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# Create global namespace server links

Network-attached storage is a file-level storage architecture that makes stored data more accessible to networked devices.

## About this task

See Understanding PowerMax File for storage systems for an overview of File services.

## Steps

1. Select a storage system that supports File services.
2. Select Storage > File.
3. Select the GLOBAL NAMESPACES tab.
4. Select a server and click VIEW ALL DETAILS.
5. Click Create.
6. Type values for Local Path, Description, Client Cache Timeout (minutes), and Target UNC Path.
   A target UNC path is a compound of remote Server FQDN or IP address, share/export name, and path.

   | NOTE: A local path name is a path name relative to the namespace root (without a forward slash or trailing slash), that is used by remote hosts to connect to the target FS.

7. Click OK.