NFS Configuration

NFS License
NFS Enabled
(PC) NFS Enabled
(PC) NFS umask
WebNFS Enable
WebNFS Root Directory Enable
WebNFS Root Directory
Big Endian File IDs
Per-client Statistics
NFS Over TCP
NFS Version 3
Report Maximum of 2 GB

NFS License

The filer requires software licenses to enable NFS, CIFS, or HTTP services. Licenses are installed on the filer at the factory per your order, so the initial setup of your filer does not involve entering license codes.

You need to enter license codes only if any of the following conditions apply:

Network Appliance provides you with the appropriate license codes when shipping you the software upgrade kit or when giving you instructions for obtaining the software upgrade over the Internet.

NFS Enabled

The filer automatically runs the nfs on command to start NFS service. The filer, however, does not add the nfs on command to /etc/rc as a result of the license command. If you want the filer to run NFS service after each reboot, remember to add nfs on to /etc/rc.

(PC) NFS Enabled

The pcnfsd authentication daemon allows you to use (PC) NFS to access a filer. (PC) NFS refers to NFS client implementations for DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, and the Macintosh operating systems. Using (PC) NFS, such systems can mount a filer's file system after the user provides the UNIX user name and password for authentication. Without the pcnfsd daemon running on the filer, the system administrator would have to set up another host to provide the authentication.

(PC) NFS umask

Sets the default umask for (PC) NFS clients. The default setting is 22, which means that users can read and write their own files, but members of their group and others can only read the files.

WebNFS Enable

Enables WebNFS, which allows the filer to respond to requests for file transfers over the Web using NFS instead of HTTP. The file transfer requests are made through a browser that has WebNFS client support. The headers of WebNFS requests have URLs that start with "nfs://."

WebNFS Root Directory Enable

Enabling a WebNFS root directory makes the documents in the root directory available to the public.

WebNFS Root Directory

Specfies a public directory (known as the root directory) for WebNFS access. All relative lookups are performed relative to the root directory.

Big Endian File IDs

Specifies whether the file ID in the file handle reported by the filer is in big-endian form (most significant byte first). Some clients may experience poor performance if this option is not set. If you change the setting while there are active clients, all clients must unmount and remount file systems mounted by the filer.

Per-client Statistics

Specifies whether the filer collects and displays NFS statistics from individual clients.

NFS Over TCP

Specifies whether the filer supports NFS over TCP. Enable this option if a client has problems using NFS over UDP.

NFS Version 3

Specifies whether the filer supports NFS Version 3. Disable this option if a client has problems using NFS Version 3 and that client cannot be configured to use NFS Version 2.

Report Maximum of 2 GB

Limits to 2 GB the response the filer gives to requests regarding total space, free space, or available space. This option is necessary for some NFS clients to calculate the amount of free space accurately. Without this option, a file system with more than 2 GB of free disk space may appear to be full to the client that initiates the "file system statistics" request.

NetApp Filer Configuration Help - 28 AUG 1997