Accessing the SAN File System from the desktop

This topic describes how to access the SAN File System metadata server engines through an SSH session from the master console desktop.

Perform these steps to establish an SSH session to any of the engines in the SAN File System from the master console desktop.

Note: If you are using secure keys, make sure that you have configured SSH to use those secure keys.
  1. Double-click the PuTTY icon.
  2. Fill in the IP address of the engine to be accessed.
  3. Select SSH as the protocol.
  4. Click Open.
  5. After the session is established, log in 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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