Apple Xsan 1.4 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Setting Up a Storage Area Network
Setting Up an Xsan Volume on a Storage Area Network
Step 1:
Set Up the Fibre Channel Network
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Connect controller computers, client computers, and Xserve RAID storage systems to a
Fibre Channel network. Be sure to configure the switch and make the connections so
that you create a Fibre Channel fabric.
For more information, see the guidelines and requirements under “Fibre Channel
Step 2:
Set Up the Ethernet Network
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Connect controller computers, client computers, and Xserve RAID systems to a private
TCP/IP subnet, or to the same subnet of an intranet.
Follow the guidelines summarized under “Ethernet TCP/IP Network” on page 36.
Step 3:
Set Up SAN Users and Groups
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If you already have a centralized directory of users and groups, use the Directory
Access application on each SAN computer to choose that directory for authentication.
If you don’t have a central directory, you can set one up using Workgroup Manager and
the Open Directory service in Mac OS X Server. Otherwise, you need to recreate the
same set of users and groups on each SAN computer.
Important:
If you create users and groups individually on each SAN computer, be
sure that each user or group name is assigned the same numeric user ID (UID) or group
ID (GID) on all SAN computers. One way to do this is to create an identical list of users
and groups in the same order on each computer following a fresh install of the
operating system.