Notational conventions

The following notational conventions are used in this manual:

	This symbol indicates important information and tips which you should bear in mind, in particular the section Security-relevant actions.
	This symbol and the word CAUTION! precede warning information, which in interests of system and operating security you should always observe this information.
>	The action which you must perform is indicated by this symbol.
italics	Texts from the SE Manager
monospace	System inputs and outputs
<abc>	Variables which are replaced by values.
Key symbols	Keys are displayed as they appear on the keyboard. When uppercase letters need to be entered, the Shift key is specified, e.g. SHIFT - A for A. If two keys need to be pressed at the same time, this is indicated by a hyphen between the key symbols.
[number]	The titles of related publications in the text are abbreviated. The complete title of each publication which is referred to by a number is listed in the Related Publications chapter after the associated number.

Names and abbreviations

Because the names are used frequently, for the sake of simplicity and clarity the following abbreviations are employed:

• SE server for the FUJITSU Server BS2000 SE Series (Server Units /390 and x86) with the following models:

  • SE700 for FUJITSU Server BS2000 SE700 / SE700B
    (with SU700, more than one SU300 and AU optional)

  • SE500 for FUJITSU Server BS2000 SE500 / SE500B
    (with SU500, more than one SU300 and AU optional)

  • SE300 for FUJITSU Server BS2000 SE300 / SE300B
    (with SU300, more than one SU300 and AU optional)

• SU for the Server Unit irrespective of the unit type
  A distinction is made between SUs depending on the unit type:

  • SU /390 for Server Unit /390 (type of Server Unit with one or more /390 processors)

  • SU x86 for Server Unit x86 (type of Server Unit with one or more x86 processors)

  Based on the different models, a distinction is made between the following SUs:

  • SU700 for the Server Unit of the unit type SU /390 in SE700 and SE700B

  • SU500 for the Server Unit of the unit type SU /390 in SE500 and SE500B

  • SU300 for the Server Unit of the unit type SU x86 in SE300 or SE300B, optionally in SE500 / SE700 or SE500B / SE700B

• MU for the Management Unit. The MU enables centralized, user-friendly and cross-system management on the SE server.

• AU for the Application Unit (with x86-based hardware)
  A distinction is made between AUs depending on the hardware base:

  • Application Unit PY for a PRIMERGY-based AU (e.g. hardware model AU25 or AU47).

  • Application Unit PQ for a PRIMEQUEST-based AU (e.g. hardware model AU87 or DBU87).

• HNC (High Speed Network Connect) connects the SU /390 with the LAN and as a net client also permits access to the Net-Storage. HNC designates both Linux-based basic software and the hardware unit itself on which this basic software executes.

• BS2000 server as the generic term for all SE servers and the existing S and SQ servers. BS2000 servers are operated with the relevant BS2000 operating system.

• BS2000 for the BS2000 OSD/BC operating system in compound nouns, e.g. BS2000 system.