IBM Storage Scale packaging overview

The IBM Storage Scale self-extracting package consists of several components.

Components Description
Installation toolkit and license The components necessary to begin the protocol installation.
GPFS Core GPFS is included in this self-extracting package. It also includes call home and file audit logging packages.
NFS (Ganesha) The packages for Ganesha, the open source, user-space implementation of the NFS protocol. They can be installed, enabled, and configured by using the installation toolkit.
SMB (Samba) The packages for Samba, the open-source implementation of the SMB protocol. They can be installed and enabled using the installation toolkit.
Performance monitoring tool The packages necessary for performance monitoring by GPFS (including protocols). They can be installed and enabled by using the installation toolkit.