Chapter 7

Configuring Clients to Access the Filer

NFS and CIFS client configuration

About this chapter

This chapter describes how to configure NFS and CIFS clients to access directories and files on the filer.

NFS client configuration

If you purchased a license for the NFS protocol, follow the instructions in this section to prepare NFS clients to mount file systems from the filer.

Host and interface names

When you ran the Setup Wizard, the filer generated a host name for each interface by appending the number of the interface to the filer host name.

For example, the interface name for the first interface on a filer named toaster might be toaster-e0; the second interface might be toaster-e1.

CIFS client configuration

If you purchased a license for the CIFS protocol, follow the instructions in this section to configure CIFS clients to access information on the filer.

Filer is visible to CIFS clients after setup

After the Setup Wizard finishes, the filer becomes visible to CIFS clients by automatically registering with the master browser on its local network.

If cross-subnet browsing is configured correctly, the filer is now visible to all CIFS clients. For more information about cross-subnet browsing, refer to Microsoft networking documentation.

CIFS client connection methods

The following table describes the various methods by which CIFS clients can connect to the filer. For more information about commands and windows mentioned in the table, refer to the operating system manual for your computer.

Method Client operating system Command or window Description
1 Windows 95,
Windows NT 4.0 		Map Network Drive window (from Network Explorer) Connect to the filer as a network drive.
2 Windows 95,
Windows NT 4.0 		Network Neighborhood Click the filer icon in the Network Neighborhood window.
3 Windows NT 3.51, Windows for Workgroups Connect Network Drive window (from the File Manager) Connect to the filer as a network drive.
4 Any operating system that supports the dos command-line interface and supports the net use command net use command Map a share to a drive letter on the command line. For example: net use f:\\toaster\home

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