Chapter 4 Configuring StorNext
Configuring a Distributed LAN Client Server
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Configuring a Distributed
LAN Client on Linux 4To configure a StorNext client as a distributed LAN client, edit mount
options in the /etc/fstab file.
1Stop the StorNext client. At the command prompt, type:
/etc/init.d/cvfs stop
2Configure the client to mount a file system as a distributed LAN
client. To do this, edit the /etc/fstab file so that it contains the
following line:
<file system> <mount point> cvfs rw,diskproxy=client 0 0
where <file system> is the name of the StorNext file system and <mount
point> is the directory path where the file system is mounted.
3Start the StorNext client. At the command prompt, type:
/etc/init.d/cvfs start
Configuring a Distributed
LAN Server on Linux 4To configure a StorNext client as a distributed LAN server, edit mount
options in the /etc/fstab file, and then configure distributed LAN server
options.
1Stop the StorNext client. At the command prompt, type:
/etc/init.d/cvfs stop
2Configure the client to mount a file system as a distributed LAN
server. To do this, edit the /etc/fstab file so that it contains the
following line:
<file system> <mount point> cvfs rw,diskproxy=server 0 0
where <file system> is the name of the StorNext file system and <mount
point> is the directory path where the file system is mounted.
3Change to the /usr/cvfs/bin/ directory.
4Launch the StorNext distributed LAN server configuration utility. At
the command prompt, type:
./sndpscfg -e
The distributed LAN server configuration utility appears (figure 36).
Note: To get help for the sndpscfg utility, at the command
prompt, type: ./sndpscfig -h