Apple Xsan 2 (Third Edition) - Manual (Page 7)

Setting Up a SAN 7
What You Need to Know
You’ll need to provide the following information when you set up your SAN:
A static (fixed) public IP address, subnet mask, router address, and DNS server Â
address for each computer on the SAN. You can enter this information manually or
configure a DHCP server to provide it. If you want the DHCP server to provide IP
addresses, be sure it always assigns the same IP address to each SAN computer.
A single user name and password for the administrator account on all SAN
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computers.
A user name and password for each user who will log in to a client computer.
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An Xsan serial number for each computer on the SAN. Â
The following illustration shows the hardware components of an Xsan SAN.