HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services Remote Copy Utility 2.1 Reference Guide (November 2005)

HP STORAGEWORKS ENTERPRISE FILE SERVICES REMOTE COPY UTILITY REFERENCE MANUAL 5
INTRODUCTION
Hardware and Software Dependencies
The following table summarizes the hardware, software, and operating system
requirements for the HP EFS RCU.
NOTE: The HP EFS RCU depends on certain Common Internet File System (CIFS)
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). While these APIs are supported on all Microsoft
Windows platforms, they might not be supported on all NAS solutions, such as Samba. (You can
use the HP EFS RCU to back up Samba shares if the data center is a Windows machine.)
Additional Resources
This section describes the following resources that supplement the information in this
guide:
 Related HP documentation
 Online Documentation
 Related technical reference books
Related HP
Documentation
You can access the complete document set for the HP EFS WAN Accelerator from the
HP StorageWorks EFS WAN Accelerator Documentation Set CD-ROM:
 HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator Installation and
Configuration Guide describes how to install and configure the HP EFS WAN
Accelerator.
 HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator Command-Line
Interface Reference Manual is a reference manual for the command-line interface
for the HP EFS WAN Accelerator. It lists commands, syntax, parameters, and
example usage.
 HP EFS WAN Accelerator Management Console User Guide describes how to
use the HP EFS WAN Accelerator Mangement Console to administer and
monitor your HP system.
HP System Component Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
Operating System Requirements
HP EFS Remote Copy Utility • Windows machines (including
Windows 95, 98, NT, and so
forth), UNIX servers running a
Common Internet Filing System
(CIFS) server, and Network
Attached Storage (NAS) filers
to be data sources and targets,
when you specify a Universal
Naming Convention (UNC) or
mapped drive path.
• Any client or server machine running Windows
2000 or later operating system.