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Inst alling StorNext Client Sof tware
Once the StorNext software is configured, you can download StorNext client files from the server and
install them on StorNext clients. To download client software from a StorNext server, use a supported
Web browser. (For a list of supported Web browsers, see Configuring StorNext.)
StorNext client software allows one or more StorNext file systems to be mounted and enables the
client to communicate with the StorNext server.
The following procedures provide instructions for installing the StorNext client software in Windows,
SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris, Linux (SuSE or Red Hat), IBM AIX, and HP-UX environments.
This chapter contains the following procedure s:
•Downloading the Client Software on page 72
•Installing StorNext Client Software on Windows on page 77
•Installing StorNext Client Software on Red Hat Linux on page 91
•Installing StorNext Client Software on SuSE Linux on page 92
•Installing StorNext Client Software on Red Hat Linux on page 91
•Installing StorNext Client Software on Sun Solaris on page 93
•Installing StorNext Client Software on IBM AIX on page 95
•Installing StorNext Client Software on SGI IRIX on page 96
Note If you used the optional pre-installation configuration, you must first
perform the steps for adding a user account and a group account on each
machine that you set up as a client. (To perform these steps, refer to Using
the Optional Pre-Installation Configuration on page 13).