Sharing directories using CIFS and NFS protocols
Access Appliance provides support for multi-protocol file sharing where the same directory or file system can be exported to both Windows and UNIX users using the CIFS and NFS protocols. The result is an efficient use of storage by sharing a single data set across multi-application platforms.
Figure: Exporting and/or sharing CIFS and NFS directories shows how the directory sharing for the two protocols works.
It is recommended that you disable the oplocks option when the following occurs:
A file system is exported over both the CIFS and NFS protocols.
Either the CIFS and NFS protocol is set with read and write permission.
To export a directory to Windows and UNIX users
- To export a directory to Windows and UNIX users with read-only and read-write permission respectively, enter the CIFS mode and enter the following commands:
CIFS> show Name Value ---- ----- netbios name Pei60 ntlm auth yes allow trusted domains no homedirfs aio size 0 idmap backend rid:10000-1000000 workgroup PEI-DOMAIN security ads Domain PEI-DOMAIN.COM Domain user Administrator Domain Controller 10.200.107.251 Clustering Mode normal CIFS> share add fs1 share1 ro Exporting CIFS filesystem : share1... CIFS> share show ShareName FileSystem ShareOptions share1 fs1 owner=root,group=root,roExit CIFS mode:
CIFS> exit
- Enter the NFS mode and enter the following commands:
NFS> share add rw fs1 ACCESS nfs WARNING V-288-0 Filesystem (fs1) is already shared over CIFS with 'ro' permission. Do you want to proceed (y/n): y Exporting *:/vx/fs1 with options rw ..Success. NFS> share show /vx/fs1 * (rw)