Apple Xsan 2 - Manual (Page 19)

Chapter 1 Quick SAN setup 19
Use one of the next two procedures—“If a Client Has Mac OS X Lion Installed” or “If a
Client Has Mac OS X Lion Server Installed”—as appropriate, with each client computer
on the SAN. When you finish setting up the client computers, they’re ready to join the
SAN and are detected during SAN setup.
After you finish setting up client computers, go to “Step 4: Set up the standby metadata
controller” on page 21.
If a client has Mac OS X Lion installed:
1 Turn on the client computer.
2 Follow the Mac setup assistant’s onscreen instructions to set up the computer, paying
special attention to the information in the following panes:
Your Internet Connection: Choose a connection type from the pop-up menu and
enter the appropriate settings for the client computer. You can choose:
 Manually, and then enter the static public IP address, subnet mask, router address,
and DNS server address for the client computer
 Using DHCP with manual address, and then enter the client computer’s IP address
if your DHCP server provides other network connection settings
 Using DHCP, if your DHCP server provides the client computer with a static IP
address and other connection settings
Select Your Admin Account: If this pane appears, select “Create a local user account to
administer this computer.”
Create Your Computer Account: Enter the same administrator name and password on
all computers in the SAN.
3 When the Mac setup assistant finishes and the Finder appears, choose System
Preferences from the Apple menu () .
4 Click Network and select the first Ethernet port, which should be connected to your
public intranet and the Internet.
5 Choose a configuration method from the pop-up menu, and then enter the appropriate
settings for the client computer. You can choose:
 Manually, and then enter the static public IP address, subnet mask, router address,
and DNS server address for the client computer
 Using DHCP with manual address, and then enter the client computer’s IP address
if your DHCP server provides other network connection settings
 Using DHCP, if your DHCP server provides the client computer with a static IP
address and other connection settings
Don’t configure the port connected to the private metadata network—the Xsan setup
assistant configures it for you.