UNIX-based-client installation worksheet

Use this worksheet to collect information necessary to install a UNIX-based client.

Setting Client 1 Client 2 Client 3
Client name      
Client IP address                                                                              
Subnet      
Metadata server connection host      
Metadata server port      
Transport protocol      
Device-candidates list directory      
Mount file system read-only      
Display verbose messages      

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Client name
The host name of the client machine.
Client IP address
The IP address of the client machine.
STFS kernel module
The client loads the file-system driver as a kernel extension. Specify the path to the location of the client kernel module file. The default is: /usr/tank/client/bin/stfs.o (This is /base/client/bin/stfs.o , where base is the base directory.)
Metadata server connection host
The fully-qualified host name or IP address of one of the Metadata servers in the cluster, in dotted decimal format (for example, 9.47.101.01).
Metadata server port number
The UDP port number of the Metadata server connection host, in dotted decimal format (for example, 10190).
Transport protocol
The transport protocol that you want the client to use to connect to the Metadata server. Specify either TCP/IP or UDP.
Device-candidates list directory
The client determines which disks to use as volumes by searching the SAN for a list of available disks, called device candidates. The device-candidate list consists of those devices that have device special files. (Device special files are UNIX® files that reference hardware. The device-candidate list is not viewable to the user.) Specify the directory that contains the device special files (for example, /dev/stfsdisk/)
Mount point
The mount point (directory) from which the file system appears on the client. The default mount point is /mnt/tank.
Mount file system read-only
Specify whether you want to view, but not modify, data and metadata in the file system. The default is no.
Display verbose messages
Specify whether you want to display information messages from the commands. The default is no.

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Related reference
Planning the client configuration

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