Access Points - HP J3278B - SureStore CD-ROM Server/Tower 7 NAS Server User Manual

Access Points

The HP CD-ROM server is integrated into your network
operating system just like any other file server and you use the
same commands to access it. To be able to access CD-ROMs from
your applications, you need to make them available to your
system, that is you 'mount' the CD-ROM server on UNIX
systems or 'map' the server to a drive letter on PC systems.
There are several different mounting or mapping access points
that you can specify:
• root level access: The top level of the CD-ROM server
directory structure is used as the access point. The user of
the CD-ROM server can access all files on the server
including the config and volumes folders. This is useful for
Network Administrators, who have to be able to configure
and monitor the CD-ROM server.
• cd folder access: The cd folder is used as the access point.
The user can access all CD-ROMs inserted into the drives
connected to the server. On PC systems, this makes it
possible to use only one drive letter to access all drives
connected to the CD-ROM server. This is the recommended
access point for normal users.
• CD-ROM access: An inserted CD-ROM—or connected
CD-ROM drive if the SCSI ID has been given an alias
name—can be used as the access point. In other words, a
SCSIAlias is used as the access point and only the files on
that CD-ROM can be accessed. On PC systems this makes it
possible to map a drive letter to a single CD-ROM. This is
useful or even necessary with CD-ROM software that
expects to find its data at the root level.
Note
SCSIAlias The SCSI alias name is a useful feature when
administrating monthly updated CD-ROMs. This means
that the access restrictions can be defined only once, and
users do not have to re-mount the folder each time a new
CD-ROM is inserted.
Mounting or Mapping Network Drives 4-5