Workaround It is recommended that you use the NFS protocol interfaces to access the PowerVault NX3500 FluidFS systems from Linux/UNIX clients. To workaround this issue:

1 Ensure that your admin creates NFS exports to same locations that you use to access using CIFS and connect to them using mount command from Linux/UNIX clients.

2 Use NFS based interfaces to access the PowerVault NX3500. For example, from the NAGIOS Linux management system, use the /check_disk command instead of the /check_disk_smb command.

Strange UID and GID Numbers on Dell NAS System Files

Description

New files created from ubuntu 7.x clients get the UID and GID of

 

4294967294 (nfsnone).

Cause

By default, ubuntu 7.x nfs clients do not specify rpc credentials on

 

their nfs calls. As a result, files created from these clients, by any

 

user, are owned by 4294967294 (nfsnone) UID and GID.

Workaround

To force UNIX credentials on nfs calls, add the sec=sys option to

 

the PowerVault NX3500 mounts in the ubuntu fstab file.

 

 

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NX3500 specifications

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