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Section 5: Setting Up - Microsoft and IBM Networks (SMB)
64 AXIS StorPoint CD User’s Manual
Accessing CD-ROMs in SMB
In the Microsoft and IBM network environments, you access the
AXIS StorPoint CD just like any other workstation or file server. This
section describes how to access the StorPoint CD and the CD-ROMs
using SMB clients for Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows for
Workgroups, OS/2 and DOS.
Notes:
❏
The following examples assume that you have not changed the
SMB server name. The default SMB server name is
AXIS<nnnnnn>
, where <
nnnnnn>
are the six last digits of your
StorPoint CD serial number. If you have set the server name, use
the new name where the examples refer to the default name.
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The Network Administrator can set the
ShowAllShares
parameter so that the only files shown are the CD-ROMs. If this
is the case, the folders
, such as
config
or
root
, will not be shown
when accessing the StorPoint CD. However, you can still access
them by manually inserting the path to the folder when mapping
the drive.
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In the Microsoft Network environment, network resources are
accessed by specifying a server and a resource on that server using
the
\\server\resource
syntax (UNC - Universal Name
Convention). The resource is not a file path and it is therefore not
possible to replace the resource name with the path to a file or
folder on your CD-ROM. Thus, according to the StorPoint CD
file system as described in “
Directory Structure ” on page 88,
mapping would only be possible at cd folder level. However, the
StorPoint CD also allows you to map these resources on SMB
clients:
•
root
- which includes all files and folders of the StorPoint CD
•
cd_nnnnn
- a folder for each CD-ROM (or CD-ROM drive if
an alias name for the SCSI ID has been set)
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In Windows 95 and Windows NT, your StorPoint CD is
compatible with the MediaAgent software. See “
MediaAgent
CD-ROM Management Software ” on page 92.