This topic describes how to install version 2.1 of the SAN File
System on a Windows® client.
Prerequisites
- The client for Windows can be installed only on Windows 2000
Server and Advanced Server. A minimum of Service Pack 4 is required. The operating
system must already be installed with the appropriate service packs.
- The client for Windows requires least 10 MB of free disk
space.
- You must have Administrator privileges to install the client for Windows.
- A SAN File System client can be attached to one SAN File System
server cluster only.
- The LAN and SAN should be installed and configured as well as prerequisite
products such as IPSec, FC-HBA drivers, networking, fibre-channel switch firmware,
and storage device firmware.
- There must be a free drive letter.
- If you install the client during a Windows Terminal Service (WTS) session,
the drive letter assigned to the file system will be visible only to that
WTS session (private name space). To globally share the file system on WTS,
reboot the client system.
- The metadata server must be up and running with the IP address and port
defined. This information is needed during setup.
- Some basic startup, shutdown, or error messages are written to the Windows system
log (event viewer).
Steps
- Navigate to the directory where the windows client software is
located.
- Run the setup command.
sfs-client-WIN2K-build_level.exe
- Select the language that you want to use for the installation process,
and click OK.
- The Welcome window appears. Click Next.
- The SAN File System client settings panel is displayed. Fill in
the configuration information.
- SAN File System server name (no default)
- SAN File System server port (default is 1700)
- SAN File System preferred drive letter (default is T:)
- SAN File System client name (default is the short version of the hostname)
- SAN File System network connection type (default is TCP)
- SAN File System client critical error handling policy (default is log)
Note: Make sure that you check the box Disable
Disk Management Write Signature.
- Click Next to continue.
- The Start Copying Files panel is displayed. Verify that the settings
are correct and click Next.
- When prompted to start the SAN File System client now, click Yes.
- Click Finish.