Q-Logic 8C User Manual

4 – Installation

Installing a Switch

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To install the SANbox Manager application on Linux from the SANsurfer Tool Kit 
CD-ROM, do the following:

1.

Close all programs currently running, and insert the SANsurfer Tool Kit CD 
into the management workstation CD-ROM drive. If a file browser window 
opens showing icons for the contents of the CD-ROM, double-click the 
Start_Here.htm file to open the start page. If a file browser does not open, 
double-click the CD-ROM icon on the to open the browser. If there is no 
CD-ROM icon on the, do the following:

a.

Open an xterm or other terminal window.

b.

Mount the CD-ROM. From a shell prompt, enter the following 
command:

mount /mnt/cdrom

c.

Execute your web browser to view the Start_Here.htm document 
using one of the following commands:

$mozilla file:/mnt/cdrom/Start_Here.htm

or

$netscape file:/mnt/cdrom/Start_Here.htm

d.

The start page opens in your default browser.

2.

On the start page, choose the SANbox Switch Software button.

3.

On the SANbox Switch Software page, scroll to the SANbox2-8c (2Gb) 
Series area. 

4.

In the Linux column, choose the SANbox Manager link to open the Save As 
window.

5.

Enter a path name to save the sansurfer_linux_install.bin file, and choose 
the Save button.

6.

Open a terminal window for the directory in which the 
sansurfer_linux_install.bin file was saved, and enter the following 
command: 

chmod +x sansurfer_linux_install.bin

7.

Press the Enter key.

8.

Enter the following command:

./sansurfer_linux_install.bin

9.

Press the Enter key, and follow the SANbox Manager installation 
instructions.