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SNMS
Step 3 Choose the platform that corresponds to the client machine operating system and click Next.
Step 4 Continue through the Download Client Software wizard until you have completed downloading the software for the platform you selected.
Step 5 Go to the Installing Client Software section of this document for instructions on installing the software for your operating system.
Using FTP
Use the following procedure to download client software if you do not have Web browser access.
Step 1 ftp <StorNext FS server>
Step 2 ftp> cd /<usr>/cvfs/CLIENTS
Step 3 ftp> bin
Step 4 ftp> get <platform.tar>
Step 5 Go to the section that follows for instructions on installing the software for your operating system.
Installing Client Software
The SNFS client software communicates with your server and allows the mounting of one or more StorNext File Systems. Once you have downloaded the SNMS client software from the server, you can install the software on your client machines. You cannot perform these installations through the GUI; you must use
The following procedures provide instructions for installing the StorNext FS client software in a Windows, SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris, Linux, or IBM AIX operating system.
NOTE | If you used the optional |
| steps for adding a user account and a group account on each machine that you set |
| up as a client. (Refer to the Using the Optional |
| section in this document to perform these steps.) |
Installing StorNext FS on UNIX |