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Where <share_name> is replaced by the actual name of the share that you are attempting to access (without the ‘<’ and ‘>’<>).

Terminology and Usage

This document refers to the term UNC, which stands for Universal Naming Convention, which specifies a CIFS/SMB (i.e. Windows share) path. It starts with two slashes \\, followed by an address, (i.e. coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu) followed by a share (i.e. ‘Research’Research). 

When this document refers to a share, we mean a share on the Isilon that is directly accessible at the UNC address \\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\<share_name>. For example, the ‘Research’ Research share would be accessed using the following UNC path:

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smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/Research

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Linux

The Linux form is usually similar to the Mac form, but this depends on the Linux distribution and distribution version that you are using. You should perform a google search on how to connect to a CIFS/SMB share for your particular Linux distribution for more information.

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