Single-user Write functionality, the TerraBlock 5.5 Release and greater, adds support
for Multi-user Write volumes over both Fibre Channel and Ethernet for Linux Clients.
Linux clients require the use of shell commands in the Linux terminal. Basic
familiarity with the Linux terminal and shell commands is recommended.
Fibre / Ethernet card installation
Refer to your fibre or Ethernet card manufacturer’s instructions for proper installation
of the fibre / Ethernet card hardware and its accompanying software drivers in your
Linux client.
Hardware installation notes
Installation of software drivers requires root access.
Installation of software drivers may require a permissions change to the
software driver package in order to run the installer application or access
installation files. After extracting the installation files, use the command
‘chmod –R 777 <installer folder>’ to set the permissions of the driver
installation folders and files.
Installation of the ATTO Configuration Tool requires the Sun/Oracle version of
JAVA. The Sun/Oracle version of JAVA is not installed on all Linux
distributions.
ATTO provides instructions for configuring the proper version of JAVA in order
to install the ATTO Configuration Tool here:
http://www.attotech.com/support/trouble/linux.html#configtool
After the Fibre Channel card has been installed and configured properly,
attach the fibre cable to the ATTO fibre card.
In a single TerraBlock Server environment, there must be only one fibre cable
connected to the Linux Client.
Once the Linux client’s Fibre Channel connection is active, the TerraBlock
Server’s TOOLS volume will appear as a device on the Linux client.
The TOOLS volume can be viewed using Logical Volume Management
(LVM) or Disk Utility (depending on your distribution) or by using the
shell command: fdisk –l. This command will list the volumes that are
available on the Linux client.
If running as a normal Linux user, the fdisk command requires
root access.
Depending on your path setting the fdisk command may require
an absolute path in order to run. Fdisk is usually located in the
/sbin/ directory.
The TOOLS volume will appear as 1.03GB device under /dev/.
The TOOLS volume will have a single partition formatted as FAT32.
The TOOLS volume will not have a mount point.
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