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# Create or modify file interfaces

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.

## Steps

1. Select a storage system that supports File.
2. Select Storage > File.
3. Select the NAS SERVERS tab.
4. Select the NETWORK tab.
5. Select the FILE INTERFACE tab.
6. Click Create to create a file interface. Alternatively, select an existing file interface and click Modify to modify the file interface properties.
7. Create: Select a value for Subnet. Type values for IP address and Gateway. Select a value for Role.
8. Modify: Select a value for Subnet. Select a network device on the primary node and on the backup node. Type values for IP address and Gateway.
9. Click OK.