Using Xsan Controllers with StorNext Clients

You can use ADIC's StorNext software to access an Xsan from a Windows, Unix, AIX, Irix, or Linux computer.

1. Connect the non-Macintosh client to the SAN's Fibre Channel and Ethernet networks.

2. Install the StorNext File System software on the non-Macintosh client following instructions that ADIC provides in the StorNext package.

3. 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.

4. 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.