View NAS servers
Network-attached storage is a file-level storage architecture that makes stored data more accessible to networked devices.
About this task
A Network-Attached Storage (NAS) server is a virtual container that hosts one or more Filesystems. The NAS Server has a unique name, one or more IP addresses, and exposes NAS protocols such as NFS, SMB, FTP and SFTP. Naming services like DNS, LDAP, NIS are configured on a NAS Server. Users and groups may be defined locally with local files. NAS Server facilitates protection by remote NDMP software. PowerMax File supports 3-way NDMP. NAS Server also allows configuration for virus checker. A NAS Server runs by default on the primary node. In case of a node failure, the NAS Server is moved automatically to its backup node.
See Understanding PowerMax File for storage systems for an overview of PowerMax File.
Steps
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Select the
NAS SERVERS tab.
The following properties display:
- Name—NAS server name
- Primary Node—Identity of the primary node where the NAS server was created.
- Backup Node—Identity of the backup node where the NAS server was created.
- Preferred IPv4 Interface—Preferred IPv4 interface
- Preferred IPv6 Interface—Preferred IPv6 interface
- SMB Server—Identity of the SMB server associated with the NAS server
- NFS Server—Identity of the NFS server associated with the NAS server
- Health—Indication of the health of the NAS server
The following controls are available:
- Create— Create NAS servers
- Modify— Modify NAS servers
— Delete NAS servers
- Change Preferred interface— Change preferred interface for a NAS server
- Clone— Clone NAS servers
—Displays a list of NAS server properties (see
View NAS server details).