The filer recognizes a single client computer as the administration host. The administrator who set up the filer specified the name of the administration host using the setup program.
The filer granted root permissions to the administration host after the setup procedure was completed. The following table describes the administration host's privileges.
| If the administration host is... | You can... |
|---|---|
| an NFS client | |
| a CIFS client | Edit configuration files from any CIFS client as long as you connect to the filer as root or "Administrator." |
The setup procedure placed the administration host name in the /etc/hosts.equiv file automatically.
The administration host is the mail host for the filer. The filer configures the administration host to send periodic email messages to Network Appliance Technical Support about the status of your filer automatically.
For the administration host to send email, it must provide a server for the SMTP protocol, such as the sendmail program, or the Microsoft Exchange server.
You can designate another host at your site to be the mail host at any time. Refer to "Sending automatic email to Network Appliance" for more information about how the filer sends automatic email messages. Refer to "Use the options command to configure autosupport" for information about how to specify a different mail host.
If you plan to use an NFS client to manage the filer, the client must
If you plan to use a CIFS client to manage the filer, the client must support the telnet and rsh commands.
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