Installing SAN File System on a Linux client

This topic provides the general steps for installing the SAN File System on either of the two types of Linux™ clients, RHEL or SLES. These steps must be performed on each Linux client in the SAN File System.

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. Obtain the SAN File System client software. See Obtain version 2.2 software for a Linux client.
  2. Prepare the Linux client for installation by stopping all applications on the client. Refer to the documentation that comes with the application for information about stopping it.
  3. Install the client software. See Installing the SAN File System software on a Linux client.
  4. Validate the installation. See Validating the installation of SAN File System on a Linux client.

Parent topic: Setting up clients

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