You can use ADIC's StorNext software to access an Xsan from a Windows, Unix, AIX, Irix, or Linux computer.
Connect the non-Macintosh client to the SAN's Fibre Channel and Ethernet networks.
Install the StorNext File System software on the non-Macintosh client following instructions that ADIC provides in the StorNext package.
Duplicate the Macintosh Xsan controller's shared secret file on the non-Macintosh client.
The shared secret file is named .auth_secret.
On a Macintosh Xsan controller, it is stored in the directory
/Library/Filesystems/Xsan/config/.
Copy the file (using the same name) to the non-Macintosh client:
On SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, and Linux StorNext clients, put the file in /usr/cvfs/config.
On Windows clients, put the file in \%cvfsroot%\config\, where %cvfsroot% is the directory where you installed StorNext.
Place a StorNext license file for your non-Macintosh clients on the Macintosh Xsan controller.
On the Xsan controller, put the file (named license.dat) in the directory /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/config.
Contact ADIC to obtain a license file for your non-Macintosh clients.
The non-Macintosh client is ready for use. It should be listed in Xsan Admin, allowing you to mount volumes on it.