Configuring CIFS and NFS protocols on an SVM

You can configure CIFS and NFS protocols on the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) to provide file-level data access for NAS clients. To enable CIFS protocol, you must create the data LIFs and the CIFS server. To enable NFS protocol, you can specify the NIS details in addition to the data LIFs.

Before you begin

•	Protocols that you want to configure or allow on the SVM must be licensed.

If the protocol is not allowed on the SVM, you can use the Edit Storage Virtual Machine window to enable the protocol for the SVM.

•	You must have the Active Directory, Organizational unit, and administrative account credentials for configuring CIFS protocol

•	You must have the IP address, netmask, and gateway information to create the IP network interface on the SVM.

Steps

1.	If you have not configured the protocols while creating the SVM, double-click the appropriate storage system in the home page, expand the Storage Virtual Machines hierarchy, select the SVM in the navigation pane, and click the protocol you want to configure.

2.	In the Data LIF Configuration section, specify the network details to create data LIFs.

You can either retain the same data LIF configuration for both CIFS and NFS or configure a new LIF for each protocol.

3.	Specify the following information to create a CIFS server.

•	CIFS server name

•	Active Directory to associate with the CIFS server

•	Organizational unit (OU) within the Active Directory domain to associate with the CIFS server

By default, this parameter is set to CN=Computers.

•	Credentials of an administrative account that has sufficient privileges to add the CIFS server to the OU

4.	You can also specify the IP addresses of the NIS servers and NIS domain name to configure NIS services on the SVM.

5.	Click Submit & Close.

Result

The CIFS server and NIS domain are configured with the specified configuration. Data LIFs are created. By default, the data LIFs have management access. You can view the configuration details on the Summary page.

Parent Topic: Creating SVMs on Data ONTAP 8.2.x

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