You can create a list of NetBIOS aliases as alternative names for your storage system. You can connect to the storage system using any of the names in the list.
You can create NetBIOS aliases in either of the following ways:
The options cifs.netbios_aliases command allows you to create NetBIOS aliases as a comma-separated list. This list allows up to 255 characters, including commas. The /etc/cifs_nbalias.cfg file allows up to 200 entries.
To create a list of NetBIOS aliases from the command line, complete the following steps.
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options cifs.netbios_aliases name,... Exampleoptions cifs.netbios_aliases alias1,alias2,alias3 |
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Enter the following command to process the entries: cifs nbalias load |
Data ONTAP creates a default cifs_nbalias.cfg file in the /etc directory when CIFS starts, if the file does not already exist. Changes to this file are processed automatically whenever CIFS starts. You can also process changes to this file using the command cifs nbalias load.
To create NetBIOS aliases in the /etc/cifs_nbalias.cfg file, complete the following steps.
To display the current list of NetBIOS aliases, complete the following step.
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cifs nbalias |
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