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The mount volume command in the Standard Additions scripting addition is used to access volumes and directories located on network servers. Here is the dictionary listing for the mount volume command, in the File Commands suite. It has a direct parameter and four optional parameters:
mount volume: Mount the specified volume mount volume text -- the name or URL path (e.g. 'afp://server/volume/') of the volume to mount on server text -- the server on which the volume resides; omit if URL path provided [in AppleTalk zone text] -- the AppleTalk zone in which the server resides; omit if URL path provided [as user name text] -- the user name with which to log in to the server; omit for guest access [with password text] -- the password for the user name; omit for guest access