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8. Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS)

Microsoft Services for Network File System is a comprehensive software package designed to provide complete UNIX environment integration into a Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Storage Server 2003, or Active Directory domain file server. Services for NFS manages tasks on both Windows and UNIX platforms. Tasks include creating NFS exports from Windows and administering user name mappings.

This chapter discusses networking features in Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS).

8.1.MSNFS Features

MSNFS is an update to the NFS components that were previously available in Services for UNIX 3.5.

MSNFS includes the following new features:

Updated administration snap-in—MSNFS Administration

Active Directory Lookup—The Identity Management for UNIX Active Directory schema extension, available in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, includes UNIX user identifier (UID) and group identifier (GID) fields, which enables Server for NFS and Client for NFS to look up Windows-to-UNIX user account mappings directly from Active Directory. Identity Management for UNIX simplifies Windows- to-UNIX user account mapping management in Active Directory.

Enhanced server performance—Microsoft Services for NFS includes a file filter driver, which significantly reduces common server file access latencies.

UNIX special device support—Microsoft Services for NFS supports UNIX special devices (mknod).

Enhanced UNIX support—Microsoft Services for NFS now supports the following versions of UNIX:

oHewlettPackardHP-UXversion11i

oIBMAIXversion 5L 5.2

oRedHat Linux version9

oSun Microsystems Solaris version 9

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