User guide
106 Appendix A Combining Xsan Controllers and StorNext Clients
Terminology
Note these dierences in terminology between StorNext and Xsan:
StorNext term Equivalent Xsan term
le system volume
le system server (FSS) controller (or metadata controller)
stripe group storage pool
Licensing
You license a Macintosh Xsan client or controller using the single-copy serial number
printed on the Xsan Install Disc sleeve that comes in the Xsan package, or serial
numbers you purchase separately.
Licenses for StorNext are purchased from Quantum when you buy the StorNext
software. Xsan clients do not use or count against StorNext File System client licenses.
Adding StorNext Clients to an Xsan SAN
You can use Quantum’s StorNext software to access an Xsan SAN from a Windows,
UNIX, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX, or Linux computer.
To add a StorNext client to an Xsan SAN:
1 Install the StorNext File System software on the non-Macintosh client following the
instructions that Quantum provides in the StorNext package.
2 Connect the non-Macintosh client to the SAN’s Fibre Channel and Ethernet networks.
3 Duplicate the Macintosh Xsan controller’s shared secret le on the non-Macintosh
client.
The shared secret le is named .auth_secret. On a Macintosh Xsan controller, it’s stored
in the folder /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/cong/.
Copy the le (using the same name) to the non-Macintosh client. On SGI IRIX,
Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, and Linux StorNext clients, put the le in /usr/cvfs/cong/.
On Windows clients, put the le in /%cvfsroot%/cong/, where %cvfsroot% is the folder
where you installed StorNext.
Important: This le contains sensitive information. Secure the le for read/write access
by the root user or Windows administrator only.