User's Manual
Chapter 4 Configuring StorNext
Windows Configuration Utilities
StorNext 3.1.3 Installation Guide 75
FS Name Servers 4
To access a file system, you must first specify the name server (StorNext 
host) where the file system is located. The first host in the list is the 
primary name server. Additional hosts are backups for use in the event of 
a failover.
Use the FS Name Servers tab (figure 38) to specify the primary StorNext 
host. Table 15 describes the fields on the FS Name Servers tab.
Select Drive - Drive
Select the mapped drive to configure on the 
other tabs of the Client Configuration utility.
Unmap Drive
Select a drive to unmap.
Unmap
Click to unmap the selected drive.
Display File System 
Critical Events to 
Desk Top
Select to display a notification dialog box if a 
critical event occurs.
(Because the dialog box must be manually 
dismissed, clear this check box for unattended 
client systems.)
Disable SNFS ONC 
Portmapper Process
Select to disable the SNFS portmapper service.
(Disable this service only if a product that 
provides equivalent functionality is installed, 
for example, the portmapper installed with 
Microsoft Services for Unix).
Don’t Register with 
ONC Portmapper (port 
111)
Select to not register with the SNFS 
portmapper service.
Note: Make sure the host list is the same for all clients on the SAN. 
An incorrect or incomplete host list may prevent the client 
from connecting to the file system.
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