HP File System Extender (FSE) manual Reconfiguring communication on external Windows FSE clients

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clientTransportRule = localhost tcp clientTransportRule = 192.168.240.0/255.255.255.0 tcp clientTransportRule = * none

#The order of network interfaces to use for opening new server connections:

#Only localhost and private network. Others are denied.

serverTransportRule = localhost tcp serverTransportRule = 192.168.240.0/255.255.255.0 tcp serverTransportRule = * none

The following is an example excerpt from the local /etc/hosts file that matches the above services.cfg and omniORB.cfg files:

123.45.67.89fse-server1.company.com fse-server1

192.168.240.1

fseserver.fsenet

fseserver

123.45.67.90fse-client1.company.com fse-client1

192.168.240.2

fseclient.fsenet

fseclient

Reconfiguring communication on external Windows FSE clients

Ordinary LAN connection

If the external Windows FSE clients and the consolidated FSE system or the FSE server will communicate through an ordinary LAN, you have to modify the services.cfg file on each external Windows client, as follows:

1.Ensure that the value of the server variable in services.cfg equals the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) that identifies the consolidated FSE system or the FSE server inside the LAN.

The following is an example of a properly configured services.cfg file in FSE implementations using an ordinary LAN. The file can also include the hostname variable, but this variable is redundant in such FSE implementation.

server = fse-server1.company.com

2.In the omniORB.cfg file on the consolidated FSE system or the FSE server, comment out all parameters in the section --- Private network parameters ---and save the changes.

3.Repeat step 2 of this procedure on the external Windows client.

Private network connection

If the external Windows FSE clients and the consolidated FSE system or the FSE server will communicate through a private network, you must modify both configuration files, services.cfg and omniORB.cfg, on each external Windows client, as follows:

1.Modify the value of the server variable in services.cfg to contain the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) that identifies the consolidated FSE system or the FSE server inside the private network.

2.Add the hostname variable (if not present) to services.cfg and set its value to the FQDN that identifies the Windows FSE client inside the private network.

The following is an example of a properly configured services.cfg file in FSE implementations using a private network:

hostname = fseclient.fsenet

server = fseserver.fsenet

3.In the omniORB.cfg file, configure the parameters in the section

--- Private network parameters --- with the following information:

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HP File System Extender (FSE) manual Reconfiguring communication on external Windows FSE clients

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