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Preface
This manual describes and provides installation procedures for the QLogic
iSR6250 Intelligent Storage Router (iSR6250), also referred to as the iSR6250
router or simply router.
Intended Audience
This guide is for users who are responsible for installing, managing, and servicing
the iSR6250 router and the storage area network (SAN) equipment to which it is
attached.
What’s in this Guide
This guide contains the information needed to install and configure the iSR6250
router. This preface explains the typographic conventions used in this guide, lists
related documents, and specifies the intended audience. This section also
provides safety and communications statements, a well as technical support and
contact information.
The remainder of the user's guide contains the following sections and appendices:
Introduction
− Illustrates and describes QLogic’s iSR6250 intelligent Storage
Router, including the components contained within the iSR6250 router
chassis: router blades, and power and cooling modules (PCMs).
Planning
− Describes how to plan for the iSR6250 router by considering the
devices it needs to support, FC and iSCSI port performance requirements,
performance tuning, high availability (HA), network management, disaster
and recovery, services, and system security.
Installation
− Provides site requirements and describes how to install and
configure an iSR6250 router. It also provides firmware installation
instructions.
Configuration
− Describes how to configure the iSR6250 router to support
virtual port groups (VPGs) and LUN mapping.
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
− Provides system diagnostic and
troubleshooting tools available for the iSR6250 router.