About Omneon MediaGrid - Harmonic Inc

Accessing the Omneon MediaGrid
1. Select Connect to Server from the Go menu on the Apple Desktop.
2. Type the following:
smb://
For example, if the ContentBridge’s fully qualified domain name is “clb01220.mediagrid.com”,
enter “smb://clb01220.mediagrid.com”.
3. Enter the user name and password used to access the Omneon MediaGrid system.
4. Select the volumes to mount.
Follow these instructions if you would rather access the Omneon MediaGrid from a Macintosh client
using the command line.
The following are two methods of accessing the Omneon MediaGrid:
• This method requires the password to be specified in the command line:
mount -t smbfs //username:password@/ /PATH/TO/MOUNT/POINT
• This method allows for interactive mode (enter password when prompted):
mount -t smbfs //username@/ /PATH/TO/MOUNT/POINT
The user name and password used must be those specified in the ContentBridge configuration file
used to export the particular Omneon MediaGrid file system.
Using CIFS on a Linux Client
Follow these steps to access the Omneon MediaGrid from a Linux client.
To use CIFS:
1. Type the following at the command prompt:
mount -t cifs -o username=\\\\\\ /PATH/TO/MOUNT/POINT
For example, you would enter the following to mount SHARE NAME “testfs_aau” on ContentBridge
“domain name” onto mount point “/mnt/omfs” using username “aau”:
mount -t cifs -o username=aau \\\\domain name\\testfs_aau /mnt/omfs
2. When prompted for a password, enter the password associated with the user name in the
ContentBridge configuration file.
Using NFS on a Linux Client
Follow these steps to access the Omneon MediaGrid from a Linux client.
To use NFS:
1. Type the following at the command prompt:
mount -t nfs :/mnt/omfs///omfs/
/PATH/TO/MOUNT/POINT
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