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Preface, About this Manual, Audience

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Preface About this Manual Audience As part of an effort to improve and enhance the performance and capabilities of its product line, EMC from time to time releases revisions of its hardware and software. Therefore, some functions described in this guide may not be supported by all revisions of the software or hardware currently in use. For the most up-to-date information on product features, refer to your product release notes. If a product does not function properly or does not function as described in this guide, please contact your EMC representative. This planning guide introduces EMC® CLARiiON® CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 disk-array storage systems and offers useful background information and worksheets to help you plan. Read this guide ◆ if you are considering purchase of a CX300, CX500, CX500i, or CX700 disk-array storage system and want to understand its features; or ◆ before you plan the installation of a storage system. You should be familiar with the host servers that will use the storage systems and with the operating systems on the servers. After reading this guide, you will be able to ◆ Determine the best storage-system components for your installation ◆ Determine your site requirements ◆ Configure storage systems correctly EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide ix

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EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide
ix
Preface
As part of an effort to improve and enhance the performance and capabilities
of its product line, EMC from time to time releases revisions of its hardware
and software. Therefore, some functions described in this guide may not be
supported by all revisions of the software or hardware currently in use. For
the most up-to-date information on product features, refer to your product
release notes.
If a product does not function properly or does not function as described in
this guide, please contact your EMC representative.
About this Manual
This planning guide introduces EMC
®
CLARiiON
®
CX300, CX500,
CX500i, and CX700 disk-array storage systems and offers useful
background information and worksheets to help you plan.
Audience
Read this guide
◆
if you are considering purchase of a CX300, CX500, CX500i, or
CX700 disk-array storage system and want to understand its
features; or
◆
before you plan the installation of a storage system.
You should be familiar with the host servers that will use the storage
systems and with the operating systems on the servers. After reading
this guide, you will be able to
◆
Determine the best storage-system components for your
installation
◆
Determine your site requirements
◆
Configure storage systems correctly