Installing the SAN File System software

This topic describes how to install version 2.1 of the SAN File System on a Linux client

Prerequisites

You can install the SAN File System client on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3.0, 2.4.21-9.ELhugemem config for i686 or 2.4.21-138-smp.

Steps

  1. Navigate to the directory where the client installation package is located.
  2. Install the client package.
    rpm -ihv sfs.client.linux_RHEL3_9-build_level.i386.rpm
  3. Make sure that the master metadata server is running.
  4. Configure and start the client. Run the setup command.
    /usr/tank/client/bin/setupstclient -prompt
    You will be prompted to enter values for the client configuration.
    • SAN File System server name (no default)
    • SAN File System server port (default is 1700)
    • SAN File System mount point (no default)
    • 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)

    In most cases you can accept the defaults.

    Tip: If you have installed SDD on the client, you should use the following device pattern when prompted for storage devices.
    pat=/dev/vpath*[a-z]

Parent topic: Installing SAN File System on a Linux client

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