number sign represents the superuser prompt.

% cat

Boldface type in interactive examples indicates typed user input.

file

Italic (slanted) type indicates variable values, placeholders, and function argument names.

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.
.

A vertical ellipsis indicates that a portion of an example that would normally be present is not shown.

cat(1)

A cross-reference to a reference page includes the appropriate section number in parentheses. For example, cat(1) indicates that you can find information on the cat command in Section 1 of the reference pages.

PS

Abbreviation for the TruCluster Production Server Software.

AS

Abbreviation for the TruCluster Available Server Software.

MC

Abbreviation for the TruCluster MEMORY CHANNEL Software.