ADIC Webcam 2.8 User Manual

Installing StorNext Client Software on SGI IRIX

Use this procedure to install StorNext software on an IRIX client.

Log on as root. 

Install the client software. Type:

tar xf <filename>

inst -f .

Inst> go

Inst> quit

Where <filename> is the name of the client installation program.

Enable StorNext to start automatically on reboot. Type:

chkconfig cvfs on

chkconfig verbose on

Make sure the /<usr>/cvfs/config/fsnameservers file contains the name of the 
StorNext server.

Create the mount points for the file systems. Type:

mkdir -p <mount point>

chmod 777 <mount point>

Add the following line to the /etc/fstab file to enable automount after reboot. Type:

<file system name> <mount point> cvfs verbose=yes 0 0

where <file system name> is the name of the file system and <mount point> is the mount point 
specified during the Add File System step of the StorNext software configuration. For more 
information, refer to 

Reboot the client to rebuild the UNIX kernel.

Note

To manually mount a file system, type the following command: 
mount -t cvfs <file system name> <mount point>