Apple Xsan 1.4 - Manual (Page 157)

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Adding Macintosh Clients to a StorNext SAN
If you already have a StorNext File System SAN, you can add a Macintosh client using
Xsan.
To add a Macintosh Xsan client to a StorNext SAN:
1 Connect the Macintosh computer to the SAN’s Ethernet and Fibre Channel networks.
2 Install the Xsan software on the Macintosh computer.
3 License the Xsan software on the Macintosh client.
Open Xsan Admin on the client (in /Applications/Server/) and connect to the local
computer. Then select the SAN in the SAN Components list, click Setup, and click
Computers. Double-click the client in the list (in the center of the window), enter the
serial number, and click Save.
The serial number is on a sticker on the Xsan installation disc sleeve.
4 Go to an existing StorNext client on the SAN and print a copy of its fsnameservers file.
On SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, and Linux StorNext clients, you can find the file in
/usr/cvfs/config/.
On Windows clients, you can find the file in \%cvfsroot%\config\, where %cvfsroot% is
the folder in which you installed the StorNext software.
5 Back on the Macintosh client, use a text editor such as vi to create a copy of the
fsnameservers file that you printed in step 4. Save it in:
/Library/Filesystems/Xsan/config/
Note: To avoid problems caused by different systems using different end-of-line
characters, don’t copy the fsnameservers file to the Macintosh client. Instead, use a text
editor on the Macintosh to recreate the file.