External Container to connected san volume

[ddinisco]

The fmserver is connected to a san volume called SAN. Everyone in the company (including the fmserver) is connect to the SAN. I am trying to store external container files on that SAN. However no matter what I put into the path for the container (either in the Define Fields or Manage Containers) it appears as though it is always relative to where the FM file is hosted and it can not be in a higher directory than the fm file, which would SAN which lives at /Volumes/SAN.

So the basic questions is can I get a container to save externally to a connected server, and if so how?

Thanks, David