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3.3 Installing the HP SFS client software on RHEL and SLES 9 SP3
systems (new installations)
NOTE: HP does not provide prebuilt binary packages for installing the HP SFS client software for RHEL and
SLES 9 SP3 systems. You must build your own HP SFS client kit as described in Section 3.2 and then install
some prerequisite packages and the HP SFS client software.
The HP SFS client version must be capable of interoperating with the HP SFS server version on the servers
in the HP SFS system. See Section 1.3.1 for details of which HP SFS server and client software versions can
interoperate successfully.
To install the HP SFS software on RHEL and SLES 9 SP3 client systems, and to configure the client nodes to
support HP SFS functionality, perform the following tasks:
1. Verify that the prerequisite packages are present on the client node (see Section 3.3.1).
2. Install the HP SFS client software (see Section 3.3.2).
3. Run the sfsconfig command on the client node (see Section 3.3.3).
4. Complete the remaining configuration tasks on the client node (see Section 3.3.4).
5. Configure boot-time mounting of file systems (see Section 3.3.5).
3.3.1 Step 1: Verifying that prerequisite packages are present
There are a number of packages that may be required on RHEL and SLES 9 SP3 client nodes before you
attempt to install the HP SFS client software on the nodes. The list of required packages varies for individual
distributions. Some of these packages are listed here. This is not an exhaustive list, and not all of the
packages listed are needed on all client distributions; the list is intended to highlight some packages that
may not normally be on a client system, but that may be required in order for the HP SFS client software to
work correctly.
Depending on your client distribution, some or all of the following or similar packages will be needed and
will be provided on the source media for your distribution or on the HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share
Client Software CD-ROM:
• rpm
• tar
• python Version 2.2 or greater
• openldap-clients
• PyXML
• modutils
• fileutils
• python-ldap
For some distributions, the python-ldap package provided on the source media for the distribution
is not suitable for use with the HP SFS software. In these cases, HP provides a modified version of the
python-ldap package in the appropriate directory for the client architecture/distribution
combination on the HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share Client Software CD-ROM. If a modified
version of the package is provided for your client architecture/distribution, you must install that
version of the package.
If a modified version of the python-ldap package is not provided for your client
architecture/distribution, you must install the python-ldap package provided in the source media
for your distribution (if it is not already installed).
When you have verified that the prerequisite packages are present on the client node, proceed to
Section 3.3.2 to install the client software.
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