Appendix B StorNext Administration Tasks
Connecting to a StorNext Network Using Xsan 2
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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 2Follow this procedure to mount the StorNext file system.
1Connect the Apple computer to the SAN's metadata Ethernet and
Fibre Channel networks.
2Install 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.)
3Create 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.
4Copy 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)