Cisco Systems NSS2000 Series manual UNIX/Linux Users Accessing Storage through NFS

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UNIX/Linux Users: Accessing Storage through NFS

To access the NSS storage using FTP:

STEP 1 From your FTP client application, connect to the NSS. Enter the IP address or hostname of the NSS. For more information about using your FTP client application, refer to its documentation.

STEP 2 Enter your username and password when prompted by your FTP client.

When your FTP client has logged in, a list of accessible shares appears as individual directories.

STEP 3 Depending on your privileges to the share, you can begin using the NSS storage.

UNIX/Linux Users: Accessing Storage through NFS

UNIX and Linux users can access shares on the NSS via NFS. Due to the way that the NSS implements NFS file access privileges, only NFSv3 is supported. In order for NFS access privileges to work correctly, you must have the NSS joined to an NIS domain.

NOTE: You must have root privileges to your client system to create an NFS mount.

STEP 1 Log into the client system as root.

STEP 2 Create a mount point directory for the mount if you do not already have one (e.g., mkdir /mnt/nas_share1).

STEP 3 Mount the NFS share by typing "mount -t nfs -o nfsvers=3 <IP address/ hostname>:<mount point path on NSS> <mount point path on client>". The mount point path on the NSS appears in the Shares page.

STEP 4 Log out of the root account.

STEP 5 Log into the user account on the client system.

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