Accessing the SAN File System from the command line

This topic describes how to access the SAN File System metadata server engines through an SSH session from the command line.

Perform these steps to establish an SSH session to any of the engines in the SAN File System from the command line.

  1. Open a DOS command prompt on the master console.
  2. Change to the PuTTY directory.
    cd \Program Files\PuTTY
  3. Run putty to establish an SSH session with a master metadata server engine.
    putty.exe –ssh engine_IP_address –I private_key_file -2
    Note: If you are not using private/public keys with the SAN File System, omit the -I and -2 parameters.
  4. Log in to the master metadata server engine using a Linux user ID and password.

After connecting to the engine, you can access the SAN File System administrative command-line interface (CLI) to run SAN File System commands. These commands provide the ability to manage engines, metadata servers, and administrative servers.

In addition, you can perform operating system commands from the SSH session as well.

Parent topic: Accessing the SAN File System

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