insmod

Loads the file-system driver as a kernel extension.

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>>-insmod--driver_file_name------------------------------------->

>--+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+-><
   '-+------------------+--standin_major--=--number--flexsan_major--=--number-'
     '- fstype--=--name-'

Parameters

driver_file_name
Specifies the name and location of the file-system driver that you want to load. The file name is typically stfs.o.
fstype= name
Specifies the name of the file-system type. The file system must be of the STFS type, but you can choose any name for that type when you load the file-system driver on the client system. Use the same file-system type name when you create or destroy the client. The default name is stfs.

Use this parameter when you load multiple instances of the file-system driver on the same client system. The file-system type name connects the file-system driver instance with a global namespace image.

standin_major= number
Specifies the major device number for SAN File System. The default is 13.
flexsan_major= number
Specifies the major device number for the flexible SAN. The default is 15.

Prerequisites

You must have root privileges to use this command.

Description

This command creates a file-system-driver instance by loading the file-system driver as a kernel extension. After loading the file-system driver, you can use the stfsclient command to create a virtual client and then use the stfsmount command to mount the global namespace.

Example

Load the file-system driver The following example loads the file-system driver on a client for Linux™:
insmod /usr/tank/client/bin/stfs.o

Parent topic: Linux-client commands

Related tasks
Starting a Linux client

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