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Appendix B StorNext Administration Tasks
Connecting to a StorNext Network Using Xsan 2
StorNext 3.1.3 Installation Guide 119
Connecting to a StorNext Network Using Xsan 2
If you are using Apple Xsan 2.2 or earlier, follow the procedure below to
connect to a StorNext network. The procedure consists of mounting the
StorNext file system onto the Mac OS X computer, and then creating an
automount.plist to enable mounting the StorNext file system whenever
the Macintosh is rebooted.
Do not use the procedure if you are using Xsan 1.4.2, which has a slightly
different procedure described in
Connecting to a StorNext Network
Using Xsan 1.4.2 on page 116.
Mounting SNFS on the
Mac OS X Computer 2
Follow this procedure to mount the StorNext file system.
1 Connect the Apple computer to the SAN's metadata Ethernet and
Fibre Channel networks.
2 Install Xsan 2 software on the Apple computer. (Xsan 2.1.1 is
supported only by the Leopard operating system. Snow Leopard
operating systems require Xsan 2.2.)
3 Create the file /etc/systemserialnumbers/xsan using that Macintosh’s
Xsan serial number.
You must create the directory /etc/systemserialnumbers if it doesn't
already exist. The format of the serial number file is a two-line file:
XSAN-020-XXX-XXX-X-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-X
registered to|organization
If you are unable to browse to the systemserialnumbers directory, use
the
cat or echo commands to insert information into the Xsan file
under that directory.
4 Copy from the following template and paste into the file to create the
file
config.plist in /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/config/.
Note: The file does not have a trailing return on the last line. Use
the following:
cat > /etc/systemserialnumbers/xsan and end with ^D^D (where
^D^D is control-D control-D)