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This guide is for system administrators who are familiar with operating systems that run on the storage system’s clients, such as UNIX, Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows 2000.
You should be familiar with how to configure the storage system and how the NFS, CIFS, and HTTP protocols are used for file sharing or transfers. This guide does not cover basic system or network administration topics, such as IP addressing, routing, and network topology; it emphasizes the characteristics of the storage system.