This chapter provides information on the DMF release package and the software and hardware platforms that DMF supports.
The DMF release package includes the following:
A CD-ROM that contains the installable binary packages for the current DMF release
DMF Release and Installation Guide (this publication)
DMF Administrator's Guide
DMF Recovery and Troubleshooting Guide
A DMF entitlement number for licensing (see Chapter 8, “FLEXlm License Requirements”)
DMF runs on SGI Altix 3000 systems running the Linux operating system or other SGI systems runnning the IRIX operating system 6.5 or later.
DMF is released independently of operating system releases and is distributed by order only to licensed sites. Software keys are used to enforce licensing. DMF licenses apply to a single specific system. DMF license fees vary depending on the type of hardware.
DMF contains an embedded proprietary software package known as RDM Embedded from Birdstep Technology, Inc. RDM Embedded is not available from SGI; if you want to obtain it, contact Birdstep Technology, Inc. SGI reserves the right to make changes to the embedded package, which will cause it to be different from that which you obtain from Birdstop Technology, Inc.
You can order a DMF release in the following ways:
Customers can contact the order desk at the SGI Distribution Center in Minnesota by telephone (+1 651 683 5907 or 1 800 284 2729 extension 35907), through electronic mail (orderdsk@sgi.com), or by fax (+1 651 452 0141).
Customers outside of the United States and Canada can contact their local service or sales organization for ordering information.
Software will be shipped by ground service or 5-day international service unless otherwise requested.
To order any additional publications, contact the order desk at the SGI Distribution Center in Minnesota, or contact your local service or sales organization for ordering information. DMF documentation is also available as part of the DMF Download Evaluation Software in InSight format as described in “Documentation Support”.
DMF documentation is available as part of the SGI technical publications library at the following URL:
http://techpubs.sgi.com |
If you click Library Search and type DMF in the search box, you will find the publications that support DMF.
The release package also contains the documentation in InSight format. All of the DMF publications are included on the DMF media.
DMF documentation includes the following:
DMF Release and Installation Guide (this publication).
DMF Administrator's Guide, which contains information about configuring and administering DMF.
DMF Recovery and Troubleshooting Guide, which describes how to detect and repair discrepancies between your file system and the DMF daemon database.
Man pages. Man pages are preformatted files containing information about commands and other aspects of operating systems or compatible products. Man pages are listed in Table 3-1:
Type | Man pages available |
|---|---|
User commands | dmattr(1) dmcopy(1) dmfind(1) dmget(1) dmls(1) dmput(1) |
Administrator commands | dmatread(8) dmatsnf(8) dmatvfy(8) dmaudit(8) dmcatadm (8) dmcheck(8) dmclripc(8) dmconfig(8) dmdadm(8) dmfdaemon(8) dmdate(8) dmdbcheck(8) dmdbrecover(8) dmdidle(8) dmdstat(8) dmdstop(8) dmdump(8) dmdumpj(8) dmfill(8) dmfsfree(8) dmfsmon(8) dmhdelete(8) dmlockmgr(8) dmmaint(8) dmmigrate(8) dmmove(8) dmmsptols(8) dmov_keyfile(8) dmov_loadtapes(8) dmov_makecarts (8) dmscanfs(8) dmselect(8) dmsnap(8) dmsort(8) dmversion(8) dmvoladm(8) dmxfsrestore(8) |
File formats | dmf.conf (5) trxj(5) |