View NAS server details

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

Select a storage system that supports File.
Select Storage > File.
Select the NAS SERVERS tab, select a file system, and click .
The following properties display:
- Operational Status—Operational status of the NAS server
- Protocols—Protocols that the file system uses
- File System—Number of file systems
- NFS Exports—Number of NFS exports
- SMB Shares—Number of SMB shares
- Global Namespaces—Number of global namespaces
- File Interfaces—Number of file interfaces
- Storage Resource Pool—Identity of storage resource pool
- DNS Service—Indicator of DNS service
- Anti-Virus—Indicator of anti-virus
- Event Publisher—Indicator of event publisher
- NIS Service—Indicator of NIS service
- LDAP Service—Indicator of LDAP service
- Kerberos Service—Indicator of Kerberos service
- DHSM Service—Indicator of DHSM service
- Production Mode—Indicator of production mode
- Alerts—Number of associated alerts
Clicking VIEW ALL DETAILS results in the display of several tabs - DETAILS, NETWORK, SHARING PROTOCOLS, NAMING SERVICES, SECURITY, DATA PROTECTION, BACKUP & EVENTS, and NODES).
DETAILS tab - The following properties display:
- Name—Name of the NAS server
- Health—Indicator of NAS server health
- Operational Status—Operational status of the NAS server
- Protocols—Protocols that the file system uses
- File System—Number of file systems
- NFS Exports—Number of NFS exports
- SMB Shares—Number of SMB shares
- Global Namespaces—Number of global namespaces
- File Interfaces—Number of file interfaces
- Storage Resource Pool—Identity of storage resource pool
- DNS Service—Indicator of DNS service
- Anti-Virus—Indicator of anti-virus
- Event Publisher—Indicator of event publisher
- NIS Service—Indicator of NIS service
- LDAP Service—Indicator of LDAP service
- Kerberos Service—Indicator of Kerberos service
- DHSM Server—Indicator of DHSM server
- Production Mode—Indicator of production mode
- Alerts—Indicator of alerts
You can click Modify to modify the server name.

NETWORK tab - This tab has two child tabs - FILE INTERFACE and ROUTES TO EXTERNAL SERVICES:

FILE INTERFACE tab
The following properties display:
- Name—Name of the file interface
- IP address—IP address
- Subnet Mask/Prefix Length—Subnet Mask/Prefix length
- Gateway—Gateway IP address
- Role—Role
- Network Device—Network device
The following controls are available:
- Create— Create or modify file interfaces
- Modify— Create or modify file interfaces
- Ping— Ping file interfaces
- Change Preferred Interface— Change preferred interface for a NAS server
- — Delete file interfaces
ROUTES TO EXTERNAL SERVICES tab
The following properties display:
- Source—Source IP address
- Destination—Destination IP address
- Netmask/Prefix Length—Netmask/Prefix length
- Gateway—Gateway IP address
The following controls are available:
- Create— Create or modify route to external service
- Modify— Create or modify route to external service
- — Delete route to external services
SHARING PROTOCOLS tab - This tab has four child tabs: SMB SERVER, NFS SERVER, FTP, and USER MAPPING:
SMB SERVER tab
- Slide slide bar to enable or disable the update of settings.
- Enter settings for Join to Active Directory Domain- this option requires DNS servers, production interface, and system NTP.
- Enter settings for Standalone.
- Click APPLY.
NFS SERVER tab
- Slide slide bar to enable or disable the update of settings.
- Enter settings for the NFS server.
- Click APPLY .
FTP tab
- Slide slide bar to enable or disable the update of settings.
- Enter settings for FTP.
- Click APPLY.
USER MAPPING tab
- Slide slide bar to enable or disable the update of settings
- Enter settings for user mapping.
- Click APPLY.
NAMING SERVICES tab - This tab has three child tabs: DNS, UDS, and LOCAL FILES:
DNS tab
- Slide slide bar to enable or disable the update of settings.
- Enter settings for DNS.
- Click APPLY.
UDS tab
- Slide slide bar to enable or disable the update of settings.
- Enter settings for UDS.
- Click APPLY.
LOCAL FILES tab
- This panel allows you to upload or retrieve one of the following: Passwd file, Group file, Hosts file, NetGroup file, HomeDir file, or Nxtmap file (see View NAS server details).
SECURITY tab - This tab has two child tabs: ANTIVIRUS, and KERBEROS:
ANTIVIRUS tab
- Slide slide bar to enable or disable anti-virus.
KERBEROS tab
- Slide slide bar to enable or disable the update of settings.
- Enter settings for Kerberos.
- Click APPLY
DATA PROTECTION tab - This tab has two child tabs: SNAPSHOT POLICY and REPLICATION:

SNAPSHOT POLICY tab - see View file protection snapshot policies.

REPLICATION tab - see View file protection replication sessions.

BACKUP AND EVENTS tab - This tab has three child tabs: NDMP, DHSM, and EVENTS POOL:
NDMP tab
- Slide slide bar to enable or disable the update of settings.
- Enter settings for NDMP.
- Click APPLY.
DHSM tab
- Slide slide bar to enable or disable the update of settings.
- Enter settings for DHSM.
- Click APPLY.
EVENTS POOL tab
- View event pool properties.
- The following controls are available:
  - Create- Create events publishing pools
  - Modify- Modify event publishing pools
  - Events Publisher- Configure Events Publisher
  - - Delete event publishing pool
NODES tab - the following controls are available:
- Change Primary Node- Change node (primary or backup)
- Change Backup Node- Change node (primary or backup)
- Swap Nodes-swaps the nodes