The following are tasks to configure a multihomed File Server environment:
· You must add each host name or IP address for each File Server to the Fileset Location Database (FLDB). The initial entry, along with one address for that entry, is created using the fts crserverentry command. Additional addresses can be added or deleted from the entry by using the fts edserverentry command. This is explained in the topic Making Filesets and Aggregates Available.
· Optionally, you can modify the preferences for each client's Cache Manager to take advantage of the most efficient connections to the File Servers. However, you should only modify the preferences if there are compelling reasons, as the Cache Manager's default preference choices are generally the most efficient for any given network configuration.
Client preference lists are transient in that they are reestablished at their default values each time the Cache Manager is initialized. However, a list of preferences can be loaded into the Cache Manager at initialization through a preferences file. The topic Configuring the Cache Manager explains how to both create such a file and ensure that it is loaded each time the Cache Manager is initialized.