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Step 4 Choose the platform that corresponds to the operating system on your client machine and
click Next.
Step 5 Continue through the Download Client Software wizard until you have completed
downloading the software for the platform you selected.
Step 6 Go to the Installing Client Software section of this document for instructions on installing
the software for your operating system.
Use the following procedure to download client software if you do not have Web browser access.
Step 1 ftp <StorNext server>
Step 2 ftp> cd /<usr>/cvfs/CLIENTS
Step 3 ftp> bin
Step 4 ftp> get <platform.tar>
Step 5 Go to the Installing Client Software section of this document for instructions on installing
the software for your operating system.
The SNMS client software allows the mounting of one or more StorNext File Systems and
communicates with your server. Once you have downloaded the SNMS client software from the
server, you can install the software on your client machines. You cannot perform these installations
through the GUI; you must use command-driven procedures that are specific for your operating
system.
The following procedures provide instructions for installing the SNMS client software in a
Windows, SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris, Linux, or IBM AIX operating system.
Using FTP
Installing Client Software
NOTE
If you used the optional pre-installation configuration, you must first perform the
steps for adding a user account and a group account on each machine that you set
up as a client. (Refer to the Using the O
ptional Pre-Installation Configuration
section in this document to perform these steps.)