User's Manual

Chapter 4 Configuring StorNext
Configuring a Distributed LAN Client Server
StorNext 3.1.3 Installation Guide 68
Configuring a Distributed
LAN Client on Linux 4
To configure a StorNext client as a distributed LAN client, edit mount
options in the
/etc/fstab file.
1 Stop the StorNext client. At the command prompt, type:
/etc/init.d/cvfs stop
2 Configure 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.
3 Start the StorNext client. At the command prompt, type:
/etc/init.d/cvfs start
Configuring a Distributed
LAN Server on Linux 4
To configure a StorNext client as a distributed LAN server, edit mount
options in the
/etc/fstab file, and then configure distributed LAN server
options.
1 Stop the StorNext client. At the command prompt, type:
/etc/init.d/cvfs stop
2 Configure 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.
3 Change to the /usr/cvfs/bin/ directory.
4 Launch 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