Storageflex 3945N To view the shares available for NFS mounting, Type umount directory name Enter

Administrator Guide

To view the shares available for NFS mounting

1.From a Linux console, type: showmount [appliance IP address] –-exports <Enter>

For example, if the appliance’s IP address is 192.168.0.230, you would type: showmount 192.168.0.230 –-exports

And then press <Enter>

Decide which share path you want to mount from the list displayed on the screen.

To mount an available share on the appliance to a local mount point

1.From a Linux console type: mount [appliance IP address]:/[path on appliance] [local mount point] <Enter>

For example, if the appliance’s IP address is 192.168.0.230, the path on the appliance is /drives/RaidVolume2/public, and the local mount point is /testdir, you would type:

mount 192.168.0.230:/drives/RaidVolume2/public /testdir And then press <Enter>

Type: ls [directory name] <Enter>

The contents of the directory -- now containing files on the appliance, are displayed. This directory can now be used as if it were a local directory on the client.

To disconnect a share mounted on the Linux client

1.Type: umount [directory name] <Enter>

For example, if path on the local Linux client is /testdir, you would type: umount /testdir

And then press <Enter>.

Type: ls [directory name] <Enter>

The contents of the directory display; it is empty.

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